The best-known humorous epitaph found on a wooden grave marker in the 1880s Boothill Graveyard in Tombstone, Arizona, USA, reads: "Here Lies Lester Moore - Four Slugs from 44 - No Les - No More." The slugs are bullets from a 44, which refers to a .44 caliber handgun. Lester Moore was a Wells Fargo office clerk shot dead by a customer who got mad when his package was delivered by the express company in a damaged condition. After silver ore ran out in the mining boomtown of Tombstone, its historic cemetery fell into ruin until the 1920s when restoration of the grave markers began.
The best-known humorous epitaph found on a wooden grave marker in the 1880s Boothill Graveyard in Tombstone, Arizona, USA, reads: "Here Lies Lester Moore - Four Slugs from 44 - No Les - No More." The slugs are bullets from a 44, which refers to a .44 caliber handgun. Lester Moore was a Wells Fargo office clerk shot dead by a customer who got mad when his package was delivered by the express company in a damaged condition. After silver ore ran out in the mining boomtown of Tombstone, its historic cemetery fell into ruin until the 1920s when restoration of grave markers began for about 250 of its Wild West occupants.
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Location: 408 Arizona Highway 80, Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
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