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Jack McCall shot Hickok in the back of the head; the photo has been claimed to be of McCall, but is unsubstantiated. McCall's motive for killing Hickok is the subject of speculation, largely concerning McCall's anger at Hickok's having given him money for breakfast the day before, after McCall had lost heavily.
The Trial of Jack McCall is based on the impromptu trial which actually took place in the mining camp of Deadwood after “Crooked Nose” Jack McCall murdered James Butler "Wild Bill” Hickok. Wild Bill was playing poker in Nuttal and Mann’s Saloon No. 10 on August 2, 1876, and was shot in the back of the head while holding Aces and Eights ...
Jun 27, 2018 · The Murder of Wild Bill Hickok. Famous lawman, James “Wild Bill” Hickok, was shot while gambling at the Saloon #10 in Deadwood, South Dakota. His shooter, Jack McCall, who was able to get away with the shooting by claiming that Hickok had murdered his brother. Eventually, McCall was turned over to a US Marshall in Dakota Territory where he ...
Aug 28, 2017 · Not much is known of Jack McCall, who murdered Western legend Wild Bill Hickok in the No. 10 Saloon in 1876. According to research, McCall was born around 1852 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. He was reported to have been in the Republican River country near the Kansas-Nebraska border in 1869. He was employed as a buffalo hunter, and was thought ...
Jack “Broken Nose Jack” McCall. Convicted Murderer. He killed Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood, South Dakota on August 2,1876. His trial began on December 4,1876 in Yankton, the Dakota Territorial Capital, and was found guilty two days later. On March 1, 1877, Jack McCall was hanged and his body buried in the southwest corner of the Catholic ...
Jack McCall enters a saloon in Deadwood City, throws an Indian necklace on the table in front of Marshal Bill Hickok, and, when Hickok draws his gun, shoots him dead. Later, on trial for murder, McCall explains his reasons for killing Hickok: During the Civil War, McCall, a wealthy Southerner, joins a Union Army unit that includes his cousin ...
Sep 14, 1999 · The trial of Jack McCall for the shooting of Wild Bill Hickok began in Yankton on Dec. 4, 1876, with Chief Justice Peter C. Shannon of the territorial supreme court
