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Jack McCall Profile. From Wikipedia: Jack McCall (Garret Dillahunt) was a drunkard who shot Hickok in the back of the head as he played poker. McCall was found not guilty by a hurried and impromptu court of locals on the grounds he was merely avenging the prior murder of his brother by Hickok; but due to Hickok’s high regard and the presence of many of Hickok’s good friends in town, he was ...
Mar 1, 2018 · Jack McCall’s Execution. Jack McCall was an Old West legend, and he left a name for himself, but not a good one. An impromptu group of locals charged him with killing Wild Bill Hickok in a Deadwood saloon in August of 1876. A hasty “miners’ trial” ended with McCall’s acquittal, but the feds disputed the jurisdiction, being inside a ...
Apr 2, 2014 · A young drifter named Jack McCall walked in and approached Hickok from behind. Not wasting a second, he quietly drew his revolver and shot Hickok in the back of the head, instantly killing him ...
McCall's court appointed attorneys were General William Henry Harrison Beadle and C. J. Shannon. A 12 man jury found him guilty, and in early January, Judge Shannon sentenced Jack McCall to hang on March, 1, 1877, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. McCall languished in jail for two months, making one futile attempt to escape.
Aug 28, 2017 · Hickok was losing by the time Jack McCall slipped into the saloon. McCall moved down the bar, and stopped a few steps behind Hickok, as if to look at the hand Bill had been dealt. Not noticing him, Wild Bill said to Massie, “The old duffer – he broke me on the hand,” the last words he was ever to speak. There was a loud bang, and McCall shouted, “Damn you, take that!” Hickok’s head ...
Jul 6, 2021 · Jack McCall spent just seven months in Yankton, and he’s been dead for 144 years, but he’s never far from the minds of people in Yankton, as we discovered for a story in our March/April 2021 issue. The courthouse in which he stood trial at Third and Capital still stands. A plaque on the side of the building notes the courtroom’s location ...
Other articles where Jack McCall is discussed: Wild Bill Hickok: Final years: …back of his head by Jack McCall, who may have been hired to kill him. McCall was tried and acquitted of murder as a result of his dubious claim that the killing was in revenge for Hickok’s murder of his brother in Abilene. Later, after bragging of his murder of…
