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However, the rediscovery of two court cases in which Bat Masterson testified under oath that he had shot both men adds credence to the idea that Bat had avenged his brother. [4] [8] [9] More violence followed on October 4, 1878, when a variety actress named Dora Hand , known professionally as "Fannie Keenan," was shot and killed by James Kenedy ...
Oct 28, 2022 · I was however surprised to find that Marshall Trimble unequivocally stated that Ed Masterson shot the two men responsible for his death in April 1878 and dismisses the many stories appearing after 1881 that have Bat arriving on the scene of the tragedy and avenging his brother’s death.
Bat Masterson was grieved by his brother's death, but he did not have cause to fire his gun in revenge, and although he arrested four men as accomplices to the two gunmen, they later were released.
Mar 26, 2018 · Told of his brother’s plight, Bat raced to the scene. He was too late to save Ed, but he may have been the one to finish off Ed’s killer in the ensuing exchange of gunfire. Masterson made the sad trip to tell his parents of Ed’s death, but he was soon back on the job.
- Roger Jay
Mar 18, 2014 · Learning from the mayor that his brother is alive, Bat surrenders and hands over his empty six-guns. ***Aftermath: Odds & Ends*** A hearing was held, and formal charges were brought against Bat Masterson. The complaint stated that “W.B. Masterson did … unlawfully, feloniously, discharge a pistol upon the streets of said city.”
Jan 11, 2019 · An older, dapper Bat Masterson after his term as sheriff of Ford County. — Courtesy Robert G. McCubbin — April 16, 1881. Bat Masterson has just covered 1,100 miles, mostly by rail, to come to the aid of his estranged brother Jim. As the Dodge City-bound train pulls into the depot from the West, Bat swings down off the train on the north side.
For twenty years, beginning when he was thirteen, Mr. Masterson lived by his powers of offense and defense and was in more or less daily peril of death from Indians or from outlaw spirits common enough, these latter, in the West of that hour. Has Wasted Least Lead of any Man. Bat Masterson.
