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Jack McCall. John McCall ( / məˈkɔːl / ); (1852/1853 – March 1, 1877), also known as " Crooked Nose " or " Broken Nose Jack ", was the murderer of Old West legend Wild Bill Hickok. McCall shot Hickok from behind as he played poker at Nuttal & Mann's Saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, on August 2, 1876. McCall was executed for the ...
- Crooked Nose Jack; Broken Nose Jack
- Execution by hanging
- John McCall, 1852 or 1853, Jefferson County, Kentucky
- Murder of Wild Bill Hickok
Jack McCall, drinking heavily at the bar, saw Hickok enter the saloon, taking a seat at his regular table in the corner near the door. Seeing an opportunity to avenge himself of the insult and perhaps to make a name for himself, McCall came up behind Hickok, pointed his .45 caliber revolver at the back of his head, and pulled the trigger as he ...
Mar 2, 2023 · Jack McCall, a nondescript man with a double chin and crossed eyes, entered quietly, slipped up behind Hickok and put the muzzle of a .45 revolver against the back of the retired lawman's head. "Damn you, take that!" he is said to have shouted as he pulled the trigger. After a moment, Hickok fell sideways out of his chair, dead before he hit ...
Jack McCall is the most infamous murderer in Deadwood. On August 2, 1876, McCall walked into Nuttal & Mann’s Saloon #10 and point blank shot Wild Bill Hickok in the back of the head while Hickok was playing a hand of poker. McCall claimed he killed Wild Bill to avenge his brother’s death. At the time of the killing, Deadwood had no law so a ...
Nov 16, 2009 · On this day in 1876, Hickok was playing cards with his back to the saloon door. At 4:15 in the afternoon, a young gunslinger named Jack McCall walked into the saloon, approached Hickok from behind ...
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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 ...
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…
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