This would be the first recorded time he assumed the office of a law enforcement officer. Family tree of Wild Bill HICKOK Adventurer Born James Butler HICKOK Folk hero of the American Old West Born on May 27, 1837 in Troy Grove, Illinois, USA , United States Died on August 02, 1876 in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, USA Born on May 27 44 Deceased on August 02 33 Adventurer 49 Family tree Report an error Hickok Aaron 1742 - 1814 Kent Deborah Not a word was uttered. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Hickok refused, as he had an "a memorandum" proving it to be for $25. Wild Bill had a premonition that Deadwood would be his last camp and expressed this belief to two of his friends Colorado Charlie. In another account of the Coe shootout: Theophilus Little, the mayor of Abilene and owner of the town's lumber yard, recorded his time in Abilene by writing in a notebook, which was ultimately given to the Abilene Historical Society. In July of 1876, Hickok joined a wagon train led by Charlie Utter in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He developed habits, of personal safety, to protect himself. At this time McCanles was the leader of a local "gang" that considered themselves "desperadoes". Tilghman would later become a famous western Marshal himself. Both men faced each other sideways in the dueling position and both fired almost simultaneously. [61], Hickok died instantly. In 1867, Hickok took a break from the west and moved to Niagara Falls, where he tried his hand at acting in a stage play called "The Daring Buffalo Chases of the Plains. In June, Hickok mustered out and went to Springfield, where he gambled. Wild Bill had learned of the scheme and cornered Coe, had his two pistols drawn on Coe. The identity of the fifth card (his "hole card") is also the subject of debate. McCanles reportedly threatened Wellman, and either Wellman or Hickok, who was hiding behind a curtain, killed McCanles. Many years after Hickok's death, a famous gunman named John Wesley Hardin wrote an autobiography. Hickok left home at age 17 and worked as a canal boat pilot in Utica, Illinois, before heading west in 1856 to Bleeding Kansas, which was embroiled in a violent conflict over whether slavery should be permitted there. This number is doubtful, and it is more likely that his total killings were about 20 or a few more. [19], In July 1869, Hickok was back in Hays and was elected sheriff and city marshal of Ellis County, Kansas, in a special election, on August 23, 1869.[20]. In this maneuver, a person hands their gun/s to the unsuspecting party butt's first. They had a falling out, and Tutt stepped in to console her. It meant money for shopkeepers, saloon owners and brothels. Is there any info about James Butler b. Also in 1995, he's depicted as a character in an episode of Legend (TV series) by William Russ, possibly most famous for his role in Wiseguy (TV series). The authorities did not consider this to be double jeopardy because at the time Deadwood was not recognized by the U.S. as a legitimately incorporated town (due to federal laws that made it illegal to settle on Indian land; many people did anyway). [12], While in Nebraska, Hickok was derisively referred to by one man as "Duck Bill" for his long nose and protruding lips. In 1876 in Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, Hickok married Agnes Lake Thatcher, a former circus performer. When Hickok was born Troy Grove was known as "Homer". It is said he met the famous frontiersman Kit Carson while so employed. Nicholss version of the shootout in Harpers grabbed the publics attention, making Hickok an instant legend whose gunfighting prowess became fodder for dime novels. It is now time to deal with a myth that has plagued Hickok's memory and his legend. On July 21, 1865, in a shootout in Springfield, Missouri, he killed David Tutt, a skillful gunfighter who had been flaunting the watch he won from Hickok in a poker game. In the first season, the show explores this famous gunfighter's final days in the titular lawless town before he was murdered while playing poker. 2 Army revolver, a five-shot, single-action, .32-caliber weapon, innovative as one of the first metallic cartridge firearms and favored by many Union officers during the Civil War. A semifictionalized version of Hickok's time as marshal of Abilene Kansas, titled Hickok (2017), stars Luke Hemsworth as Hickok, Trace Adkins as the Bull's Head Saloon keeper Phil Coe, Kris Kristofferson as Abilene mayor George Knox, and Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau as John Wesley Hardin. Coe claimed that he was shooting at a stray dog,[g] and then suddenly turned his gun on Hickok, who fired first and killed Coe. This job came to an end when James threw his employer into the canal for mistreating his horse team. The reason he left town in a hurry was because he knew Hickok would be coming to arrest him. He is chiefly portrayed as a protagonist, although historical accounts of his actions are often controversial, and much of his career is known to have been exaggerated both by himself and by contemporary mythmakers. "-"Phil" Coe was from Texas, ran the "Bulls Head" a saloon and gambling den, sold whiskey and mens souls. Citizens warned Mulvey to behave, because Hickok was sheriff. They pull their guns and shoot. Hickok hailed from Illinois and had traveled to Missouri and Kansas as a young man looking for adventure. I Killed Wild Bill Hickok (1956) WESTERN part 1/2. True Story: Wild Bill Hickok, Sheriff Of Deadwood One of the most fascinating historical figures from the days of the American wild west is Wild Bill Hickok. At the end of the trial, Judge Sempronius Boyd gave the jury two contradictory instructions. Two troopers, Jeremiah Lonergan and John Kile (Kyle), set upon Hickok in a saloon. For ever after this hand would be known as "The Dead Man's Hand". [54], Charles Snyder, the Lucien Howe Librarian of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, said "Granular conjunctivitis, ophtalmia, trachomacall it what you willwas common on the Western Frontier. Buffalo Bill also earned the respect of the great Sioux Chief Sitting Bull and was an early advocate of equal pay for women. Melissa Sartore. ), 18721886. In December 1867, newspapers reported Hickok's arrival in Hays, Kansas. The charge was later reduced to manslaughter. Hickok managed to fire another shot, wounding the bear's paw. Most likely McCall became enraged over what he perceived as a condescending offer from Hickok to let him have enough money for breakfast after he had lost all his money playing poker the previous day. [60] McCall then entered the saloon, walked up behind Hickok, drew his Colt Model 1873 Single Action Army .45-caliber revolver, and shouted, "Damn you! If the deceased and defendant engaged in a fight or conflict willingly on the part of each, and the defendant killed the deceased, he is guilty of the offense charged, although the deceased may have fired the first shot. Horace Hickok was born in October of 1834. Hickok's fight with Tutt set the mold for the classic, although rare in reality, western gunfight and gunfighter image. By 1864, however, he seems to be more concerned with police work. Each person who looked into the eyes of Hickok this night saw death in them and fled in fear. A famous Harper's Magazine article credited Hickok with slaying 10 men that day; by the 1870s, his career-long kill count was up to 100. Thousands of future books, movies, and TV shows would replay this scene in one fashion or another. One thing led to another and soon five or six of them lay unconscious on the pool room floor. The mob didn't utter a sound. The two men did not like each other, and trouble between them was inevitable. In 1871, Hickok became marshal of Abilene, Kansas, taking over for former marshal Thomas J. Smith. At the time, shooting stray dogs within city limits was legal, and a 50-cent bounty was paid by the city for each one shot. Lesser men, in a safer time, have sometimes judged Hickok harshly. Family filter: On; All videos. There were also women in the house, conceivably armed with shotguns. At that time she was claiming to have been the wife of some man named Cosgrove, but never Hickok. This gave all the advantage to the buffalo. Later Hickok heard that Tutt was bragging about having seized his watch, and added that he would parade down the town square wearing the watch. [62][63] Hickok may have told his friend Charlie Utter and others who were traveling with them that he thought he would be killed while in Deadwood. Usually, Hickok always sat with his back to a wall. Elizabeth later married William Adams in 1648. Sometime toward the end of 1867 records show that Hickok was in Hays City Kansas, working as a deputy U.S. Geni requires JavaScript! His gunfighting skills eventually earned him the nickname "Wild Bill". [15] The jury voted for acquittal, a verdict that was not popular at the time. [72] As of 2020, the flag is no longer flown. Utter.". Agnes fell deeply in love with Hickok on sight. Hickok and McCanles did not get along. in an instant, he pulled the triggers again sending two bullets into Coe's abdomen (Coe lived a day or two) and whirling with his two guns drawn on the drunken crowd of cowboys, "and now do any of you fellows want the rest of these bullets." WILD BILL HICKOK. Hickok warned him not to do that or there would be "trouble". Hickok and Brinks were charged with murder but found not guilty. Hickok remained in Hays through August 1868, when he brought 200 Cheyenne Indians to Hays to be viewed by "excursionists". [44] In his 1895 autobiography, published after his death, Hardin claimed to have been befriended by Hickok, the newly elected town marshal, after he had disarmed the marshal using the road agent's spin, but Hardin was known to exaggerate. The 10th Regiment arrived at Fort Lyon in Colorado in October and remained there for the rest of 1868. There was no such recollection, of the incident, in the minds of old Abilene residents. He was an assistant station tender for the Pony Express at the Rock Creek, Nebraska station. A request for any/all information on either the ship or the indicated captain, from the Cunard line, was submitted by Mr. Rosa in 1957. Here he hoped to make a "strike" and bring Agnes out West. A man named Samuel Strawhun, a well known Hays city ruffian, decided to "clean out" one of the local saloons. [1], In 1855, at the age of 18, Hickok moved to Kansas Territory following a fight with Charles Hudson, which resulted in both falling into a canal. The killing of Wild Bill and the capture of Jack McCall is reenacted every evening (in summer) in Deadwood.[45]. Hickok often borrowed money from Tutt. Few stayed around to find out if he was serious. Present-day gravesite Utter supervised the move and noted that while perfectly preserved, Hickok had been imperfectly embalmed. They quibble over meaningless points, and judge him with the values of another time and another place. This offended both Tutt and Tutt's mother who also didn't like Union people. Hickok wanted his beloved mother to know he was behaving himself. The second trial was not considered double jeopardy because of the irregular jury in the first trial and because Deadwood was at the time in unorganized Indian country. During the years 1859-60 Hickok drove freight wagons, and coaches along the Santa Fe Trail. Hickok's brother, Lorenzo Butler Hickok, traveled from Illinois to attend the retrial. She was a world renowned horsewoman, tightrope walker, dancer, sometime actress, lion tamer, and could speak several languages! Troy Grove was then, and is now a small clean agricultural community. Four of the men on the self-appointed committee who planned Calamity's funeral (Albert Malter, Frank Ankeney, Jim Carson, and Anson Higby) later stated that, since Hickok had "absolutely no use" for Jane in this life, they decided to play a posthumous joke on him by laying her to rest by his side. I Killed Wild Bill Hickok (1956) WESTERN part 2/2. The young girl cherished the memory all her life. This particular regiment was destined to become immortal. Hickok was working as sheriff and city marshal of Hays, Kansas when, on July 17, 1870, he was involved in a gunfight with disorderly soldiers of the 7th US Cavalry, wounding one and mortally wounding another. He then joined General James Henry Lane's Kansas Brigade, and while serving with the brigade, saw his friend Buffalo Bill Cody, who was serving as a scout. Jesse James suffered from it. Not only could the horse not hold the animal, it was flipped head over heals! Pard, we will meet again in the happy hunting ground to part no more. Hickoks father moved his family from Vermont to Maine to Homer (now Troy Grove), Illinois. His skills as a gunfighter and scout, along with his reputation as a lawman, provided the basis for his fame, although some of his exploits are fictionalized. PHOTOS: (1) Wild Bill as a young man. After Hickok was cleared of wrong doing the incident passed into history, but not out of controversy. [4] Despite all Hickok photographs indicating he had dark hair, all contemporary descriptions confirm he was in fact golden blonde. When the American Civil War began, Hickok joined the Union forces and served in the west, mostly in Kansas and Missouri. [24], In late 1863, Hickok worked for the provost marshal of southwest Missouri as a member of the Springfield detective police. After Hardin left town he and Hickok did not meet again. Instead, this ridiculous woman, supposedly claimed not only to have known Hickok, but to have had an affair with him! The election results of Monticello Kansas show Hickok being elected as "Constable", in 1858. Now, instead of her father being just a "cousin" of Hickok's, Hickok himself was her father! The plan was to see if a full grown buffalo could be roped and captured from horseback. At the time of the so-called McCanles Massacre, Hickok was known as Duck Bill because of his sweeping nose and protruding upper lip (covered with a mustache later in life). [citation needed], From 1871 until his death in 1876, Hickok had vision problems. The graveyard filled quickly and was in an area that could be better used for the constant influx of settlers to live on, so all the bodies there were moved up the hill to the Mount Moriah Cemetery in the 1880s. He was known as a gunfighter and gambler who fought in the Civil War and was a scout for Custer's Cavalry. Hickok later would return to the east for another attempt at show business. "Dead man's hand" was an established poker. Charlie Utter, Hickok's friend and companion, claimed Hickok's body and placed a notice in the local newspaper, the Black Hills Pioneer, which read: Died in Deadwood, Black Hills, August 2, 1876, from the effects of a pistol shot, J. Hickok was a good shot from a very young age. 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