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Wild Bill shot dead in Deadwood, 1876
Wild Bill shot dead in Deadwood, 1876
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Heading: (South Dakota)
Author:
Title: Illinois State Register
Place Published: Springfield, Illinois
Publisher:Illinois State Register
Date Published: 1876
Description:


4 pp. 59.3x44.8 cm (23¼x17¾"). Volume 28, No. 201 (August 21, 1876).



Newspaper featuring a first report of the death of folk hero and gunfighter J.B. "Wild Bill" Hickox by Jack McCally in Deadwood, Dakota Territory (now South Dakota). The report, presented as a letter signed by "J.W.E" notes that McCally was found not guilty in his murder trial after shooting Hickox "just below the right eye, inflicting a wound which caused instant death." The writer muses, "A man don't know how long he will be permitted to live here."

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Toned at edges, very good.
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Wild Bill shot dead in Deadwood, 1876

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