Marjorie "Betty Crocker" Child, "Wild Bill" Hickok, John Bartlett, Johnny Carson, George Mortimer . Wild Bill Hickok, is one of the most famous figures of the wild west. The next child, also named Lorenzo Butler Hickok, was born in November of 1832. Personal account of the foreman of the Overland Stage Company stations, as given to, Judge Boyd told the jury, "The defendant cannot set up justification that he acted in self-defense if he was willing to engage in a fight with the deceased. "The Custer-Hickok Shootout in Hays City. Hickok was originally buried in the Ingelside Cemetery, Deadwood's original graveyard. Legend has it that Hickok, playing poker when he was shot, was holding a pair of aces and a pair of eights, with the fifth card disputed. These were silver-plated with ivory handles, and were engraved: "J.B. Hickock-1869". The charge was later reduced to manslaughter. However, the "special election" may not have been legal, as a letter dated 17 September to the Governor of Kansas noted that Hickok had presented a warrant for an arrest which was rejected by the Fort Hays commander because when asked to produce his commission Hickok admitted he never had one. Guess they weren't fans of The Simpsons. Calamity Jane is reputed to have led a mob that threatened McCall with lynching, but at the time of Hickok's death, Jane was actually being held by military authorities. Last night I found the common ancestor William Hickox (1609 - 1645). Hickok lost a gold watch to Tutt in a poker game. Marshal. While Hickok claimed to have killed numerous named and unnamed gunmen in his lifetime, his career as a gunfighter only lasted from 1861 to 1871. Dziki Bill Hickok, waciwie James Butler Hickok (ur.27 maja 1837 w Homer, obecnie Troy Grove w stanie Illinois; zm. The bear attacked, crushing Hickok with its body. On April 15, 1871, Hickok became marshal of Abilene, Kansas, taking over for former marshal Tom "Bear River" Smith, who had been killed on November 2, 1870. I will be." Updated on March 08, 2017. [a][8], In 1855, at age 18, James Hickok fled Illinois following a fight with Charles Hudson, during which both fell into a canal; each thought, mistakenly, that he had killed the other. One of the workers, Joseph McLintock, wrote a detailed description of the reinterment. Not a word was uttered.". Hickoks family emigrated from England in 1635 to Massachusetts, where his great-grandfather responded to the British march on Lexington and Concord at the beginning of the American Revolution. The man's name was H.C. Lindsay, and he and Hickok knew each other from old Indian campaign days. His life was an interesting one. Eventually, Hickok's "Aces and eights" became widely accepted as the "Dead Man's Hand. He met Hickok's mother, Polly Butler, in New York State. Hickok's gravesite is also in Deadwood. He reported returning with five prisoners after killing 10. Molded by war, and many dangerous adventures, Hickok survived the Civil War. In 1867, his fame increased after a published interview by Henry Morton Stanley. At the resulting two-hour trial by a miners jury (an ad hoc local group of assembled miners and businessmen), McCall claimed that he was avenging Hickok's earlier slaying of his brother, which may have been true. Born on May 27, 1837, in Troy Grove, Illinois, Hickok spent a decade in and out of Kansas working as a wagon master, special policeman, government scout and guide, and deputy U.S. marshal. It rests in a peaceful and quite beautiful cemetery known as Mt. This is a tale of two men called Bill: William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody and James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok. [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 new trial was held in U.S. territory, in Yankton, South Dakota. Deadwood was then, and is now, a town with basically one main street running through it. McCall was subsequently rearrested after bragging about his deed, and a new trial was held. Gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok (Jeff Bridges) travels the frontier, gaining fame and enemies in roughly equal measure. After this Hickok was transferred to Fort McPherson, in the Nebraska territory, to act as scout for the famous General William Tecumseh Sherman. His exploits as a gunfighter, scout, and lawman were legendary and he became the topic of many fictionalized accounts. He thought nothing of running a man out of town, rather than locking him up in jail. Instead, this ridiculous woman, supposedly claimed not only to have known Hickok, but to have had an affair with him! Shortly before Hickok's death, he wrote a letter to his new wife, which reads in part: "Agnes Darling, if such should be we never meet again, while firing my last shot, I will gently breathe the name of my wife-Agnes-and with wishes even for my enemies I will make the plunge and try to swim to the other shore" and "My dearly beloved if I am to die today and never see the sweet face of you I want you to know that I am no great man and am lucky to have such a woman as you", http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=479&ref=wvr. Although the true version of how, or when, Hickok acquired the sobriquet may never be known, it is known that in this area of the country, during this time period, James Butler Hickok began being known as "Wild Bill Hickok"! William died in 1645 leaving a widow and 2 young sons, Samuel and Joseph. In truth, he seems to have been afflicted with trachoma, a common vision disorder of the time. Melissa Sartore. A vile a character as I ever met for some cause Wild Bill incurred Coes hatred and he vowed to secure the death of the Marshall. The better "gunman" wins. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. Twice he asked Rich to change seats with him and on both occasions Rich refused. Troy Grove was then, and is now a small clean agricultural community. Few stayed around to find out if he was serious. The new trial was held in Yankton, capital of the territory. In this town there was a young man, in jail, being threatened by an angry lynch mob. He was assigned Buffalo Bill Cody, a sergeant, and five privates. Because a knife would not have been worn unsheathed, it is likely a photographer's prop. It's fitting that Wild Bill Hickok's gun would finally end up in the Adams Museum in Deadwood, South Dakota, the town where he was shot in the back of the head during a card game. Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok: With Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Sam Flint, William Haade. [40]:196, In September 1869, his first month as sheriff, Hickok killed two men. The truth is no one knows for sure. Many people knew that Jane had a crush on Hickok but few, if any, knew that they were married. She was a skilled tightrope walker, lion tamer and . [citation needed], From 1871 until his death in 1876, Hickok had vision problems. The town of Deadwood, South Dakota, re-enacts Hickok's murder and McCall's capture every summer evening. James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 - August 2, 1876), better known as " Wild Bill " Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, cattle rustler, gunslinger, gambler, showman, and actor, and for his involvement in many famous gunfights. . When he did go on patrol he would walk down the center of the street, rarely using the sidewalks. 10 in Deadwood, in the Black Hills, Dakota Territory, Hickok could not find an empty seat in the corner of the room, where he always sat in order to protect himself against a possible attack from behind, and instead sat with his back to one door while facing another. Add to Playlist. The first, on 24 was Bill Mulvey, who "got the drop" on Hickok. Another version of how Hickok obtained the "Wild Bill" title is given by Mr. George Hance, a resident of Rolla Missouri, who knew both Lorenzo and James Hickok. He was released on $2,000 bail and stood trial on August 3, 1865. This incident had a profound impact on young Bill Tilghman. He answered Coe by sneering, "Did the crow have a pistol? [9][41], The second killed by Hickok was Samuel Strawhun, a cowboy, who was causing a disturbance in a saloon at 1:00 am on September 27, when Hickok and Lanihan went to the scene. In the summer of 1868, while pursuing a horse thief, Hickok rode into Atchison KS. [34]:34 The show featured six buffalo, a bear, and a monkey, and one show ended in disaster when a buffalo refused to act, prompting Hickok to fire a bullet into the sky. "Dead man's hand" was an established poker. Deadwood however, has gone through many more changes than Troy Grove. [32] There is another account of the Coe shootout. He told Clemmons (Hardin) to stay out of trouble in Abilene and asked him to hand over his guns, and Hardin complied. This made it difficult for the men to carry the remains to the new site. Many historic sites and monuments commemorate his life, and he has been depicted numerous times in literature, film, and television. Tilghman wrote; "He was mounted on no prancing charger, only a sturdy government mule, but he rode with the easy grace of a Plainsman. The bullet emerged through Wild Bills right cheek striking Captain Massie in the left wrist. That woman was delicately known as "Calamity Jane". According to the premier biographer of Hickok, Mr. Joseph G. Rosa, some odd things then began to happen. While acting in this capacity Sherman's command stopped in a small Kansas town. http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=hickok&GSfn=james Death of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok a Burial of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, "Wild Bill", "Wild Bill Hickok", "Hickock", Deadwood, Lawrence, South Dakota, United States, Abolitionist, facilitator of the Underground Railroad, Lawman, Gunfighter, Gambler, U.S. They were originally good friends,[12] but they eventually fell out over a woman, and it was rumored that Hickok once had an affair with Tutt's sister, perhaps fathering a child. B. Hickok killed by the assassin Jack McCall in Deadwood, Black Hills, August 2, 1876. [f], The regular county election was held on November 2, 1869. In September of 1867 Hickok was involved in one of his most famous shootouts. After the war, Hickok became a scout for the U. S. Army and later was a professional gambler. Advertisement. [31], Several weeks later, an interview Hickok gave to Colonel George Ward Nichols, a journalist who subsequently became known as the creator of the Hickok legend,[32] was published in Harper's New Monthly Magazine. August 18, 1876, image 3", "Jack McCall Cowardly Killer of Wild Bill Hickok", "American Wonder Wild Bill Hickok Shot and Killed from Behind on This Day in History", Bozeman Avant Courier, December 22, 1876, image 1, testimony of George M. Shingle, "Riverboat captain 'carried' bullet that killed Hickok", "Jack McCall and the Murder of Wild Bill Hickok", "Wild Bill Hickok: Pistoleer, Peace Officer and Folk Hero", Photograph of Wild Bill Hickok's Colt Model 1851 Navys, "Wild Bill Hickok's Smith & Wesson No. In 1941 a woman named Jean Hickok McCormick told a story to the Billings Montana Gazette. Tutt called out, "Boys, I'm killed", before he collapsed and died. Elizabeth later married William Adams in 1648. [26]:329 Hickok did not enjoy acting, and often hid behind scenery. The bullet hit Hickok in the back of the head, killing him instantly. He would walk down the center of the street, eyes darting back and forth. One day, while swimming with some friends in a stream that ran through the property, a local bully started picking on one of his friends. He was bedridden for four months before being sent to Rock Creek Station in the Nebraska Territory to work as a stable hand while he recovered. Not having the courage to do it himself, he one day filled about 200 cowboys with whiskey intending to get them into trouble with Wild Bill, hoping that they would get to shooting and in the melee shoot the marshal. [i][68], Jack McCall was hanged on March 1, 1877, and buried in a Roman Catholic cemetery. In through the back door walked a cowardly little man named "Jack McCall". The first major description of the incident appeared in Harpers New Monthly Magazine in February 1867, six years after the fact, written by Col. George Ward Nichols, who claimed to have been told the story by Hickok in 1865. While in Springfield Hickok ran into an old acquaintance. He became a deputy U.S. marshal, and on March 28, 1868, he picked up 11 Union Army deserters who had been charged with stealing government property. It was during this time that Wild Bill got his nickname. Oliver Hickok had, by this time, gone to California for the Gold Rush. [57] The two possibly met for the first time after Jane was released from the guardhouse in Fort Laramie and joined the wagon train in which Hickok was traveling. Wild Bill Hickok was an American folk hero. Hickok had been called a "terror to evildoers" by a reporter of the Junction City Union newspaper. The 10th arrived at Fort Lyon, Colorado, in October and remained for the rest of 1868. Of all the weapons listed, Hickok's clear favorite was indeed the Colt Navy. I will be." In 1641 he married Elizabeth Cole who was born abt. Hickok became enraged, both at the death of his good friend, and at the mob who had been the cause. The Kansas Heritage Server would like to thank John Richard for contributing the following article about James Butler Hickok. He calmly told them that if they didn't return their pistols to their holsters, which they had drawn them from, there would be more "dead men" in the square. And the family remained in complete safety while the cow herd, and the cowboys, passed by the ranch. While working in Abilene, Hickok and Phil Coe, a saloon owner, had an ongoing dispute that later resulted in a shootout. I Killed Wild Bill Hickok (1956) WESTERN part 1/2. [45], Hickok later said he did not know that "Wesley Clemmons" was Hardin's alias, and that he was a wanted outlaw. [36] It is believed that the two met for the first time after Jane was released from the guardhouse in Fort Laramie and joined the wagon train that Hickok was traveling with. Getty Images. Barnum, and a man called Colonel Sidney Barnett of the Niagara Falls area of New York state. Wild Bill Hickok, byname of James Butler Hickok, (born May 27, 1837, Homer [now Troy Grove], Illinois, U.S.died August 2, 1876, Deadwood, Dakota Territory [now in South Dakota, U.S.]), American frontiersman, army scout, and lawman who helped bring order to the frontier West. Utter 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. One of the escaped slaves, identified as "Hannah", liked the Hickok family so much she stayed with them for many years. Shortly before Hickok's death, he wrote a letter to his new wife, which reads in part: "Agnes Darling, if such should be we never meet again, while firing my last shot, I will gently breathe the name of my wife Agnes and with wishes even for my enemies I will make the plunge and try to swim to the other shore.". Who Was Buffalo Bill Cody? In 1861 he was involved in a deadly shoot-out with the McCanles Gang at the Rock Creek Station after 40-year-old David McCanles, his 12-year-old son (William) Monroe McCanles, and two farmhands, James Woods and James Gordon, called at the station's office to demand payment of an overdue second installment on the property, an event that is still the subject of much debate. The couple had five children besides James Butler, three boys and two girls. In 1857, Hickok claimed a 160-acre (65 ha) tract in Johnson County, Kansas (in what is now the city of Lenexa),[4] where, on March 22 in 1858, he was elected as one of the first four constables of Monticello Township, Kansas. [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. Hickok's term as city Marshal of Hays ended, and in 1870 he decided to visit an old friend in Topeka Kansas. Second, they never had a captain named "O'Neil" in the list of their ships captains! Hardin was a well-known gunfighter, and is known to have killed more than 27 men. 5. Suddenly, the family saw a lone rider approaching their farm. My ancestor Amanda came from Samuel's line and "Wild Bill" came from Joseph's line. [25][26]:136 Hickok had not been paid for some time, and was hired as a scout by General John B. Sanborn by early 1865. In 1860, Hickok was badly injured by a bear, while driving a freight team from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Not a word was uttered. He would then inform them to quiet down, and then leave as suddenly as he had arrived. In 1871, Hickok became marshal of Abilene, Kansas, taking over for former marshal Thomas J. Smith. Born in Illinois in 1837, James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok first gained . It is also during this time that Hickok's trademark characteristics are recorded for the first time. The Hickoks were descendants of the Hiccocks family of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, neighbors of William Shakespeare. [61], Hickok died instantly. At the trial it was proved that the murderer was hired to do his work by gamblers[44] who feared the time when better citizens should appoint Bill the champion of law and order - a post which he formerly sustained in Kansas border life, with credit to his manhood and his courage. He usually sat with his back to a wall so he could see the entrance, but the only seat available when he joined the game was a chair facing away from the door. However, spelling is a very fluid thing in past generations. Most newspapers referred to him as William Haycock until 1869. Present-day gravesite Utter supervised the move and noted that while perfectly preserved, Hickok had been imperfectly embalmed. Hickok and Lanihan, however, remained sheriff and deputy, respectively. At the coroner's inquest into Strawhun's death, despite "very contradictory" evidence from witnesses, the jury found the shooting justifiable. "J.B. Hickok, Deputy U.S. Hickok warned him not to do that or there would be "trouble". Lorenzo, and brother James, decided to take a hand,in the matter, and prevented any harm coming to the young man. He ended up in Deadwood South Dakota where gold had been discovered. Industries Crime and Terrorism U.S. [13], Hickok was arrested for murder two days later; however, the charge was later reduced to manslaughter. At the end of the incident three men were dead, McCanles and his two friends. First, Hickok was an experienced gunfighter and the trick was old and well known at the time. A branch of the family moved to America in 1635. There is however, a record of Hardin leaving town in a hurry after shooting a man. [2], According to the accepted account, the dispute came to a head when Tutt was coaching an opponent of Hickok's during a card game. [43], "As I write the closing lines of this brief sketch, word reaches me that the slayer of Wild Bill has been re-arrested by the United State authorities, and after trial has been sentenced to death for willful murder. He left home and travelled west in 1855, working irregularly as a farmhand, hired gun and stagecoach driver. The new trial was held in Yankton, the capital of the Dakota Territory. [40]:192, On July 17, 1870, Hickok was attacked by two troopers from the 7th U.S. Cavalry, Jeremiah Lonergan and John Kyle (sometimes spelled Kile),[42] in a saloon. Good bye, Colorado Charlie, C. H. This offended both Tutt and Tutt's mother who also didn't like Union people. He was famously photographed with a pair of ivory handled Colt 1851 Navy revolvers and a large Bowie knife tucked into his belt c. 1869. James Butler Hickbetter known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a figure in the American Old West. "[27], While in Springfield, Hickok and a local gambler named Davis Tutt had several disagreements over unpaid gambling debts and their common affection for the same women. Also, Hickok had only recently married, and by all accounts he was completely taken by his wife. BORN NEW MONTHLY No. B. Hickock killed by the assassin Jack McCall in Deadwood, Black Hills, August 2, 1876. Tutt's friends complied with Hickok's suggestion. Tutt then demanded another $35 owed from a previous card game. His reputation as a gunfighter gave rise to legends and tales about his life. Hickok ran as an Independent; but lost to his deputy, Peter Lanihan, who ran as a Democrat. 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. Tall, he was over six feet, splendidly built, and his face as handsome as his form, with strong clear-cut features and keen dark blue eyes, long drooping mustache and hair curling upon his shoulders". Hickok left his new bride a few months later, joining Charlie Utter's wagon train to seek his fortune in the gold fields of South Dakota. He wanted me to go with him, and as we started on our way, imagine my surprise and uncomfortable feeling when he announced his intention of stopping at the McCanles home. Wild Bill Hickok was born James Butler Hickok in Homer, Illinois on May 27, 1837. McCall alleged that John Varnes, a Deadwood gambler, had paid him to murder Wild Bill. Bonhams auction company offered this pistol at auction on November 18, 2013, in San Francisco, California,[75] described as Hickok's Smith & Wesson No. However, the Columbia Broadcasting System got interested in the claim and broadcasted it on a program known as "We the People". In 1864 Hickok and the other detectives had not been paid for some time, and Hickok either resigned or was reassigned as he was hired as a scout by General John B. Sanborn at five dollars a day plus a horse and equipment. Apparently, the joining of the Kansas Free Staters was not a full time occupation for young James. He then asked them some questions concerning the man he was tracking. His story of fighting a grizzly bear, which he claims mistook him for food due to his greasy buckskins, personified a man who feared nothing alive, and after emptying his pistols into the bear, killed it with a Bowie knife. Pard, we will meet again in the happy hunting ground to part no more. "Good morning boys and young ladies", he said to the group of young children. On these visits the Marshal would bring candy for her and her siblings. The motive for the killing is still debated. There is no doubt that Hickok was a fearless and deadly fighting man, equally at home with a rifle, revolver, or knife. There's no more iconic scene in Western movies than the good old-fashioned pistol duel, where the lawman and the outlaw meet at high noon to see who's faster on the draw. Strange, because never in the twenty-seven years she outlived Hickok did she ever voice such a desire. Hickok invented the practice of "posting" men out of town. Hickok told Williams to stay where he was, and then took off in the direction of the gunshot. Her first husband, William Thatcher Lake later just known as Bill Lake, was a circus clown. 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