ed in his chair. But Wild Bill haters had finally found there man-Jack McCall.McCall believed that Wild Bill had killed his brother back in Kansas. This was probably correct considering Lew McCall was a thief and a loudmouth. Remaining quiet McCall slowly walked around to the corner of the saloon where Wild Bill was seated. Under his coat, McCalls hand was on his pistol that ironically was a colt 45. He came up slowly behind Wild Bill, trying to make it look like he was observing the game. As everyones attention was focused on the player opposite of Wild Bill, McCall withdrew his revolver and shot Wild Bill in the back of the head, killing hi instantly.Wild Bill was holding a pair of eights and a pair of aces. This is now known as the dead mans hand.Jack McCall was tried by an illegal miners court in Dearwood an Aug. 3 and found not guilty. Later, he was tried in Yankton, Dakota Territory, and this time he was found guilty. He was hanged on March 1 1877.Kickok family was devastated with the news. His wife stated that she still sees him everyday and night. The one sister wished that he would have been killed beside Custer rather than on a barroom floor. And the mother suffered a lung hemorrhage when she heard the news. She maid it two more years and then passed on.James Butler Hickok was buried in the cemetery outside Deadwood. Calamity Jane insisted that a proper grave be built in honor of the man she was in love with. An enclosure 10x10 was built around his burial plot. On top of that encircling stone wall was placed a 3 fence which had fancy cast iron filigree on top, and a small American Flag was struck into the ground in front of the tombstone in honor of his service in the war. 14 years later, in 1900 an aging Calamity Jane arranged to be photographed next to this now overgrown burial site. Elderly, thin and poor, her clothes were held together with safety pins and were ragged. She said that when she dies that s...
