of the Ellis County sheriff.Shortly after his election he shot a hellraiser from St. Joseph, MO named Bill Mulvey. Mulvey had been hitting the town all day and was pretty drunk. He began shooting out lights and windows when Wild Bill came across him. Mulvey holstered his guns and then tried to draw them again. He never got them out and Wild Bill put two bullets into his chest. Wild Bill had really cleaned up the town, but the people of the county did not like the style and he lost the election to his deputy the next November. The summer after Wild Bill left his final mark on the town of Hays. Bill was no longer a peacekeeper. One night in the bar a couple of drunken Cavalry troopers started a fight with Bill. The one officer drew his pistol and the cap failed. Wild Bill then drew and shot one in the leg and the other in the stomach. The one that was shot in the stomach died in the next couple of days. This is when Wild Bill decided it was time to move on.At this time, nearby Abilene Kansas was developing as the earliest of the great staging places for the eastern rail shipment of Texas longhorn cattle. The growth had begun in 1867, in the summer, as the first animals arrived for shipment. Before that, Abilene had been a dusty and slow little town consisting of about a dozen log huts, and three or four sod shelters on the edges. But soon the streets were swarming with cattle dealers, and gamblers ready to take their hard-earned money. This was becoming a fast town and it fit Wild Bill perfect.In the first few months, Wild Bill just tended to routine business. Then there was John Wesley Hardin that showed up in the town. He was the worst killer the Wild West had produced in this time frame. Hardin meet Wild Bill there and for some reason Wild Bill became friends with him. They would drink together and exstange stories. Wild Bill even helped get one of Hardins friends go free, but Hardin also knew that if he messed u...
