The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-31
MCCALL, THE MURDERER.
Ths Story Of the Man Who Shot Wild
Billie Is Arrested a. LsTsmis and
WIN be Brought Here and
Lodged in Jail To-day,

Bill Sutherland, alias Jack Mccall
alias Jack Sutherland, alias the man
who shot Wild Bill Hickok at Dead
wood City a few weeks ago, was arrest
ed in Laramie City Tuesday afternoon
by Deputy Marshal Balcombe, and viii
be brought here to-day. He viii be
taken before u. S. Commissioner Bru-
ner for examination, with the view of
holding him to await a requisition from
the Governor of Dakota, that the man
may be taken to-Yankton for trial in a
regularly organized court. A reporter
interviewed the triple-named murderer
at Laramie Tuesday, obtaining from
him the story of his crime and his rea-
son for committing it.
Mccall land this we believe to be his
real name,) is a medium sized man,
and wears a light moustache. His
brown eyes are slightly crossed, and
restless, and he has an impeachment in
his speech. His manner is and
he shows every symptom of possessing
an uneasy conscience. He is careful to
always have the wall at his back when
in conversation, as though afraid of be-
ing shot unawares. His story as relat-
ed by himself is as follows:
"when 1 first met Wild Bill in Dead
wood he asked me if l was not from
Fort Hayes, Kansas, but 1 answered
no, although l had seen Bill in Hayes,
and easily recognized him in Deadwood
as the man who killed my brother. At
the time / shot him l was employed in
carrying the mail from Red Cloud to
Deadwood, a job which no one else
would undertake.
On the day before the shooting l had
a dispute with Bill about some gold dust
which he had as good as robbed me of
in a poker game. We quarreled some
time about it and-I finally slapped his
face. He only laughed and said that
is all right Between three and four
O'Clock the next afternoon l went into
the Cricket saloon, where Bill and a
party of men were playing cards, and
after walking up and down a few times,
stepped up to Bill, and telling him to
look OUT shot him, the ball entering
at his ear. When 1 warned him he
smiled but made no effort to resist or
protect himself. l cooked my revolver
and snapped it at the men he was play
ing with, but the id thing wouldn't
go, although the cylinder turned. 1
rushed out Of the saloon, mounted a
horse standing near, and started off,
but the saddle was loose and turned
with me, so I was forced to surrender
to a crowd of several hundred men.
1 was arrested, lodged in jail and
guarded by twenty-five armed men.
Great excitement prevailed and l fully
expected to be lynched, but another ex-
element caused by a Mexican bringing
into town the head of an Indian divert
ed attention from me and preparations
were made for a trial. l employed
counsel, the trial was conducted in reg
uldI lOlli, dlu L was dCquittCus oOOl
afterwards / left Deadwood, anne to
Cheyenne, and went from there to Lara
mic, where 1 arrived Monday evening.
1 lost 800 here that night and think
the thieves will be caught. l have
three good claims neal Deadwood, and
was intending to stay there this win
ter"
This is the story of the murderer,
substantially as told by himself and we
submit it to our readers as related.
We are of the opinion that a Dakota
judge and jury will give the man a full
and fair trial, and that he will be melted
out just punishment for his crime.
| Wild Bill had few friends, but he did
not, in our opinion, deserve a dogs
death, and if, as one witness will testify
to-day, his murderer has stated that
Bill never killed a brother of his, and
this can be proven, it will go hard for
Mccall, and the gallows will undoubt-
eddy receive him.
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