The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1876-08-31
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The ST. Louis Globe Democrat has an
account of the exploits of j. b. Hickok
better known as "WIld Bill" and who
was lately killed in the Black Hills coun-
try.by a brother of Mccall, whom he
killed in Abilene. We extractthe fol
lowing from the account:
In 81 Bill turned up a scout FOR Col.
Bradley, at Fort Riley. One night q
gang of vigilantes werc amusing them
selves by hanging q teamster between
Junction City and Fort Riley. Hickok,
happening to ride along at the time,
made rush for the lynchers, and away
they went, their victim being rescued.
A year afterwards Hickok was sheriff
of Ellis county, Kan. with headquarters
ut Hays City. A fellow named Sam
Strawhan had followed him from Spring
fell to avenge the death of Tut. Early
one morning Strawhah and crowd
started to gut, a Dutchman's saloon.
Wild Bill went there alone. The rioters
had thrown several glasses on the SIDE
walk. Bill carried them in with the re-
mark: "Boys, you hadn't ought to
treat poor old man in this way"
S,rawhan said he would throw them out
again. "Do," retorted Bill, "and they
will carry you out" and they did, sure
enough, for as Sam picked up glass to
strike, he fell head, shot through the
neck by the man who never missed his
mark.
The next man on whom Hiclok got
the drop was Bill Mulvey, a notorious
rough from st. Joseph, Mo-, who got on
q drunk ono day, ran the squire and
constable out of Hays City, caused the
citizens to scatter, and finally met Wild
Bill with the remark that be had lived
long enough. Although a pistol was
levcled at Hicilok's head, and he knew
itwould talk in half a second, he did not
lose bis presence OF mind for an instant,
but remarked, as if to a third party, in
very quiet tone, Don't hit him. He
is only fooling" Mulvey turned his
head to see who was about to strike
him. Tho movement was fatal one to
him, rs Wild Bills pistols were out in
simultaneously, and the st. Joe desper
ado dropped like stone, bullet hav-
ing entered just back of the right car.
This settled Mulvey, and Sheriff Hickok
received vote of thanks from the citi
zens for killing him.
Wild Bills next difficulty was with
eight or ten soldiers of the 9TH cavalry,
who invited him into a barroom at Hays
to take drink. While standing at the
bar he was knocked down by one of the
blue coats. Tho minute he struck the
flnnr hio ,ist/l q,
atciy he killed a man who was trying to
mako peace, and also another who par
ticipatcd in the attack. The fellow who
caused the row succeeded in escaping
with bullet in the broadcast part of him
exposed TO him whilc running away.
Two companies of cavalry were sent in
pursuit of Hickok, but failed to catch
him. lie footed it 66 miles to Ellsworth,
and subsequently turned up as marshal
of Abilene, Kansas. Hero it was that
he killed brother OF tho man who
murdered him, if he killed him at all,
which lis very doubtful, it being
thought by many that McCall's- asser-
ton to that effect was merely made to
save his neck after bis cowardly crime.
Ii was at Abilene, in 1869 or 1870, that
Iiickok killed Phil. Cole, an influential
cattle trader. The marshal had arrested
three or four of Coles men, and tho
Texans threatened to kill the long haired
s. b. They ropod him into saloon
for that purpose. The bar was lined
.nith men, Uickok being at one end and
Gsole at tho other. Bill knew what was
up, and kept his eye on his enemy. He
saw HIM go for his gun, and Doth men
drew simultaneously. Wild Bills aim
was as accurately as ever. and while he
remained unscathe1, the Texan fell dead
IN his tracks without uttcring a word,
tho bullet from Hickok's derringer
having hit him between the eyes, spat-
sering his brains on the clothes of his
friends. Tho Texans tried to run him
out Of Abilene, but he wouldn't scare
worth nickle, and didn't leave
that section until the fall after tho Tex
ans bad gone home.