The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-10-26

wild iill In Abilene that day they kept care
FULLY out Of sight Not a shot was fired 10th
ing happened wild BIls reception at Abilene
n regular ovation.
That little trip that Coles brother and
friends had made from Texas 10 Abilene 10
aycngc Coles death WAS no blur They went
TO Abilene again the following year expecting
10 ind Wild Bin there Whey they learned
that he was I'm Cheyenne. Coles brother and
two Of his close friends started of for the
wyoming town. wild Bits friends In Abilene
wired him to be on the lookout for them.
"BIll was standing against the bar or a 81.
loon in Cheyenne drinking glass OF beer
when the three Texans stalked in. Bill recog.
ntzed Coles brother by his resemblance to the
Cole he had killed But BIZ made no move
He merely fingered his glass lazlly and watched
the three strangers out of the corner OF hts
eye. The Texans separated slightly and closed
on Bill in n semtcircie Get him nov said
their leader suddenly All three whipped out
revolvers But-woud you believe it"-they
did not fire shot. Bill was the quickest man
on the draw that ever lived lie fired so
rapidly that others in the saloon testified after.
wards they heard but one report His bullets
found the Texans between the eyes and thew
fell dead In their tracks. Wild Bill Gilled
THESE men with sixshooter had given him
when he quit the theatrical business
Wild Bill was one OF the best revolver shots
ever In the west" Buffalo Bill went on. HE
certainly was the best revolver shot in a fight"
The man OF today wonders why Wild BIZ
got into 80 many fights. One naturally figures
ne must nave been quarrelsome man On
the contrary he was distinctly kable and amt.
able. But out west In early DAYS there were
many men who took pride in bloody exploits
and killed men simply TO make a record in
the spirit OF gamblers these men swore 10
XIII each other to decide which was the better
man. They hunted each other often and tray
eled hundreds Of miles to fight It out with a
rival killer number OF these professional
bad men tried to kill Wild Bill for the reputo
ton II would give them. Other men tried TO
kill him az result OF disputes Still others
sought his lie to avenge the deaths of reIa.
tives who had fallen before Wild Rilrs re-
volvers
He was Killed in Deadwood by Jack Mccall
on August 2. 1876 With party OF friend.
he had entered a saloon to play poker The
cara taDie was In corner AZ the rear O, the
place captain Durfee, an old Missouri steam
boat man and friend OF Hickok's. took the
seat in the corner Wild BIZ tried 10 get the
seat trRt. When he failed. he asked CantaIn
Durfee to let him have It. Captain Dnrfe.
suspected Bill wanted the seat to have a certain
man at Nils right to cut for him and perhans
STACK the deck Captain Durfee refused tn give
up the seat. Then Bin without more ado sa,
down In chair with his back 10 tho front
door. In that position he could not see Mccall
enter. The ASSASSIN stepped up behind him
and fired bullet in the back Of his head kin
Ing him Instantly. Mccall was hanged in Yapk.
ton not long after The fatal bullet, after oass.
ing through Wild Bill's skull. broke Caita,n
Durfees arm.
Captain Durfee said afterward that he "a
not realize until too late that Wild Bill wantsd
the CHAIR In the corner so he could commans
view OF the bar and all who entered from
the street II the captain had known this he
wou,o nave surrendered the chair and Wild Bill
would not have been assasslnated"