The Harrison times., 1911-11-04

Wild Btu In Abilene that day they kept care
fully out Of sight. Not shot was fired Moth.
Ing happened Wild Blls reception ut Abilene
was q regular ovation.
That little trip that Coles brother and
friends had made from Texas TO Abilene TO
avongo Coles death was no blum. They went
to Abilene again tho following year expecting
to find Wild Bill there. Whoy they learned
that he was In Cheyenne Coles brother and
two Of his close friends started Off for the
Wyoming town. wild BilrB friends In Abilene
wired him 10 be on the lookout for them.
"Dill was standing against tho bar OF o IA.
loon IN Cheyenne drinking glass OF beer
when the threo Texans stalked In, Blll recog.
nized Coles brother by his resemblance 10 tho
Cole no had killed, But Bill mNdo no move,
He merely fingered his glass lOglly and watched
tho three strangers out OF the corner OF his
eye Tho Texans separated slightly and closed
on Bill In semolrcle Get him nowl' said
their leader suddenly, All three whipped out
royolyers, But-would you believe it2-thoy
did not nro shot, Bill was tho quickest man
on the draw that ever lived llo fred no
rapidly that others IN the saloon testified after
wards they heard but ono report Ills bullets
found tho Texans between tho eyes and they
foil dead IN their tracks Wild Bill killed
when ho quit tho theatrical business.
"Wild Bll was ono OF tho best revolver shots
over in tho wost," Bufrelo Bnl went on. lilo
certainly was tho best revolver shot In tight"
"Tho man OF today wonders why Wild Blll
got into 40 many fghta one naturally hguroa
he must have been n quNrrolaomo man On
the contrary he was distinctly llkable and ami
able, but out west In early days there were
many men who took prldo IN bloody exploits
and killed men simply TO mako record I'm
tho spirit OF gamblers these men gwore 70
Kill each other 10 decide which was tho better
man, They hunted each other often and tray.
eled hundreds or miles 10 fight II out with n
rival killer, A number OF these professional
bad men tried 10 kill Wild Dl for tho roputn.
tlon II would give thom, Other men tried 10
Kill him M q result OF disputes, stIll othore
sought hia life 10 ayongo tho deaths OF rola.
tlyes who had fallen before Wild BilPa ro.
yolyorB
"lIo war kluod IN Doadwood by Jack Mccall
on August 2, 1870 With party OF friend,
bo had entered n saloon 10 play poker The
card table was IN corner NJ tho rear OF tho
place Captain Durfee, m old Missouri steam.
boat man and n frlond Of llckok's, took the
seat IN tho cornor wild mn tried TO got the
seat first, When he failed he asked Captain
Durfee to lot him have H. Captain Durfea
suspected llill wanted tho seat 10 have certain
man at his right 10 cut for him and perhaps
stack the deeh Captain Durfee refused 10 give
up the seat Then Bll without more ado sat
down In chair with his back to tho front
door In that position ho could not REQ Mccall
ontor Tho assassin stepped up behind him
and fred bullet IN tho back OF his head, kill
Ing him instantly MeCall was hanged In Yank
ton not long after, The fatal bullet, after pass
ng through wild Dlll's skull broke Captain
Durfee'a arm,
captain Durfee said atlerword that ho dld
not realize until too late that Wild mn wanted
the chair In the corner 30 he could command
View OF the bar and all who entered from
the street n tho captain had known this he
would have surrendered tho chair and Wlld uitl
would mol have been aeaaaanated,"