The Elbert County tribune., 1911-10-27

wild Bill in Abilene that day they kept care
fully out OF sight. Not shot was fired. Moth
ing happened Wild Bills reception at Abilene
was regular ovation.
That little trip that Coles brother and
friends had made from Texas to Abilene to
avenge Coles death was blum. They went
to Abilene again the following year expecting
to md Wild Bill there. Whey they learned
that he was In Cheyenne. Coles brother and
two Of his close friends started on for the
Wyoming town. Wild Biirs friends in Abilene
wired him to be on the lookout for them
"Bill was standing against the bar OF a sa-
loon in Cheyenne drinking a glass OF beer
when the three Texans stalked In Bill recog.
nized Coles brother by his resemblance to the
Cole he had killed. But Bill made no move.
He merely fingered his glass laziIy and watched
the three strangers out OF the corner of his
eye. The Texans separated slightly and closed
on Bill In semi-circe. Get him nowl' said
their leader suddenly. All three whipped out
revolvers. But-wouid you believe it?-they
did not ire shot. Bill was the Quickest man
ON the draw that ever lived He 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 they
fell dead In their tracks Wild Bill killed
these men with six-shooter 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 fight.
The man OF today wonders why Wild BtI
got into so many fights. One naturally figures
he must have been a quarreIsome man. On
the contrary he was distinctly likabIe and ami
able But out west in early days there were
many men who took pride in bloody exploits
and killed men simply to make record In
the spirit Of gamblers these men swore IN
XIII each other to decide which was the better
man. They hunted each other often and trav
eled hundreds OF miles to fight 1t out with a
rival Killer. number OF these professional A
bad men tried to kill Wild Bill for the reputa
ton It would give them. Other men tried to
XIII him as result OF disputes. Still others
sought his life to avenge the deaths of rela-
tives who had fallen before Wild Bills re-
volvers
He Was killed in Deadwood by Jack Mccall
on August 2. 1876. With party OF friends
he had entered a saloon to play poker. Tho
card table was in corner at the rear of the
place captain Durfee. an old Missouri steam
boat man and friend OF Hickok's took the
seat In the corner. Wild Bill tried to yet the
seat first When he failed, he asked Cantafp
Durfee to let him have It Captain Durres
suspected BIZ wanted the seat to have a certatn
man at his right to cut for him and perhans
stack the deck. Captain Durfee refused tn give
up the seat Then Bill without more ado sat
down In chair with his back to the front
door In that position he could not see Mct,aII
enter. The assassin stepped up behind him
ana nred bullet in the back Of his head. Kill
Ing him instantly. Mccall was hanged In yank.
ton not long after The fatal bullet after nass
ing through Wild Bills skull. broke Captain
Durfee's arm
Captain Durfee said afterward that be did
not realize until too late that Wild Bill waptsd
tne cnair In the corner SO he could command
view OF the bar and all who entered from
the street II the captain had known this he
would have surrendered the chair and wild nj,
would not have been asssssiuated-