The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-11-04

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 a regular ovation.
That little trip that Coles brother and
friends had made from Texas to Abilene to
avenge Coles death was no blum They went
to Abilene again the following year expecting
to find Wild Bill there. Whey they learned
that he was in Cheyenne, Coles brother and
two of his close friends started OF for the
Wyoming town. Wild Bills 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 lazily and watched
the three strangers out of the corner OF his
eye. The Texans separated slightly and closed
on Bill In semicircle. Get him now! said
their leader suddenly. All three whipped out
revolvers. But--would you believe it?-they
did not fire 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 Bill
got into SO many fights. One naturally figures
he must have been uuarrelsome man On
the contrary he was distinctly likabe 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 to
kill each other to decide which was the better
man. They hunted each other often and trav.
eled hundreds of miles to fight II out with a
rival killer number of these professional
bad men tried to kill Wild Bill for the reputa-
tion 1t would give them. Other men tried to
kill him as result OF disputes. Still others
sought his life to avenge the deaths Of rela,
tives who had fallen before Wild Bits re-
volvers. fN
He was kiiled in Deadwood by Jack Mccall
on August Q. 1875. With a party OF friends
he had entered saloon to play poker. The
card table was in corner at the rear of the
place. Captain Durfee. an old Missouri steam
boat man and a friend OF Hickok's, took the
seat in the corner. Wild Bill tried to get the
seat first. When he failed he asked Captain
Durfee to let him have 1t. Captain Durfes
suspected Bill wanted the seat to have certain
man at his right to cut for him and perhaps
stack the deck. Captain Durfee refused to giv,
up the seat, Then Bill without, moro ado ga
down In chair with his backAfo the from
door. In that position be could not zee Mccall
enter The assassin stepped up behind hin
and fired . bullet in the back Of his head, kill
ing him instantly. Mccall was hanged In Yank
ton not long SITTER. The fatal bullet, after pase
Ing through Wild Bill's skull. broke Captain
DuHfee's arm. s., n as
''6aptain Durfes said astsrward that - dit
not realize until Too hts that wild BIN wanted
the cnA1r n the corner 20 10 could oomnnnd