The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10

panions in the saloon in DeadwOOd,
when one, Jack Mccall, sneaked up
and shot him in the back. Mccall
was afterward hanged at Yankton
for the murder.
According to Bullock, Mccall, af-
ter being tried and acquitted by a
jury composed of friends, at once
made preparations for hasty depar-
ture and escape to Cheyenne, rath-
er than face the possibility of having
to settle matters according to west
ern code with the friends of "Wild
Bill" A relay of horses was arrang-
ed in advance, and Mccall started his
flight out Of the country.
Mccall Escapes to Cheyenne
**"Texas Jack" and California
Joe" two famous frontiersmen, who
at that time were residents of Dead
wood and who were warm friends of
'Wild Bill" left Deadwood on horse
back at about the same time as did
Mccall. They had planned to inter
cept the criminal on the open prair-
lie between DeadwoOd and Cheyenne
and kill him in revenge for the death
of their friend.
| Mccall, however, succeeded in
eluding them and reached Cheyenne
being enabled to accomplish this
feat because of the fact that fresh
horses were ready for him at differ
ent points along the route. it thus be-
ing impossible for the jaded horses
lof the two pursuers to keep pace. Had
they overtaken Mccall, he would
have been speedily dispatched with
his boots on.
Mccall Hanged
|, Mccall was arrested in Cheyenne
and taken to Yankton, then the capi
> tai of Dakota Territory, where he
was tried, convicted and sentenced tt
. be hanged.
AS was true of his residence in ole
} Montana Territory, Seth Bullock a
all times, in Deadwood, was aligned
with the orderly element.
In those days, conditions wer'
= pretty much the same in the Blacl
Hills as they had been a few year,
! previous in the camps of Montana
5 Roads agents infested all of tn,
: trails to and from the "diggings, ant
: as the camps grew, the desperadOe
4 became bOlder; holding up numerOu
: expeditions carrying gold dust Ou
= lOf the Black Hills for shipment to tn
: mint. Readers Of fiction will vivid
ly recall, in this connection, Owe
lWister's graphic description of lif
: along the trails that led to and fror
: the Black Hills-his tales Of life a
old DRY Bone, and of the hangers
on and frontier characters who fre
quented these stations south fror
the "diggings" to Cheyenne and Den
yer.
HOld-Up Of Treasure Coach
One day the road agents held u
land robbed an armOred treasur
coach, which had been named "JOhn
ME Slaughter" in honor of a drive
who had previously been shot an
killed in hOldHp near DeadwOOd
The armOred coach was in charge o
five picked men with Scott Davis o
Denver, Colo, chief messenger, 4
leharge. The stage drove up, as us
ual, to the stage station at Col
Springs, to change horses. The coac
was brought to a stop and the driy
er threw the reing to the ground. Tn
men inside the vehicle were prepaI
ing to dism0unt and enter the stag
statiOn, when, suddenly, from tn
Id0or of the building came the re
lport of firearms and a deadly hail G
bullets rained upon the coach. CamI
bell telegraph operator, was killed
"WiId Biz" Hick0ck was one OF Il
most Interesting and most popular chara'
ters Of the frontier In the days when q
Black Hills gold rush was at its heigh
he was renowned for his iaW-e1fQfcinR a
tlyltles ~ many sections Of the old Wes
''Wld Bifn was murdered by Mccall b
cause Hickick had beat Mccall sQuereiy
game Of carda. he was buried at Deill
wood and today, at his grave q monumei
stands in hiR memory
- Texas Jack" and California Jos
were two Of the famous scouts Of Gust
1ane. They we're both men who knew e
cry range and deflle Of the West, and hl
both seen service UndeT the famous gene
As whose h1e vas sacrificed at the Batl
Of fA4 3iltIe Big HAEns For many veal
they snenf q good deal OF thelr time in q
"a Black NAla. California 1oe' met
y deakh in eomawAsk khs senae manner as a
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