Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the scout .. . o com-pensate for ten times the same number of ordinarywomen. Bill was in his element, although he hadno disposition to take a part in the wild orgies of thedrunken, maudlin crowd which infested every nookand corner of the place. He liked the freedom thesociety permitted, but indulged himself only ingambling and an occasional drink. Bill made many friends in Deadwood, and it was notknown that he had any enemies in the Black Hills,but while he was surrounded by friends, he shouldnever have forgotten the fact that his enemies werealmost
Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the scout .. . o com-pensate for ten times the same number of ordinarywomen. Bill was in his element, although he hadno disposition to take a part in the wild orgies of thedrunken, maudlin crowd which infested every nookand corner of the place. He liked the freedom thesociety permitted, but indulged himself only ingambling and an occasional drink. Bill made many friends in Deadwood, and it was notknown that he had any enemies in the Black Hills,but while he was surrounded by friends, he shouldnever have forgotten the fact that his enemies werealmost like the leaves of the forest. They werealways plotting his destruction and laying snaresalong his path. The end came at last, just as Billhad himself often predicted. LIFE OF WILD BILL. 71 ASSASSINATION OF WILD BILL. On the 2d day of August, 1876, Wild Bill was inLewis & Manns saloon, playing a game of pokerwith Capt. Massey, a Missouri river pilot, CharleyRich, and Cool Mann, one of the proprietors of thesaloon. The game had been in progress nearly. Death of Wild Bill. three hours, when about 4 oclock, p. M., a man wasseen to enter the door and pass up to the bar. Billwas sitting on a stool with the back of his head to-wards and about five feet from the bar. When the 72 LIFE OF WILD BILL. man entered, Bill had just picked up the cards dealthim, and was looking at his hand, and thereforetook no notice of the newcomer. The man, whoproved to be Jack McCall, alias Bill Sutherland, af-ter approaching the bar, turned, and drawing a largenavy revolver, placed the muzzle within twoinches of Bills head and fired. The bullet enteredthe base of the brain, tore through the head,and made its exit at the right cheek, betweenthe upper and lower jaw-bones, breaking off severalteeth and carrying away a large piece of thecerebellum through the wound. The bullet struckCapt. Massey, who sat opposite Bill, in the rightarm and broke the bone. At the instant the pistolwas discharged, the cards fell
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