Red bricks sunny facaded Goldberg's Casino, site of Jack McCall's capture, Main Street, Deadwood, South Dakota, USA
James Butler Hickok was born 27 May 1852 at Troy Grove, Illinois. He was the 4th of six children born to William Alonzo and Polly (Butler) Hickok. He was an Indian Scout in 1858, stage-coach driver 1859, guide and scout for the Union Army 1861, scout for George Armstrong Custer 1867-68, Marshall of Hays City, Kansas, in 1869 and Marshall of Abilene, Texas, in 1871. Hickok married Mrs Agnes Lake Thatcher, 5 March 1876, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, then headed for the Black Hills, during the goldrush. On 2 August 1876 he was murdered by Jack McCall (being shot in the back of the head) during a poker game at 'Saloon ' in Deadwood's Main Street. McCall may have been hired by gamblers who feared Wild Bill would be hired by the townspeople as the Deadwood Marshall. McCall was apprehended, hiding in a nearby shop. According to the sign above the left doorway in the image, this was 'The site of capture of the assassin Jack McCall, who shot Wild Bill Hickok, August 2nd 1876'. McCall was acquitted by a Miner's Court, but was re-arrested by the Wyoming authorities, who considered the Miner's Court had no legal jurisdiction. McCall was re-tried in Yankton, Dakota Territory, found guilty and hanged 1 March 1877, aged 24.
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Location: Goldberg's Casino, Main Street, Deadwood, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
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