Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the scout .. . hink and resolve without theadvice of his friends. Almost every hour one ormore of them would come to him with a new storyabout Daves boasts and intentions. On the morning of the third day after the row,Dave sent word to Bill that he intended tocarry the watch across the square at noon, and tocall the hour from Wild Bills watch. Bill sent backthe following reply : Dave Tutt will not carry mywatch across the square to-day unless dead men canwalk. This reply satisfied everybody that there was go-ing to be a death fight. Accordingly, shor
Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the scout .. . hink and resolve without theadvice of his friends. Almost every hour one ormore of them would come to him with a new storyabout Daves boasts and intentions. On the morning of the third day after the row,Dave sent word to Bill that he intended tocarry the watch across the square at noon, and tocall the hour from Wild Bills watch. Bill sent backthe following reply : Dave Tutt will not carry mywatch across the square to-day unless dead men canwalk. This reply satisfied everybody that there was go-ing to be a death fight. Accordingly, shortly beforenoon, an immense crowd had assembled on the publicsquare to see the duel. At five minutes to twelve Wild Bill made his ap-pearance on one side of the square opposite thecrowd, where he could command a view of Tutt andhis many friends, nearly all of whom were standingwith their revolvers in their hands. Just before twelve Dave stepped out from thecrowd and started across the square. When he hadproceeded a few steps and placed himself opposite to. 3^ LIFE OF WILD BILL. 39 Bill, he drew his pistol; there was a report as of asingle discharge, and Dave Tutt fell dead with a bul-let through his heart. The moment Bill dischargedhis pistol—both pistols having been fired at the sameinstant—without taking note of the result of his shot,he turned on the crowd with his pistol leveled, andasked if they were satisfied ; twenty or more blanchedfaces said they were, and pronounced the fight asquare one. Bill expected to have to kill more thanone man that day, but none of Daves friends con-sidered it policy to appeal the result. Bill was arrested, but at the preliminary examina-tion he was discharged on the ground of self-de-fense. The verdict may not have been in accordancewith the well defined principles of criminal jurispru-dence, but it was sufficient, for all who know the cir-cumstances believe that Tutt got his deserts. A QUADRANGULAR DUEL IN NEBRASKA. Bill remained in Sprin
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