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John McCall (/ m ə ˈ k ɔː l /) (1852/1853 – March 1, 1877), also known as "Crooked Nose" or "Broken Nose Jack", was the murderer of Old West legend Wild Bill Hickok. McCall shot Hickok from behind as he played poker at Nuttal & Mann's Saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, on August 2, 1876. McCall was executed for the murder on March 1, 1877.
The Old Style Saloon No. 10 is located in Deadwood, South Dakota, United States.The original location is best known as the site where the American Old West legend Wild Bill Hickok was assassinated by the Coward Jack McCall while playing a game of poker on August 2, 1876.
Her grave inscription reads, "As the flowers are all made sweeter by the sunshine and the dew, so this old world is made brighter by the lives of folks like you." ... Jack McCall. Died: 1877.
Jack McCall was apprehended as he attempted to flee town, and the next day was given an impromptu trial in which he was acquitted of the murder, claiming he was avenging his brother's death. [1] However, less than a month later, McCall was re-charged with the murder after bragging about what he had done while in the Wyoming Territory . [ 3 ]
Almost the entire town attended the funeral, and Utter had Hickok buried with a wooden grave marker reading: Wild Bill, J. B. Hickock killed by the assassin Jack McCall in Deadwood, Black Hills, August 2, 1876. Pard, we will meet again in the happy hunting ground to part no more. Good bye, Colorado Charlie, C. H. Utter.
Nov. 21—The antique trunk has been in the McCall family for as long as anyone can remember. And when 77-year-old Taft resident Jim McCall lifts the lid on the old footlocker, he reveals hundreds ...
Attendance at the funeral was heavy, and Utter had Hickok buried with a wooden grave marker which read: "Wild Bill, J. B. Hickok killed by the assassin Jack McCall in Deadwood, Black Hills, August 2d, 1876. Pard, we will meet again in the happy hunting ground to part no more. Good bye, Colorado Charlie, C. H. Utter."
Calamity Jane at Wild Bill Hickok's Gravesite, Deadwood, Dakota Territory, 1890s In 1881, Jane bought a ranch west of Miles City, Montana , along the Yellowstone River , where she kept an inn. According to one version of her life, she later married Clinton Burke from Texas and moved to Boulder , where she once again made an attempt in the inn ...