Show PROOF FOUND SON DECLARES Says Wild Bill and Calamity Jane J Tot Not ot Sweethearts OMAHA OM AlIA Neb Nob Aug 20 By By The Associated Press Proof press that Proof that Wild ild Bill Itickok Hickok hero her of many a many 10 west west- western western ern ens plains narrative was a gentle gentle- gentleman gentleman gentleman man not a cold coid blooded killer of ot Innocent men and that t although nS dhe ft ft buried side d by side I he and Calamity Jane Janc were not sweethearts is forth forth- forthcoming forthcoming coming corning declared Howard HIckok of Neloa Iowa on a visit here disclosed that William lam C. C Connelly Kansas state historian Is U preparing a book on the life lite of Wild Bill Bm BIli a book on oct which the veteran historian has bas been en working for fOT 40 years The sons son's life Ute ambition he be says Is to prosecute to a successful con con- conclusion conclusion elusion a campaign to place his fath fath- father er before the public as a gentleman who knew no fear tear His action together with a number of protests from pioneers who claim to have known the elder lc fol followed fol- fol h ft towed lowed a pamphlet published by the Nebraska State Historical society branding Wild Bill as a coward and murderer of innocent persons Its a shame that those who arc are making these charges did not make them when my ther fl was alive Hickok 1 said WIn Wi dad and many of the other oilier old plainsmen gone cone it is ismore more difficult to counteract such charges charge |