Show II HID Dud HltKOK MIS WONDBHKUL SHOT THAT KILLKO TUTT I The Ill 1hinla tee thotl So Vfnj nu llMll lIot lnotarod That Hi Qate tl 0 aquealnrldenla In till Urrr AMR8 11 I1ICKOK r I who woe killed ut t II l Uoidwnod Aug 1 IS7B got hi nom I f de guerre of Rlld V Hill at Independ nice Mo when hew I w oe about 19 I year old ThU wn Mine time In Ibo 60 I then Independence > wn tin busy end of Banta fe troll lllcknk wn a muleskinner I mule-skinner frelKhtliiK tu Haula 1e I nnd hatch nnd In acme ntirol light which ciurrpit In Independence In vrhlih IIlclok haul I no original Intcrcit ho on tclPd hlmielf with inch llmltleu VH her and appeared no utterly reckless ot leiiill that he woe over afterward railed Ulld < Hill Wild 11111 tm like many of hula url a profound remoraelean gambler II was utterly tiielpi 1 to talk of work Dr reputable imployment to 11111 lilt Thioiigh the war he war n cout for tl p Colon nrmy He hArt few con cllnnii but being born and br1 l In llnoli one of firm wn an Intense nllinth tn ipcomlon U waa Hill lie > rime n trout In the Dnlo arm Alter he war tvhertln he nehleved eonild rable tome for daring energy unit Tie IM n moiit VII1 11111 ritab IIlh1 himself nt Hprlnglleld Mo It wan there thnt he klllml Tutt who hn1 I been chief of couit In Inter army Hilt like llllllll anon Knmhlr and they often met not while the wore In no degree In love with eiuh other they managed get along Still there were moro mOil of Tult inllll Ial conviction In Hprlnifltld who were on the boot than Iliete were of 1VIltl OIIIe Die mAd up their mind In nn him nut or kill him lleowtd run some money III a rewilt of n poker cattle One nliht Wild 11111 wi iljylng taker with tnine frlendi tut ante up and dead looking on Wild 11111s gold watch was lying on the able near him Jiut 5lutt came up Ulld 1111 won a jackpot with porno ting like MOO In II Yon anem to be fluih Hill tald lilt lu a half ugly tone 8tiipw you iw me that IIIon owe rue low I you ISO Mid Wild Illll nnd here III li turning over three UO illlu to Tint who took llivin put them III his pocket and then laid Olre mo tie other tn Thais nil I one you poll Wild 1111I nnil you have It Tult picked up the cold watch that woo lying al Wild Illll i ulbOW with the remark Ufll yuu atlll own mo 310 and Ill keep this watch till you play IL Ho put the watch In hla pocket pock-et and turned tn EO Ulld Illll took II very coolly and wed 1 nothing Everybody I waa aome what nniaieil at the lumenem of the nuiig Union imul Juit as Till went out of the door ho looked bark nt 11lld Hill with a nnrer and the ro nark Pint don neetii lo leer for thla watch much Illll Ill 1 iuio id > nui1 net morn elute by It If you begin l to IlIlliko 1 yon need It I nm going in pack It across the Kiuart nt noon tomorrow and you might bo there to ket It If I you know how Ulld l Illll made no reply lo what w na midcritood by nil tn be n chalk nge tn n duel and rnlmly went on with his poker Rome whllo Tutt departed That night Ulld Illll wn found by n found f at his hotel very eirneitljr cleaning clean-ing and loading hili ilitoli Uhat are yon going la do b naked the friend who woo on nrmy olllrer tliitlomd nt HprlnKtlctd 1 nm going to kill lutt lomorron noon inld 11111 or lies going lo kill mo 1 the next day nt noon nbout all the male Inhibltnnt of Kprlngllell were In the qunro la ace the fun lull came Into the imro on the cant aide while Illll mood In front of the court home diagonally nero the corner 01 Iho iqiiarn from Tull they lucre tally 150 yards part nn1 nil the line run diagonally to blue llnu of lire betttrin them Till Ii I mentioned because II I mikca Ulld 11111a ihot nil the Inure remarkable The minute 1 nit came In Mow ho pulled hli plitol in did olin Ulll Illll They arm loo far apart for lull who hud no Idea that Illll could read him nt that dlitanre Hut ho dldn know Hill lie rained hula gun and throb like u II uh and Tutt dropped dead will n bullet In hula head fully 150 yard nary nwaWI Ulll 11111 wan ao uro of hli uln that he never panned but turned on lte crowd behind him levcral ot whom turn frlemlaof I inland hid half drawn their plitol lu ravengn him Illll wua boo prompt l and quick Ho covered the RUHR In n ccneral WilY with both lute pUtoti and remarked l Uai thnt on the tquare gentlemen gentle-men menTho effect of inch wltchtlke iklll on the pert e ot the crowd vtji too much Tho general view teemed be that the killing ot Tutt waa on the nqunre and that ended the biiHlnen UH Illll stayed In bprlnglleld na long a I he phoned nfter that Incident Hit ai iiMln 181 liancM and his boly Ile In thn nnkton cemetery whlln the hit 101 UIII 11111 hai pctrllliHl lln III grave ut Ik Iwool |