John “Jack†McCall (/məˈkÉ"Ë l/); (1852/1853 â€" 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.Many details of McCall's life are unknown. He was
reportedly born in the early 1850s in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
McCall was raised in Kentucky with three sisters and eventually
drifted west to become a buffalo hunter. By 1876, he was living in a
gold mining camp outside Deadwood, under the alias "Bill
Sutherland".McCall was intoxicated while drinking alcohol at Nuttal &
Mann's saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota Territory, on August 1, 1876,
when one of the players dropped out of a poker game that included
"Wild Bill" Hickok. The inebriated McCall quickly took his place.
McCall proceeded to lose several hands, and was soon out of money.
Hickok offered McCall money to buy breakfast and advised him not to
play again until he could cover his losses. Though McCall accepted the
money, he reportedly felt insulted.The following day on August 2,
1876, another poker game was taking place at the saloon. On this
particular evening, Hickok had his back to the door, in contrast to
his normal practice of sitting in a corner to protect his back. Among
the players at the table (sitting in the corner) was Charles Rich, who
refused Hickok's request to switch seats. Hickok reluctantly took the
empty seat and joined the game, which was a fatal mistake. A drunken
McCall entered the saloon, and ordered a drink from the bar. He
proceeded to move down the bar, and stopped a few steps behind Hickok,
as if to look at the hand he had been dealt. Not noticing McCall,
Hickok said to another player, “The old duffer â€" he broke me on
the hand,†, which would be his final words. McCall shot Hickok in
the back of the head with a single-action .45-caliber revolver,
shouting "Damn you! Take that!" Hickok died instantly. McCall ran out
the back door of the saloon and tried to make his escape on a horse,
but the saddle was loosened causing McCall to fall off. He was
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