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词条 Jack McCall
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Murder of Hickok

  3. First trial

  4. Second trial and execution

  5. Aftermath and legacy

  6. Portrayals

  7. References

  8. External links

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John McCall ({{IPAc-en|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.

Early life

Many details of McCall's life are unknown. He was born in the early 1850s in Jefferson County, Kentucky.[1] McCall was raised in Kentucky with three sisters, and eventually drifted west to become a buffalo hunter.[1][2] By 1876, he was living in a gold mining camp outside Deadwood, under the alias of "Bill Sutherland."[1]

Murder of Hickok

McCall was drunk at the bar at Nuttal & Mann's saloon in Deadwood on August 1, 1876, when one of the players dropped out of a card game that included "Wild Bill" Hickok. The inebriated McCall quickly took his place. McCall proceeded to lose several hands, and was soon broke. 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.[1]

On August 2, a poker game was once again under way at the saloon, but this time Hickok had his back to the door, in contrast to his normal practice of sitting in a corner to protect his back. A resentful and drunken 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 from the saloon and attempted to steal a horse to escape, but fell from the excited animal. McCall was soon found hiding in the back of a local butcher shop and apprehended.[1]

First trial

An impromptu court was called to order with the prosecution, defense, and jury made up of local miners and businessmen. On trial the next day in McDaniel's Theater, McCall claimed his actions were in retribution for Hickok having previously killed his brother in Abilene, Kansas.[3] McCall was found not guilty after two hours. The verdict brought the Black Hills Pioneer to editorialize: "Should it ever be our misfortune to kill a man... we would simply ask that our trial may take place in some of the mining camps of these hills."[3]

Second trial and execution

Fearing for his safety, McCall soon left the area and headed into Wyoming Territory, where he repeatedly bragged about killing Hickok in a "fair" gunfight.[1] But Wyoming authorities refused to recognize the result of McCall's acquittal on the grounds that the court in Deadwood had no legal jurisdiction. Because Deadwood was not under a legally constituted law enforcement or court system, officials argued that McCall could be tried for murder again. Agreeing, the federal court in Yankton, Dakota Territory, declared that double jeopardy did not apply, and set a date for a retrial.

McCall was tried again in Yankton for Hickok's murder, and was quickly found guilty. After almost three months in jail, he was hanged on March 1, 1877, aged 24.

Aftermath and legacy

McCall was buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Yankton County, South Dakota,[4] a cemetery which was moved in 1881. When McCall's body was exhumed, it was found to still have the noose around its neck.[1] McCall was the first person to be executed by federal officials in the Dakota Territory.[5]

The killing of Hickok and the capture of McCall is reenacted every summer evening (except Mondays) at the Masonic Temple in Deadwood.[6]

Portrayals

McCall was played by:

  • Porter Hall in the 1936 film The Plainsman.[7]
  • Lon Chaney, Jr. in the 1941 film Badlands of Dakota.[8]
  • George Montgomery in the 1953 film Jack McCall, Desperado.[9]
  • David Arquette in the 1995 film Wild Bill.[10]
  • John Pyper-Ferguson in the 1995 television seriesLegend.
  • Garret Dillahunt in the 2004 HBO television series Deadwood.[11]

References

1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-jackmccall.html |title= Jack McCall – The Coward That Killed Wild Bill Hickok | publisher=Legends of America | accessdate = June 30, 2012}}
2. ^Buffalo hunters; Legends of America online; accessed November 2016
3. ^Black Hills Daily Pioneer Press; Sheldon, C. H.; August 5, 1876.
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.sdpb.org/blogs/arts-and-culture/146-years-of-history-at-yanktons-125-year-old-gurney-building/ |title=The Trial of Wild Bill's Killer... the "Dirty Puppy" That Beat a Murder Rap... 146 Years of History at a 125 Year Old Yankton Hotel |last=Zimny |first=Michael |date=12 February 2016 |access-date=19 August 2018 |work=South Dakota Public Broadcasting}}
5. ^{{cite book |last=Henry |first=Mike |title=What They Didn't Teach You in American History Class |url=https://books.google.es/books?id=wOQjAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92 |publisher=R&L Education |date=18 March 2014 |page=92 |isbn=9781475808476}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.deadwood.com/Attractions_and_Dining/Browse/Attractions/Trial_of_Jack_McCall |title=Shoot Outs - Main Street Deadwood Historic Street Shows |work=Deadwood |access-date=10 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820155840/https://www.deadwood.com/ThingsToDo/details/?cat=things_to_do&alias=Attractions/Trial_of_Jack_McCall |archive-date=20 August 2017}}
7. ^{{cite book |last=Rainey |first=Buck |title=Western Gunslingers in Fact and on Film: Hollywood’s Famous Lawmen and Outlaws |url=https://books.google.es/books?id=H-0yKIIRLSMC&pg=PA186 |publisher=McFarland Publishing |date=21 November 2012 |page=186 |isbn=9781476603285}}
8. ^{{cite book |last=Svehla |first=Gary |title=Midnight Marquee Actors Series: Lon Chaney, Jr. |url=https://books.google.es/books?id=wVBKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT232 |publisher=Midnight Marquee & BearManor Media |date=21 January 2018 |page=232}}
9. ^{{cite book |last=Hilger |first=Michael |title=Native Americans in the Movies: Portrayals from Silent Films to the Present |url=https://books.google.es/books?id=9PuICgAAQBAJ&pg=PA198 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |date=16 October 2015 |page=198 |isbn=9781442240025}}
10. ^{{cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-12-01/entertainment/9512010009_1_westerns-oater-sam-peckinpah |title=Modernist `Wild Bill' Is Good, But Misses Greatness |date=1 December 1995 |access-date=19 August 2018 |first=Michael |last=Wilmington |newspaper=Chicago Tribune}}
11. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-fish/raising-hope-garret-dillahunt_b_2714409.html |title=Raising Hope ‘s Garret Dillahunt Reflects on Deadwood , Any Day Now , and the Importance of Keeping It Different |last=Fish |first=Andrew |date=3 April 2013 |access-date=19 August 2018 |work=Huffington Post |publisher=Oath Inc.}}

External links

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