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From: "Fran Warren" <>
Subject: [OUTLAWS] Van Buren Argus News- September 7, 1876
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:38:13 -0800

Van Buren Argus
Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
September 7, 1876

"WILD BILL"

Wm Hickock, otherwise known as Wild Bill, a scout of considerable renown in the west, was shot and instantly killed at Deadwood, on the 2nd of August. The murderer’s name was Bill Southerland. Hickock was playing cards in a saloon, when Southerland came up behind and fired, the ball entering just behind the right ear and passing clear through the head, perforating the brain. The assassin attempted to escape, but was captured. He says, in justification of his deed that Wild Bill killed his brother at Fort Hays, Kansas some years ago. Others, who claim to know the antecedents of both parties, say the story is false, and the real cause of the murder is found in the fact that Hickock outgambled Southerland during the previous week. When I left Deadwood the trial was in progress at the theater, with a strong possibility of the acquittal of Southerland. Bill’s friends, however, say that the assassin will not leave town alive. The murdered man was taken charge of, and his funeral e!
xpenses paid by Charley Utter, known here as Colorado Charley. There is much excitement in Deadwood and Custer over the affair, as Bill was generally liked and his superb personal courage admired. Chicago Times.

Fran Alverson Warren
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479-369-2703
http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/

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