The fact that he took the item in public meant that honor was now at stake.
Tutt seized Hickok’s favorite gold watch claiming it as payment for a disputed gambling debt. Tutt was himself caught paying undue attention to Hickok’s girl du jour, a local harlot named Susanna Moore. However, Wild Bill supposedly fathered a bastard child by Tutt’s sister. Despite Tutt’s Confederate service, the two men had been friends for a time. While there he fell out with a fellow gambler named Davis Tutt over unpaid debts and the affections of various women.
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Those are some seriously spooky eyes.Īfter the war ended in 1865 Hickok made his way to Springfield, Missouri, to earn a living as a professional gambler. Davis Tutt committed the unpardonable sin of making an enemy of Wild Bill Hickok.
Hickok in the uniform of a Confederate officer during the war, furthering Wildīill’s legend as a Union spy. Medal of Honor as a scout during the Indian Wars. Seventeen as a teamster for the 7 th Cavalry and ultimately won the He developed a friendship with a young Buffalo Bill Cody. William Hickok served in the Union Army during the war where Cody’s Wild West show brought a taste of Western adventure to domesticated audiences across the country. Soldier, Lawman, Manhunter, Spy Wild Bill cultivated a lifelong friendship with Buffalo Bill Cody.
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