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RE: Wild Bill Hickok: The Springfield Square Incident
howdy sir Glen! lol. thank you, it's so good to have you back..ok so that $200 win was big enough to make people pretty upset, thats like 3 years wages back then because a decent wage was $75 a month, some of his scouting work paid $100 per month so 1,200 per year.
And the bail, my gosh that was a fortune back then so I wonder if the jury was all paid off just to be sure! lol. that was a hefty sum in those days.
This gives a better understanding, now i wish I would have researched it!
I get the idea that's what I'm here for. :)
As for the jury, was there any indication they were bought off? Would either have been convicted of murder for the other's death when there was so much history between them and it was essentially a gunfight of honor?
Now, you could be in jail if you just threatened to shoot someone. Oh, wait, that's only if you're a law abiding citizen who believes in the 2nd amendment. My bad. :)
howdy today sir Glen! hahaha, that last sentence about being thrown in jail is funny but not funnyu at the same time! No there wasn't any hard evidence of jury rigging and I don't think it would have been needed because it was a clear case of self defense like you said, no matter who won.
There were newspaper articles written in favor of both sides though, one claiming that Wild Bill was a saint and the other claiming Tutt was a saint. The researcher said the town was divided, split down the middle because Wild Bill was respected but had alot of enemies because the town itself was split on the issue of slavery. It was noted that Tutt was a confederate soldier and his friends were pro-slavery. So..just one more reason for the feud between the two men.
One thing for sure is that Tutt was overconfident given Wild Bill's reputation.