Gold & Gambling

Twice Wild Bill Hickok asked to change seats with Charlie Rich at the poker table. Twice he refused. Although, with his back to the door and engrossed in a hand, Hickok may have noticed Jack McCall stroll into Nuttal & Mann’s Saloon on the afternoon of August 2, 1876. But Hickok did not consider McCall enough of a threat to stop playing poker. At point blank range, McCall raised his gun and fired into the back of Hickok’s head, shouting, “Damn you! Take that!” Just like that, the