Who is Sheet-Iron Jack?Willie SlappyJonesboro, Georgia Jack arrived in California in the 1860s and worked as a barber in the gold camps. He sported tattoos of naked ladies on his arms, and entertained folks by singing and playing the guitar. He apparently was the well-educated son of a preacher. Jack also made money on the side as a horse thief. Some boys caught him in the act and fired rounds of buckshot in his direction. They heard what sounded like rain on a tin roof—the pellets had hit h


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