October 27, 1873 Big Red Beard is deep in his cups as he goes to his room in the back of his saloon in Delano, Kansas, and returns with his signature shotgun and a pistol. Laying the shotgun on the end of the bar, Big Red drinks up before taking his shotgun and stepping outside. Returning an hour and a half later, sans his shotgun, Big Red points his revolver at a white doorknob in the hall a
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