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Wild Bill Brawls with Fort Hays Soldiers

by | Jul 17, 2019 | True West Blog

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On July 17, 1870, in Hays City at Paddy Welch’s saloon a couple of drunken troopers from Custer’s 7th Cavalry jumped Hickok, who was back in Hays probably in his role as a deputy U.S. marshal.  The soldiers, Jeremiah Lonergan and John Kile attacked Hickok while his back was turned. Lonergan, a pugilist of local renown, ran up and threw his arms around Hickok pinning his


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