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Jack (John) McCall, on Aug. 30, 1876, at 3:00, in Deadwood, S. Dakota, (Dakota Territory),while playing Poker. He was shot in the back of the head with the bullet coming out the centre of his right cheek causing instant death. He was holding 2 aces and 2 eights(two pairs) known to this day as "the dead man's hand" It was published on the Black Hills Pioneer, with headlines reading: Assassination Of Wild Bill He Was Shot Through The Head.

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