136 years ago today, Wild Bill Hickock made a fatal mistake.  He sat down to play a game of poker, with friends, at one of Deadwood's saloons, with his back to the door.

The Deadwood Pioneer news paper reported, "On Wednesday about 3 o'clock J. B. Hickock (Wild Bill) was killed.  On repairing to the hall of Nuttall and Mann, it was ascertained that the report was too true.  We found the remains of Wild Bill lying on the floor.  The Murderer, Jack McCall, was captured after a lively chase by many of the citizens and taken to a building at the lower end of the city, and a guard placed over him.

As soon as this was accomplished, a coroners jury was summoned with C. H. Sheldon as foreman, who after hearing all the evidence, which was in effect, that while Wild Bill and others were at a table playing cards, Jack McCall walked in and around directly back of his victim, and within three feet of him raised his revolver, and exclaiming, "damn you, take that" fired the ball, entering the back of the head and coming out at the center of the right cheek causing instant death, reached a verdict in accordance with the above facts."