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Jack McCall

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The Resume

    (circa 1851-March 1, 1877)
    Shot Wild Bill Hickok (August 2, 1876)

Why he might be annoying:

    His nickname was Crooked Nose Jack.
    He verbally debased Wild Bill Hickok for loosing at poker.
    His luck ran out and embarrassingly lost every penny to Hickok.
    While drunk, he challenged Bill to a fight.
    Having nothing to prove and feeling sorry for him, Bill offered to give him enough money to buy breakfast.
    McCall took this as an insult and responded by shooting Bill in the back of the head while he played cards.
    During his first trial in Deadwood, he said that Bill had murdered his brother in Kansas.
    In that time period, vengeance for murder was a proper defense, and he was found not guilty.
    He fled an angry mob to Wyoming.
    There he would constantly brag that he had killed Hickok in a fair and square gunfight (Hickok was regarded as the world's greatest gunfighter).
    When South Dakota became part of the United States, he was arrested in Wyoming and brought back for another trial.
    He was found guilty and hanged.
    He was buried with the noose still around his neck which was considered an insult.
    It was determined that he in fact never even had a brother.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Although he was given a trial in Deadwood and found not guilty, he was tried again in what amounted to double jeopardy.
    He made the 'dead man's hand' famous.
    He was buried in an unmarked grave.
    'The Trial of Jack McCall' is reenacted almost nightly in Deadwood.
    Some historians believe that killing Hickok actually helped to boaster Bill's legend.

Credit: Bart McQueary


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 19 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 49 Votes: 61.22% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 31 Votes: 51.61% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 54 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 65 Votes: 66.15% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 58 Votes: 68.97% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 64 Votes: 76.56% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 91 Votes: 73.63% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 152 Votes: 74.34% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 437 Votes: 70.02% Annoying