Today in History, July 21, 1865:
In the first recorded instance of a “quick draw” gunfight, “Wild Bill” Hickok shoots and kills his friend Davis Tutt.
The two had been arguing over a watch that Tutt took as security for a loan. Hickok told him not to wear it…and he did.
So in the town square in Springfield, Missouri, the two stood sideways to each other and drew. Tutt missed, Hickok did not, shooting Tutt through the heart from 75 yards.
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