Re: [DL] Hucksters

["bruce boragine" <gamr4evr@bellsouth.net>]

well on this topic; i'm currently reading a book called, 'aces & eights.'.
it's the story of the trail of hickok's murderer/killer?.. the man charged
with shooting him, jack mccall. the author is loren d. estleman and is
published by forge historical. it was published in 1981.

the story says, that the bartender picked up cards, while cleaning up.. he
guessed at which one's were bill's.. since noone knew what was in his hand
at that time.. the quote from the book is,
"johnson moves the table to one side and discovers a jumble of cards
scattered over the floor. from them he selects five that are more bunched
together than the others, forming a hand. the ace of clubs, the ace of
diamonds with a heel mark on it, two black eights, and the queen of hearts
soiled with a spot of blood. recognizing their historic value, he secretes
the cards in a pocket and will keep them until the day they are stolen from
him at a drinking party. james butler hickok has died owing the saloon fifty
dollars in checks on a mediocre hand of poker."


----- Original Message -----
From: Matt Maybray
To: deadlands@gamerz.net
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: [DL] Hucksters


>
>My brain's a little fuzzy but I believe it's two pair, Aces over eights.
>And a one-eyed jack?  Is that correct?
>
I believe that specifically it's black Aces & eights and the one-eyed jack.

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