McCALL, Julius (Twin)

Abt 1855 - 1877  (~ 22 years)

• Name	McCALL, Julius  [1]
  Suffix	(Twin)
  Birth	Abt 1855	Mississippi   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _STAT	Never Married
  Death	1 Mar 1877	Yankton, Dakota Territory
  Burial	1 Mar 1877	Yankton, Yankton Co., South Dakota   [2]
  	Julius (Jack) McCall was originally buried in the Yankton Catholic Cemetery, but his body was moved to the Yankton Cemetery in 1881
  Person ID	I60	Smith-Merrill
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	McCALL, James Clayton,   b. 1825, Alabama d. 7 Jul 1863, Alton, Madison Co., Illinois (Age 38 years)
  Mother	LYONS, Mary F.,   b. 1827, Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama d. 3 Jul 1857, Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	24 Feb 1852	Lowndes Co., Mississippi   [3]
  	Reference Number:Bk 3-Pg 436
  _STAT	3 Jul 1957
  	Death of one spouse
  Family ID	F58	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  McCall~Jack(Julius).jpg

  
  

• Notes

  Wild Towns of Nebraska 1988 Wayne C. Lee Lamar, Nebraska The Caxton Printers, Ltd. Caldwell, ID 83650 ISBN 0-87004-325-0 Page 50 - Column 2 - Paragraph 4 Page 51 - Column 1 - Paragraph 1-4 "Culbertson was the first town to rise out of the plains in the southern tier of counties in southwestern Nebraska. It was established in the summer of 1873. Its closest rival for the honor was Indianola, more than twenty miles to the east, also founded that year. The county of Hitchcock came into existence too that summer and Culbertson, being the only place within the borders of the new county even resembling a town, became the county seat. In 1874 Hitchcock County held its first election. Galen Baldwin, one of the earliest settlers, was running for sheriff. A man named Grimes was running against him. Baldwin called him and his cronies horse thieves. Three other men named Jack, supporters of Grimes, were trying to intimidate the voters. There was Fat Jack, Long Jack, and Curly Jack. Baldwin had a man working for him called Eban. On the day of the election, Curly Jack caught Eban on the street and demanded "Who are you going to vote for?" He said, "Baldwin," of course. Curly Jack threw him down and threatened him with a gun until he said he'd vote for Grimes. Jack's horse had gotten away from him while he was manhandling Eban and he went to catch it. Eban got up and ran to the store where Baldwin was waiting and told him what happened. Baldwin expected Curly Jack to come after either Eban or him. Baldwin's wife had insisted that the best way to stay out of trouble was not to carry a gun-so today Baldwin had no gun. Within a few minutes, Curly Jack did ride up to the front of the store, which was also the polling place, and yelled for Baldwin to come out. Baldwin shouted back for Jack to come in and get him. Anticipating this confrontation, Baldwin had found a three foot 2x4. He stood beside the door as Curly Jack burst in, a gun in each hand. Before Jack could locate his target, Baldwin brought the 2x4 down on Jack's head and dropped him like a clubbed rabbit. Dr. Vanderlace was called; he pronounced Jack dead. He was wrapped in a Buffalo robe and laid outside because he was in the way of the election. Later Grimes came by and asked to see Jack. When the body was unwrapped, they discovered that Jack was still alive. Baldwin wrapped him up in the robe again, put him in the back of his wagon, and took him home. He and his wife kept him for nearly 2 months until he recovered strength enough to ride out of the country. Two years later, Curly Jack (McCall) shot Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood, South Dakota, and paid for that crime on the gallows." (Research):http://law.jrank.org/pages/2642/John-Jack-McCall-Trials-1876-Federal-Trial-McCall.html http://www.blackhillsvisitor.com/main.asp?id=14&cat_id=30248 http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-JackMcCall.html

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] US Census Bureau / National Archives and Records Administration, 1860 - US Census, Mississippi, Lowndes Co., Columbus ~ Roll M653_586 ~ Page 774 ~ Line 10 (Reliability: 3). 1860_MS-Lowndes-Columbus-rM653_586-p774.jpg [S69] Robin Addison, Grave of Jack McCall, (September 17, 2000), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12599&PIgrid=12599&PIpi=93991& (Reliability: 3). Killed Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood Aug. 2,1876. His trial began on Dec. 4,1876 in Yankton, the Dakota Territorial Capital. He was found guilty two days later. On March 1,1877, McCall was hanged and h is body buried in the southwest corner of the Catholic Cemetery. In 1881, all the bodies in that cemetery were moved to the Yankton Cemetery to make way for the "Territorial Insane Hospital". When Mc Call's grave and coffin were opened for the move, it was discovered that he had been buried with the noose still around his neck. The exact location of McCall's unmarked grave was lost over time and i s still unknown, but it is somewhere in Yankton Cemetery. [S29] Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research, Co., Mississippi Marriages -- 1826-1900, (Ancestry.com 2000, Provo, UT, USA).