Nuttal & Mann’s was a saloon located in Deadwood, South Dakota

Deadwood, South Dakota

Deadwood is a city in South Dakota, United States, and the county seat of Lawrence County. It is named for the dead trees found in its gulch. The population was 1,270 according to a 2010 census...

, and the deathplace of Wild Bill Hickok

Wild Bill Hickok

James Butler Hickok , better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West. His skills as a gunfighter and scout, along with his reputation as a lawman, provided the basis for his fame, although some of his exploits are fictionalized.Hickok came to the West as a stagecoach...

. It was later renamed the Number (No.) 10 Saloon. The current Saloon #10 is not in the same location as the original Nuttal & Mann's.

The Assassination of Wild Bill Hickock

On the evening of August 1, 1876, Wild Bill Hickock was playing poker

Poker

Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...

 with a group of men. One of the men, Jack McCall

Jack McCall

John "Jack" McCall , known by the nickname "Crooked Nose Jack or Broken Nose Jack, was the killer of James "Wild Bill" Hickok, shooting him from behind, an act that among admirers of Hickok and students of Hickok's history has given rise to the phrase "the coward Jack McCall."-...

, had been playing poorly and after losing his final hand, Wild Bill returned some of his losings and suggested he get something to eat with the money. It is believed that McCall took this gesture to be condescending. The next day, Wild Bill entered the Nuttall & Mann's saloon and while drinking at the bar, was invited to join the poker game. Wild Bill always preferred to sit with his back against the wall to avoid being vulnerable to attack from an adversary. However the only seat available in the game had its back to the door of the saloon. He asked one of the players, Charlie Rich, to switch seats but was refused and so reluctantly took the available seat. Subsequently, McCall entered the saloon, calmly walked up behind Wild Bill and shouted "Take that!" as he shot him in the back of the head with a .45

.45 Colt

The .45 Colt cartridge is a handgun cartridge dating to 1872. It began as a black powder revolver round developed for the Colt Single Action Army revolver, but is offered as a magnum level handgun hunting round in modern usage. This cartridge was adopted by the U.S. Army in 1873 and served as the...

 caliber double-action revolver. The bullet exited through Wild Bill's cheek and hit Captain Massie, another poker player, in the wrist. McCall fled, and a few people attempted to revive Wild Bill, although such attempts were ultimately futile, as he likely died instantly from the bullet wound to the head. The poker hand Hickock was holding when he was shot, was a pair of eights and a pair of Aces, all black, which would eventually become famously known as the "dead man's hand".

Jack McCall was apprehended

Arrest

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 as he attempted to flee and was given a trial by which he was acquitted

Acquittal

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 of the murder, having claimed he was avenging his brother's death. However less than a month later he was re-charged with the murder, on August 29, after bragging about what he had done. Although this was considered double jeopardy

Double jeopardy

Double jeopardy is a procedural defense that forbids a defendant from being tried again on the same, or similar charges following a legitimate acquittal or conviction...

 in the United States, Deadwood lay within territory granted to Native Americans

Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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 and therefore technically was a lawless town. He was brought back to Yankton, South Dakota

Yankton, South Dakota

Yankton is a city in, and the county seat of, Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 14,454 at the 2010 census. Yankton was the original capital of Dakota Territory. It is named for the Yankton tribe of Nakota Native Americans...

 to be arraigned

Arraignment

Arraignment is a formal reading of a criminal complaint in the presence of the defendant to inform the defendant of the charges against him or her. In response to arraignment, the accused is expected to enter a plea...

. At his second trial McCall was found guilty of the murder

Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...

 of Wild Bill Hickok and was promptly hanged

Hanging

Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", though it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain...

 on March 1, 1877. He was buried with the noose

Noose

A noose is a loop at the end of a rope in which the knot slides to make the loop collapsible. Knots used for making nooses include the running bowline, the tarbuck knot, and the slip knot.-Use in hanging:...

around his neck.

After the Assassination and Present State

The original building burned down in 1879, and the new I.H. Chase Building was built in 1898, which housed a clothing store until 1903. When Chase moved out, Frank X. Smith opened a beer hall, and later it housed the Eagle Inn, the sign of which still hangs on the upper portion of the building.
Today, it remains vacant, as many of its decorations have been moved to its current location, renamed the No. 10 Saloon, including the chair Wild Bill died in. Many people mistakenly believe Wild Bill was shot in the current location of the No. 10 Saloon, although that is only the new location. The building houses a sign that says it was the actual place Wild Bill was shot.