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Shoot You Dead William

("Shoot You Dead Bill" would've been catchier)

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Jan 03, 2025
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The old imbecile who publishes the dish-rag Journal down the street is out this week in a scare head article relating to us. It is in relation to that little affair at Yancey’s one night last week. The dish-rag says we played the part of a coward, and advises that we be treated with contempt.

Let us explain. We dropped into Yancey’s gambling house to pic…

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