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MASTERSON, William B. 'Bat' (1853-1921).
Farmer, buffalo hunter, army scout, saloon owner, law officer, gunman, sports writer.
BAT MASTERSON AS DEPUTY SHERIFF OF DODGE
Auograph endorsement signed ("W.B. Masterson"), on the verso of a subpoena, Dodge City, Kansas, June 21, 1876. 2 pages, octavo, partly printed on the recto and accomplished in manuscript and signed by the Justice of the Peace ("H.J.W. Cash"), in fine condition and housed in a 1/4 red morocco gilt-lettered case with printed portrait, being a subpoeana commanding two persons to appear before the Justice on the 20th June. Masterson writes on the verso "Received this writ June 21st the within named Chas Owens not found Returned June 21 1876 Chas E. Bassett Sheriff by W.B. Masterson Dep Sheriff." Extremely rare.
Masterson was in Dodge at the same time as the Earps and they became friends. He actually joined them in Tombstone and would probably have been at the O.K. Corral were he not called back to Dodge to back his brother Jim in a gunfight. Another brother, Ed Masterson, also a lawman was killed in a gunfight in Dodge. Dodge City was a very dangerous place. There he opened a saloon and got pistol whipped by the marshal for helping a prisoner escape. Within a few months, however, he managed to get appointed deputy sheriff of Ford County, and found he had a taste and a talent for enforcing the law, which he did with a marked zeal. He was soon elected sheriff and, in 1879, given even more authority by virtue of his appointment to U.S. Marshal. President Roosevelt made him a deputy federal Marshal in 1905, but he soon discovered another talent, newspaper writing. He moved to New York City and succeeded marvelously at his new career. He died there in 1921.
Provenance: Ronald J. Atlas collection.
Farmer, buffalo hunter, army scout, saloon owner, law officer, gunman, sports writer.
BAT MASTERSON AS DEPUTY SHERIFF OF DODGE
Auograph endorsement signed ("W.B. Masterson"), on the verso of a subpoena, Dodge City, Kansas, June 21, 1876. 2 pages, octavo, partly printed on the recto and accomplished in manuscript and signed by the Justice of the Peace ("H.J.W. Cash"), in fine condition and housed in a 1/4 red morocco gilt-lettered case with printed portrait, being a subpoeana commanding two persons to appear before the Justice on the 20th June. Masterson writes on the verso "Received this writ June 21st the within named Chas Owens not found Returned June 21 1876 Chas E. Bassett Sheriff by W.B. Masterson Dep Sheriff." Extremely rare.
Masterson was in Dodge at the same time as the Earps and they became friends. He actually joined them in Tombstone and would probably have been at the O.K. Corral were he not called back to Dodge to back his brother Jim in a gunfight. Another brother, Ed Masterson, also a lawman was killed in a gunfight in Dodge. Dodge City was a very dangerous place. There he opened a saloon and got pistol whipped by the marshal for helping a prisoner escape. Within a few months, however, he managed to get appointed deputy sheriff of Ford County, and found he had a taste and a talent for enforcing the law, which he did with a marked zeal. He was soon elected sheriff and, in 1879, given even more authority by virtue of his appointment to U.S. Marshal. President Roosevelt made him a deputy federal Marshal in 1905, but he soon discovered another talent, newspaper writing. He moved to New York City and succeeded marvelously at his new career. He died there in 1921.
Provenance: Ronald J. Atlas collection.