Exit Dave Tutt by mrclay2000
Dave Tutt started for Hickok from near the original courthouse (no longer on the city square). The opponents were about 75 yards apart. Hickok had warned Tutt not to appear in public wearing his watch, which Tutt had taken as collateral for a gambling debt. Tutt was an expert pistolero himself, and heeded not such warnings. Reports indicate that Tutt drew first and fired, followed by two shots by Hickok in such rapid succession that they seemed to come on top of one another. Both men stood motionless. At such a distance, both would have been excused for missing altogether, but suddenly Tutt staggered and fell on his face. Hickok surrendered himself to authorities, but he was released in accord with the laws of the day. (Picture taken from Hickok's position. The woman at left stands on a similar marker showing Tutt's position, all at real-life magnification.)
