Lynching photos. When James Kennedy accidentally shoots and kills Dora Hand in 1878, the posse that captured him included Charlie Basset, Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp and Bill Tilghman. History of Dodge City. Hickok's bio begins with exemplary Civil War service. On 7/25/65, he and Davis Tutt are involved in the most famous HIGH NOON style showdown. During the Plains Indians war, Bill becomes friends with George Custer and Buffalo Bill Cody. He's Ellis Co., KS. sheriff in '69. While marshal of Abilene, KS. in 1871, Hickok accidentally guns down his own deputy and loses his badge. After moving to the open town of Deadwood, SD., Bill is murdered in a saloon (8/2/76). He was 39. Bat Masterson's reputation is made during the 1874 Adobe Walls battle between buffalo hunters and natives. After service as a cavalry scout he joins the Dodge City Masterson law gang and is county sheriff.