bat masterson

     

This Gene Barry lawman wore a derby & fancy clothes & carried a gold-topped cane

Trivia about bat masterson

  • This lawman's nickname, "Bat", was a shortening of his given name, Bartholemew
  • Lawman William Barclay Masterson's nickname
  • He became a Kansas lawman after a killin' over a dance-hall girl in Texas
  • In 1876 he was made a deputy sheriff of the whole of Dodge City, belfries & all
  • Dodge City marshal Ed Masterson, brother of this sheriff, was shot to death by Jack Wagner in 1878
  • In 1902 this former peace officer moved to NYC & became a sportswriter for the Morning Telegraph
  • As the result of an injury suffered in his first gunfight in 1876, he began using a cane & often used it as a weapon