First Trial
An impromptu court was called to order in McDaniel's Theater. The prosecution, defense, and jury were made up of local miners and businessmen. On trial the next day, McCall now claimed his actions were in retribution for Hickok having previously killed his brother in Abilene, Kansas. McCall was found innocent after two hours. The verdict brought the Black Hills Pioneer to editorialize:
"Should it ever be our misfortune to kill a man ... we would simply ask that our trial may take place in some of the mining camps of these hills."
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