WILLIAM BARCLAY -BAT MASTERSON BOOK FROM HIS PRIVATE COLLECTION

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1800'S LAWMAN/GAMBLER BAT MASTERSON BOOK FROM HIS OWN PERSONAL COLLECTION-ACQUIRED AS PART OF THE WACOME ESTATE-OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE- William Barclay "Bat" Masterson (November 26, 1853 – October 25, 1921) was a figure of the American Old West known as a buffalo hunter , U.S. Marshal and Army scout, avid fisherman , gambler , frontier lawman , and sports editor and columnist for the New York Morning Telegraph . He was the brother of lawmen James Masterson and Ed Masterson .Bat Masterson lived in the American West during a violent and frequently lawless period. His most recent biographer concludes [citation needed ] that, Indian-fighting aside, he used a firearm against a fellow man on just six occasions, far less than some of his contemporaries such as Dallas Stoudenmire , "Wild Bill" Hickok , and Clay Allison . However, the fact that he was so widely known can be ascribed to a practical joke played on a gullible newspaper reporter in August 1881. Seeking copy in Gunnison, Colorado, the reporter asked Dr W.S. Cockrell about mankillers. Dr. Cockrell pointed to a young man nearby and said it was Bat and that he had killed 26 men. Cockrell then regaled the reporter with several lurid tales about Bat's exploits and the reporter wrote them up for the New York Sun . The story was then widely reprinted in papers all over the country and read more

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