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The Black Wizard of the West (fl. 1920s) was reportedly killed while performing the Bullet Catch in Deadwood, South Dakota in 1922.[1]
Biography
He made a lot of money catching bullets as he hawked his bogus elixirs.
His wife murdered him onstage and then turned the gun onherself with the.45 caliber pistol.[2][3]
References
- ↑ The History of,and Famous Exponents of,the Bullet - Catching Trick by Roy A. Snyder, New Tops, SEPTEMBER 1968
- ↑ Ben Robinson TWELVE HAVE DIED, Magical Arts Journal, SEPTEMBER 1986
- ↑ Wray Rattler, May 18, 1922 https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/cgi-bin/colorado?a=d&d=WRA19220518.2.58
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