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Philio Houston "Phil" Coe (July 13, 1839 Gonzales, Texas – October 9, 1871 Abilene, Kansas), was a soldier, Old West gambler, and businessman from Texas. He became the business partner of gunfighter Ben Thompson in Abilene, Kansas, with whom opened the Bull's Head Saloon. He was killed by marshal Wild Bill Hickok in a street brawl.
7 de abr. de 2021 · Coe said he had fired at a stray dog, and then he fired at Hickok. Coe missed. Hickok didn’t, and the Texan, hit twice in the abdomen, died four days later. Mike Williams ran to help Hickok, who shot and killed his deputy by accident. Wild Bill grieved, then got mad, and ran gamblers and cowboys out of town.
One of the greatest gunfighters in Texas, Phil Coe, was also a soldier, a gambler, and businessman, who was killed by Bill Hickok in Abilene, Kansas.
9 de oct. de 2014 · Wild Bill Hickok returns fire, mortally wounding gambler Phil Coe in front of the Alamo Saloon in Abilene, Kansas. News reports claim at least 50 cowboys were gathered on the street at the time of the shooting; the reports imply a few were injured by ricochet bullets.
9 de may. de 2018 · About 50 drunken Texas cowboys, deterred by bad weather from attending the Dickinson County Fair, accompanied gambler-cum-saloon owner Phil Coe as he toured the Abilene, Kansas, saloons and got drunker by the hour. It was the evening of October 5, 1871, toward the end of the cattle season, and most of the Texas trail hands had ...
6 de sept. de 2022 · phil Coe was a dangerous man, a gambler and saloon owner who was responsible for several deaths before he was shot down by Wild Bill Hickok on October 5, 1871. He came by his nature honestly—er, violently. Coe’s father, Philip Sr., started off in Georgia under an entirely different last name: Haddox.
30 de mar. de 2023 · In the subsequent shootout, Hickok managed to injure Coe, who died some days later, piercing his stomach with about two bullets. But this wasn’t a tale for the Wild West dime novels.
