![]() Masterson winged Spike in the shoulder, too. He turned his horse and ran, but Wyatt Earp shot Spike’s horse out from under him. ![]() They took a shortcut and caught up with Spike as he was ready to cross the Arkansas River. It was kind of a dream team posse, as if Superman, Batman, Spiderman, and Captain America got together to bring Spike to justice. Together, they took off after Spike Kenedy. Spike had killed Dora instead.įamed Dodge City Sheriff Bat Masterson assembled a posse of lawmen including Wyatt Earp, Bill Tilghman, and Charley Bassett. Unbeknownst to him, Mayor Kelley was not home. Kenedy then raced off on his fast horse for what he thought was a clean get-away. Then he returned one night to the mayor’s house and fired two shots through the plank wood wall at the spot where he knew Dog slept. He left town for a while and bought himself the fastest horse he could find so that he could outrun any posse that might pursue him. Spike could not let this humiliation go unanswered. Mayor Kelley thoroughly embarrassed Spike by spiking him, head-first, into the dirt street outside the bar. His interest in Dora soon drew Dog’s ire and the two got into a bar room brawl over their macho jealousies. One cowboy from South Texas, the wealthy and stunningly handsome James “Spike” Kenedy, came to hear her sing and was soon infatuated with her. Dora was much loved in the city for her singing and also because she shared her substantial income quite liberally with the less fortunate of Dodge.ĭodge City Mayor Jim “Dog” Kelley also owned the Alhambra and as such, was Hand’s benefactor and protector and probable boyfriend. She sang in church, too, and those same cowboys – many of them strangers to church – would go just to hear her sing. The cowboys coming in off the range from long cattle drives flocked to hear her. She was a nightly singer there and also performed at the Alhambra Saloon. To her rare beauty you may add an angelic, hypnotic voice that mesmerized all the cowboys who saw her perform at the Lady Gay Theater. Dora Hand, many said, was the most beautiful woman in Dodge City Kansas, back in the 70s.
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