no motive is ever revealed. >> after kick cock dies, ace of spade in his hand that hand becomes a powerful symbol in film. writers and fill cmmakers use t signal death is at hand. >> the gun slinger never gets a chance to face his killer. he is buried in the original cemetery under the inscription, wild bill killed by the assassin jack mccall. >> the legend of wild bill hickok is full of lies spread by the dying novels newspapers and magazines of the day. today that legend of an untamed indiscriminating gunman persists. with the truth of hickok's life is far lessen sayingsnal. he was a man driven by justice, scared by a mistake as he searchs for the redemption he will never find. even in death, wild bill hickok