bill? >> i'm fine, sheriff. he drew first. it was a clean shooting. >> hickoked and once out of jail he looks to get back on the right side of law. a reputation for gun slinging is currency in the west and bill is quick to cash in. hickok lands a job as a federal detective tracking down stolen horses and counterfeiters. then, in february of 1867, an interview he gets with journalist george nichols is published in harper's new monthly magazine. the article is full of exaggerated claims and wild bill becomes a national hero overnight. >> damn you nichols. [ gunfire ] >> twisted it all up. >> harper's weekly was essentially the internet of the west. i mean, everyone read it. it was everywhere and it was the news. to not only have your story about yourself in there but illustrations that made you look much more dramatic than you really were, it was fantastic for hickok professionally. >> with his fame growing daily while bill hickok is elected marshal of a booming rail town. >> congratulations, mr. hickok you're now a dually elected official of the city of kansas.

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th wild bill hickok adds to his legend one last tale. this time, a true one, to enhance his legacy of the real west. >>> previously on "red eye." >> welcome to "red eye." i'm tom shillue. >> you need a legitimate reason to leave. >> it is not even the real fictional universe. it is like the fictional, fictional universe. >> it calls into question everything they say before. it is a waste of time and energy. >> and now the thrilling conclusion. >> welcome to "red eye." hello, everyone. i'm tom shillue. let's welcome our guests. she takes a licking and keeps on ticking. i am here tonight with jedediah bila author, columnist and host of "outnumbers" weekdays at noon eastern on tokes newschannel. fox next channel. she doesn't always drink breer, but when she does she drinks a lot. it is the most interesting joanne in the world, joanne noah chin ski. >> give me a break. give me a break. break me off a piece of that first time guest. senior editor at "the federal list" and kid tested and mother approved anthony cumea. >> a block. the lead. tha

this isn't wild bill hickok where people go in looking for a shootout.w enforcement on the federal and local side and i can tell you everyone that i know that had been involved in a shooting, it was the worst day of their life, continued to be the worst day of their life. most were civilly sued. their lives were ruined. they had nightmares about it. i had one who told me straight to my face, you know what, i took away everything that guy was ever going to have and i'll never forget that. so acting like this is a statistic that very few people are convicted given that so few want to be involved in these situations and when they do, they avoid it, i don't see anything anomalous in that at all. i'm not saying there are -- >> did you take a look at those numbers? those numbers are pretty daunting. i defy you to take those numbers and apply them to anybody else or any other group. if it's police officers who are shooting people and the only time -- look what happened in this last -- the last case. there were police reports that were written. if there was no v