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Biggerstaff a black man considered a bully, was living in Helena,
Mont. ven though he was married, he was having an affair with mboth
-—xiickes -a--whi-te-women-and-her—daughter-as-wasanother bieck-mean—with-an—
| equally unsavory reputation, Richard (Dick) Johnson. Biggerstaff and
the woman h spent the nig sn of June 8s 1695 » together in a house nex

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spent the same one ee the black madam of the bordello. oe on
the morning of June 73 Johnson and a friend went to the bordello and

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cether with a aieaee Bigg orsbatt and the girl's “mother Followed hein

into the house and the woman ordered ee ann to come over next

that she was not ee to leave Sta Toeee told her to get up and go

with her mother. ia sele on told Johnson not to say any thing at all

house and got his teeol and. when he returned Taree and ich his

friend closed the door and tried to held it shut with their bodies.
__Biggerstaff, who was_a large and strong man physically, forced it
open and he and Johnson started struggling over the pistole They

fell to the floor with Jonson Ofl top and tne gy MLL wernt off kithing

BIGGER: RSTAFF, John William

Biggerstafl » a black man considered a bully, was living in Helena,

Mont. ven though he was married, he was having an affair with aboth

| —-xkoickes —2-whi-be-woman-and—her—daughter-as-wasanother bilack-man—with-an
equally unsavory reputation, Richard (Dick) Johnson. Biggerstaff and
the woman spent the night of June 8, 1895 3 teen ep in a house next
door Or a por dette where they Beret adkky met and +he WO rants daughter
spent the same night with the black madam of the bordello. arly on
the morning of June 9, Johnson and a friend went to the bordello and
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gether with a baby. Biggerstaff and the girl's mother followed them
into the house and the woman ordered her daughter to come over next
door with her and Bigger staffs The girk who hack peer sie ping said
that she was not ready to leave and Johnson told her to get up and go
with her mother. Biggerstaff told Johnson not to say anything at all
to-the girk and —the—two got into-an-ar guments Bigger staffteft—the
house and got his pistol and when he returned Johnson and xke his
friend closed the door and tried to held it shut with their bodies.
__Biggerstaff, who_wasa_large and strong man physically, forced it _|
open and he and Johnson started struggling over the pistol. They
-feLi to the floor with Johnson on top and the gun went off-kiiting——|

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