orig. Bartholomew Masterson
born Nov. 27, 1853, Henryville, Canada East
died October 25, 1921, New York, N.Y., U.S.
Canadian-born U.S. lawman and gambler.
He grew up on successive family farms in New York, Illinois, and Kansas. In Dodge City, Kan., he worked as a buffalo hunter and Indian scout (1873–75), as sheriff of Ford county (1877–79), and as deputy U.S. marshal (1879). In Tombstone, Ariz. (1880–81), he worked briefly with Wyatt Earp at the Oriental Saloon. He lived a gambler's life in Denver (1887–1902) and then moved to New York City, where he was a deputy U.S. marshal (1905–07) and later a prominent sports editor for the Morning Telegraph .