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On 12/28/1895, in St. Louis, Missouri, according to an article in the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat of the next day, William Lyons (dockhand) was shot in
Curtis's tavern by Lee Sheldon (carriage driver, nicknamed "Stag" Lee).
They'd been arguing politics when Lyons snatched Sheldon's hat from his
head, whereupon Sheldon shot him. "Stag" Lee Sheldon was arrested and
tried; the first trial ended in a hung jury, but the second ended in
conviction, and he served time.
"I've seen the house where 'Stag' Lee lived at the time of the shooting,
according to the newspaper story. It's still standing, although boarded
up." -- Paul Stamler.
Stagolee was a bad man,
Everybody knows.
Spent one hundred dollars
Just to buy him a suit of clothes.
He was a bad man
That mean old Stagolee
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