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Masterson, Bat (William Barclay)

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Masterson, Bat (William Barclay) (1853-1921)

US marshal and sportswriter. In 1878 he succeeded his murdered brother, Edward, as marshal in Dodge City, Kansas. He moved to New York 1902, where he became a sportswriter for the Morning Telegraph.

Born in Iroquois County, Illinois, and raised in Kansas, Masterson worked in his early adult years as a buffalo hunter and scout before becoming a deputy marshal in Dodge City.

He briefly served with Wyatt Earp 1880 before moving to Kansas City.



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