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...Billy Hull," in the local estimate, "was as rough as a porcupine." Trigger-tempered, 140-lb. little Billy had a friend, Alec Smith; two enemies, Brothers Jim & Dave Stepp. One day Alec Smith and Billy Hull were at the mountain farmhouse of a neighbor named Cindy Lovelace when the Stepps rode up, started shooting. Smith fell dead. A bullet hit Billy Hull between the nose and the right eye, came out the back of his head to lodge in his collar. He dropped. The Stepps dashed over to finish him but, says a family chronicler, "Cindy wrapped her apron around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Saint In Serge | 1/8/1940 | See Source »

Next day Billy Hull came to, muttered, "I'm not daid; do somethin'furme." Blind in his right eye, he grimly waited until his wound was healed, then started after the Stepps. They had gone to Kentucky. For miles Billy Hull trailed Jim Stepp, found him one day sitting on a fence, chatting. Stepp jumped down, said, "Why, hello, Billy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Saint In Serge | 1/8/1940 | See Source »

...high mountain whine Billy Hull screamed, "God dang you, don't you speak to me!" He pulled a pistol from his left armpit. Stepp turned to run. Hull shot him "right atween the galluses." On the ground he had the prudence to shoot Stepp again. Then Billy Hull crossed the river, and back in Tennessee no one ever said another word to him about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Saint In Serge | 1/8/1940 | See Source »

...swimming team will find it harder to make replacements, but it is ready for a good try at it, says Howin Stepp, the coach. The Tigers lost Dick Hough, their record-holding breast stroker, but Ned Parke, who competed in the freestyle events last year--and did very well at them, too--may be rushed into the breach. He originally was a breast stroker, holder of the national interscholastic title at 100 yards while at Lawrenceville. But there are also two Sophomores ready for this event-Bill price and Stewart Pach...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Optimistic Over Winter Sports Prospects | 12/15/1939 | See Source »

...Portland, Ore., Sports Editor Billy Stepp described racing greyhounds as "beetles," "pigs." An indignant breeder filed a $20,000 libel action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 29, 1939 | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

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