One account says McCall was acquitted, while the other says he was hung. Which one was it?
He was found ‘innocent’ after a jack-leg camp Deadwood trial, a jury of gold miners, and magistrate and prosecuting attorney and defense attorney, chosen from a pool of men seeking their fortunes in Deadwood.
In the series of the same name, his friend Seth Bullock runs him down and delivers him to Fort Kearney where presumably he was found guilty and hanged.
“...while the other says he was hung. Which one was it?”
Damn! it’s HANGED!
It’s even written for you to read: h-a-n-g-e-d.
Hanged.
Hung is a description of the length of his, er, organ...
To conjugate the verb:
Is hanged.
Was hanged.
Shall be hanged.
McCall was acquitted by the informal mining town jury that first brought him to trial, but was later rearrested and judged guilty. He was hanged in March of 1877.
(from the article)