According to one source, this figure is haunted by a lion with a blue steel in his hand after his most famous action, and this figure's wife frequented the Silver Moon saloon and always bet a stack of silver dollars.
According to one source, this figure is haunted by a lion with a blue steel in his hand after his most famous action, and this figure's wife frequented the Silver Moon saloon and always bet a stack of silver dollars. In some stories this figure's most famous possession is made from the raw hide of a man-eating panther that the devil skinned alive. This figure belonged to a group called "the macks" in St. Louis, and in one story this man's most famous action came after a card game. Other versions state that it took place on Christmas eve in a cab after a heated political discussion, and both versions note that this figure was trying to recover his stolen stetson hat. This figure was guilty of the murder of Billy Lyons and eventually died in prison. Sharing many similarities with Railroad Bill as the archetypal representative of the southern "badman," for 10 points, identify this African American folk hero.
According to one source, this figure is haunted by a lion with a blue steel in his hand after his most famous action, and this figure's wife frequented the Silver Moon saloon and always bet a stack of silver dollars.
{Stagger Lee Shelton} [accept {Lee Shelton}, {Stagolee}, {Stackerlee}, {Stackolee}, {Stackalee}]