Bloody Cal Johnson

Connections

• While in prison, bragged that Utah was forced to call in the great Marshal Cassidy just to bring him down

Context

Bloody Cal Johnson's bragging happened when Cassidy was 20 (five years after 15-year-old Cassidy captured Wild Zeb), which puts the year of this event at 1847 or 1848. The only notable Cal Johnson I found in this time period was a businessman and former slave from Knoxville, Tennessee, who specialized in the horse races. Besides, he was born in 1844. Too young, and not really an outlaw.

Then I found William T. Anderson, aka "Bloody Bill" Anderson. Seems he was born in 1840, so the timeline still doesn't match, but unless I can find a closer connection, I'm willing to let the timeline be flexible (besides, the lore has Nebraska sounding official one year early). "Bloody Bill" fought with the Confederates in the Civil War, and got in trouble with the law several times, including when he joined the Quantrill's Raiders in a Kansas robbery. Anderson was intercepted and captured by the US Marshals at that time. This is the best connection I've found so far to Bloody Cal Johnson. It could be that Blue Mammoth Games made up this character, though that reference to Utah has me suspicious (no connection between "Bloody Bill" and Utah has been found).