Lawmen: Bass Reeves
WARNING : SPOILERS ahead for Lawmen : Bass Reeves episode 5 .
Summary
Lawmen : Bass Reevesepisode 5 opens up with the Old West lawman taking aim at one of his arch rivals , the criminal Jim Webb . Webb makes his first coming into court in Part V of the eight - part Paramount+ miniseries , which is meant to chronicle the wage increase of Bass Reeves as a Deputy U.S. Marshal from 1862 until 1877.Reeves was given the rank of Deputy by Judge Issac Parker , better have it off as the Hanging Judge , in 1875 after eld of being a farmer . WhileLawmen : Bass Reeveskeeps some relevance to the historical accounts of the veridical - life peace officer , many details and timelines have been alter to agree into the television series .
lawman : Bass Reevesepisode 5introduces the character of Jackson Cole , which show a compelling moral dilemma for Bass after hearing Jackson ’s cause for killing a Texas political candidate and former slave proprietor . Despite Jim Webb being one of the mostfamous real - life stay of Bass Reeves ' careerin law enforcement , he was hardly depicted in the series before his ultimate death at the hands of Reeves . The Old West law officer , who is say to have only stamp out 14 outlaws in his entire life , kill Jim Webb without much build - up in the Paramount+ serial , give many of the detail of their veridical - lifetime family relationship on the table .
Bass Reeves First Arrested Jim Webb In 1883
Webb served a year in jail but was released on bail
InLawmen : Bass Reevesepisode 4 , Bass is tipped off about Jim Webb ’s placement by fictional criminal Silas Cobb , who becomes Billy Crow ’s first kill on the Book of Job . In reality , Reeves had been sent on assignment to settle Webb in 1883 , who was want for murdering his neighborafter a crop electrocution went sideways and leave in the accidental burning of some of Webb ’s large ranch in Indigenous Territory . The neighbor had been a worship named William Steward and word had spread that he was to be arrested and brought before theHanging Judge at Hell on the Boarderin Fort Smith , Arkansas .
Bass Reeves and one of his possemen arrived just a few days after the kill of William Steward at Webb ’s ranch disguise as regular cowman . After their camouflage was promptly distinguish , a gunplay hap between Bass , his posseman , Webb , and Webb ’s sidekick Frank Smith . True to his bequest , Reeves came out unscathed and halt Webb after forcing him to surrender . Frank Smith was shoot during the shootout and die en route to Forth Smith , where Reeves fork out Webb to his poky electric cell . Webb would spend around a year in prison but was able to post a bail of $ 17,000 with the help of his friend and world-wide computer memory owner , Jim Bywater .
Reeves & Posseman John Cantrell Approached Webb Again In 1884
Reeves shot Webb dead as he tried to escape
Rand and another posseman named John Cantrell ( not Billy Crow ) approached Jim Webb again in 1884 after Webb failed to show up for his trial and the bail defrayal was somehow give up . Remarkably , Reeves was able to locate Webb at Bywater ’s General Store , as depicted inLawmen : Bass Reevesepisode 5 . In the timeline ofLawmen : Bass Reeves , this happens in the year 1877 , which is n’t too far off from the actual date of 1884 but is still notably inaccurate . It is exact , however , that during their second gunfight , one of Webb ’s bullets graze Bass Reeves ' jacket but did not injure the Old West law officer .
Despite the close call , Reeves and his posseman Cantrell successfully corner Webb , cutting off his access to a lam gymnastic horse and making it out of the question to get off . This clip , Webb does n’t go down without a conflict and refuses to surrender , forcing Bass to use the weight of his badge to enforce lethal punishment on the law - circumvent Webb . As Webb lay on the ground dying , Bass Reeves and several onlookers listened to his final tidings , which were notably pass on out from the Paramount+ serial .
Webb’s Real-Life Emotional Final Words To Bass Reeves Explained
Webb was complimentary of Reeves in his final moments
As Webb lie kick the bucket in real life , he told Bass Reeves,“Give me your hand , Bass . . . I want you to accept my six-gun and scabbard as a present and you must accept them . Take it , for with it I have killed eleven men , four of them in Indian Territory , and I expected you to make the twelfth . ”The realisation of his impendent death led Webb to confess the truth of his criminal agency to one of the greatest symbols of judge in the Old West . The natural endowment is an unusual sign of respect , as if Webb was glad he was overtake by someone as honest and skilled as Reeves . It ’s a powerful straight mo of the lawman ’s extraordinary career that was interestingly not depict inLawmen : Bass Reeves .
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