Bill heard of this deception and sent word to the manager to stop it, but no attention was paid to his message.
Finally, Bill resolved to have satisfaction and he proceeded to a town where the company was to play; he entered the theater and took a seat near the stage, and watched the performance until the bogus Wild Bill appeared.

He then sprang upon the stage, knocked the actor clear through one of the scenes, and grabbing the manager by the shoulders he threw him over the foot-lights into the orchestra.
[Illustration: GETTING SATISFACTION.] The other actors screamed and yelled "Police!" The audience could not at first understand what it all meant, some of them supposing the affair to be a part of the play.
Wild Bill retired from the stage in good order, resumed his seat, and told them to go on with their show.

A policeman now appearing, Bill was pointed out as the disturber of the peace; the officer tapping him on the shoulder, said: "I'll have to arrest you, sir." "How many of you are there ?" asked Bill.
"Only myself," said the policeman.
"You had better get some help," said Bill.

The officer then called up another policeman, and Bill again asked: "How many of you are there now ?" "Two," was the reply.
"Then I advise you to go out and get some more reinforcements," said Bill, very coolly.
The policemen thereupon spoke to the sheriff, who was dressed in citizen's clothes.

The sheriff came up and said he would have to take him into custody.
"All right, sir," replied Bill, "I have no objections to walking out with you, but I won't go with any two policemen." At the court next morning Bill stated his reasons for having acted as he had done, and the judge fined him only three dollars and costs.
This was the last time that Wild Bill appeared on the stage.