BULL CREEK TRAGEDY. How the Bilyeu Family Were Slain A DEADLY WINCHESTER. Bud Meadows Claims the Bloody Work. The Leader-Democrat (Springfield, MO.), 30 Nov. 1898, Wed., Pg. No. 5. What the Post Mortem Examination Shows. Completer details of the Bilyeu-Meadows Battle show that the Bull Creek tragedy was the most desperate and Vengeful family duel ever fought in the Ozark Country. Steve Bilyeu and his two sons were brave to a most reckless degree, but their aim was bad & their weapons inferior.