ings . ▁His ▁ant is la very ▁speech ▁so ▁anger ed ▁the ▁crowd ▁that ▁they ▁threatened ▁to ▁kill ▁him ▁if ▁he ▁didn ' t ▁step ▁down . ▁A ▁man ▁jump ed ▁up ▁and ▁st ab bed ▁him ▁twice ▁with ▁a ▁B owie ▁kn ife . ▁R ively , ▁the ▁store ' s ▁owner , ▁r ushed ▁C ody ▁to ▁get ▁treatment , ▁but ▁he ▁never ▁fully ▁recovered ▁from ▁his ▁inj uries . ▁ ▁In ▁Kansas , ▁the ▁family ▁was ▁frequently ▁per sec uted ▁by ▁pro - s la very ▁supp or ters . ▁C ody ' s ▁father ▁spent ▁time ▁away ▁from ▁home ▁for ▁his ▁safety . ▁His ▁enemies ▁learned ▁of ▁a ▁planned ▁visit ▁to ▁his ▁family ▁and ▁pl otted ▁to ▁kill ▁him ▁on ▁the ▁way . ▁Bill , ▁despite ▁his ▁youth ▁and ▁being ▁ill ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁rode ▁ 3 0   m iles   ( 4 8   km ) ▁to ▁warn ▁his ▁father . ▁Isaac ▁C ody ▁went ▁to ▁Cleveland , ▁Ohio , ▁to ▁organ ize ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁thirty ▁families ▁to ▁bring ▁back ▁to ▁Kansas , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁add ▁to ▁the ▁ant is la very ▁population . ▁During ▁his ▁return ▁trip ▁he ▁caught ▁a ▁resp ir atory ▁in fection ▁which , ▁comp ounded ▁by ▁the ▁ling ering ▁effects ▁of ▁his ▁st abb ing ▁and ▁comp lications ▁from ▁kid ney ▁disease , ▁led ▁to ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 8 5 7 . ▁ ▁After ▁his ▁death , ▁the ▁family ▁suffered ▁finan cially . ▁At ▁age ▁