Each ___?___ below represents the name of the gunfighter in question. Source for this and future such posts is Bill O'Neal's Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters.
July, 1872. Trinity City, Texas.
Visiting relatives near his boyhood home, ___?___ and a cousin engaged in a bowling match, which ___?___ intentionally lost. A bystander named Sublett challenged him to a series of matches at five dollars per set. After ___?___ won six games in a row, Sublett realized that he was being victimized, and he berated ___?___. ___?__ forced Sublett to finish the game at gunpoint, then generously bought him a drink.
Sublett stomped out of the building, returned a few moments later with a shotgun, and discharged a blast at ___?___. Struck in the side by buckshot, ___?___ drew his gun and staggered after Sublett, wounding the fleeing man in the back. Doctors dug out the buckshot, and friends carried ___?___ into hiding.