Up in Galeyville, Curly Bill Brocius took a bullet in the cheek from drifter ___?___, a veteran of the Lincoln County Wars. ___?___ had approached the visiting Billy Breakenridge and tried to pick a fight. Curley Bill stepped in and made ___?___ apologize to the deputy. This, of course, did not sit well with ___?___, who continued to joust verbally with Curly Bill, then shot him as the cowboy was mounting his horse. Breakenridge reported, The bullet hit him in the cheek and knocked out a tooth coming through his neck without cutting an artery. James Hancock, who also claimed to be present, later said that every one thought that Bill was dead, and he could not talk anyway as the bullet had partly paralyzed the vocal cords in his throat.
(From And Die In The West, by Paula Mitchell Marks)
