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 7, 1879, Caldwell, Kansas. On Monday afternoon two cowboys from the Cherokee Strip, George Wood and Jake Adams, galloped into Caldwell and, after an hour of heavy drinking in the Occidental Saloon, weaved into the street and began firing their six-guns. Constable W.C. Kelly and Deputy John Wilson, accompanied by a posse which included ___?___ and W.H. Kiser, cautiously entered the Occidental.
Wood and Adams immediately leveled their guns at the lawmen, ordered them to keep their hands at their sides, and began to move toward the door. ___?___ boldly stepped in front of the door, whereupon the two cowboys pointed their weapons at him and demanded his revolvers. Ill die first, growled ___?___. One of the cowboys decided to accommodate him, but his shot whizzed by ___?___s head and grazed the temple of Kizer, who stood behind ___?___.
___?___ instantly went for his pistols. As Wood darted for the door, ___?___ fired two shots; one slug went wild, but the other clipped off the end of Woods forefinger, tore away the trigger of his gun, ripped through both his lungs, and came out under his right shoulder blade. The impact of the bullet rolled Wood into the street, and he died immediately.
Almost simultaneously ___?___ squeezed off a shot from his other gun. Adams was struck in the right side, and the slug tore all the way through his body. He fired back at ___?___, but the bullet grazed John Wilsons wrist. Wilson pumped two slugs into Adams, who was hit in the right hand and stomach. As he went down, Adams shot Wilson in the leg, then breathed his last on the saloon floor.
