Old West for the day

True West has an article (of which this is but an excerpt) by Bob Boze Bell about a shootout between Wild Bill Hickok and Phil Coe in 1871:

5 October 1871
The summer cattle season is all but over, and Marshal Wild Bill Hickok has kept the peace in Abilene, Kansas; not an easy job. The last marshal, legendary Thomas J. Smith, was killed in the line of duty. Hickok is not popular with the Texas cowboys, having cleaned out the brothels the month before on the order of the city council.
About fifty cowboys want to attend the city’s Dickinson County Fair. When heavy rain sullies that venue, the boys wander from saloon to saloon on the main drag, bullying and intimidating patrons into buying them drinks. Some accounts suggest the cowboys pull this trick on Hickok, so they sweep him off his feet and carry him into the nearest saloon. Hickok humors the boys and buys them a round.
Rumors swirl that Texas gambler Phil Coe has sworn to get Hickok “before the frost”. Many citizens make themselves scarce as the evening wears on, fearful that things may get out of hand.
At about 9 pm, Hickok hears a shot fired outside the Alamo Saloon. Having earlier warned the cowboys against carrying firearms, he confronts the group standing in front of the Alamo and encounters Coe with a pistol in his hand.
Coe claims he fired at a stray dog, but as he says this, he pulls another pistol and fires twice, one ball going through Hickok’s coat and the other thudding into the ground between his legs.

Rico says that Coe, of course, didn't live long enough to brag about this...