February 25, 1881
Charley Storms has been playing faro since last night...and losing. As an Arizona morning dawns, a broke and drunk Storms takes out his frustration on the other patrons of Tombstone’s Oriental Saloon. Storms turns to a faro dealer, making a move to slap the “insignificant little fellow, whom,” Bat Masterson says, “[Storms] could slap in the face without expecting a return.”
The insignificant little fellow turns out to be faro dealer Luke Short. While Short m
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