This Day…

1870-Hardscrabble rancher Andy McConnell caught his neighbor, John Shea, trespassing on his property near Abilene, Kansas.  Words were spoken and Shea pulled his pistol and fired twice at McConnell.  As he was thumbing back the hammer for a third try, McConnell calmly shouldered his rifle and shot Shea through the heart.  McConnell turned himself in and was released on testimony of an eye witness.