[4] On February 25, 1881, Storms had been drinking all night and made several rude remarks to faro dealer Luke Short in the Oriental Saloon.
Storms did not know Short, and like the bad man in Leadville, had sized him up as an insignificant-looking fellow, whom he could slap in the face without expecting a return.
When Storms and I reached the street, I advised him to go to his room and take a sleep, for I then learned for the first time that he had been up all night, and had been quarreling with other persons...
I was just explaining to Luke that Storms was a very decent sort of man when, lo and behold!, there he stood before us, without saying a word, at the same time pulling his pistol.
"In the spring of 1881, I was a few feet distant from a couple of individuals [Luke Short and Charlie Storms] who were quarreling.
[10] Examining Storms afterward, Goodfellow found that he had been shot in the heart, but was surprised to see "not a drop of blood" exiting the wound.
[11] As a result of what he learned, Goodfellow began experimenting with the first designs for bullet-resistant clothing made of multiple layers of silk.