Luke Short-Jim Courtright duel

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The Luke Short-Jim Courtright duel was a duel in North America in 1887.

On February 8, 1887, Luke Short and Timothy Isaiah "Longhair Jim" Courtright, once friends, had quarrelled with the other. Courtright was trying to extort protection money from Short. They drew pistols at close range, and Short fired first and blows off Courtright's thumb. Courtright attempted the 'border shift' a move where a gunfighter switches their gun to an uninjured hand, but he was too slow and Luke Short shot him in the chest, killing him.

Luke would die in 1893 from "dropsy".

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