Easy there, tiger. We don't know what happened with these two. Sounds like this was a fued that had been going on for 20 years and these two were both equally stubborn. It's too bad somebody dies as a result, but we have no way of knowing exactly what happened. What would your feelings be if the dead man had been attacking Ames with a cattle prod?
"What would your feelings be if the dead man had been attacking Ames with a Cattle prod?"
I would feel the guy was Pretty stupid, taking a Cattle Prod to a gun fight.