You lied.

It was you who killed him--by taking his wife.

I got his skull because I thought I might need it against you to show that it was a pistol instead of a rifle that killed him.

And this isn't the first man you've sent to hell, Nome, and is isn't the first woman.

But your next won't be Mrs.
Becker!" He thrust his revolver almost into the other man's face as Nome opened his lips to speak.
"Shut up!" he cried.