On May 4, 1878, blacksmith Christian Mutschler (also spelled Mutchler) and his friends John Kelley and Henry Holmes got into an argument with a saloon keeper named Hageman.
ˌɔn mˈeɪ fˈoːɹ, wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti ˈeɪt, blˈæksmɪθ kɹˈɪstʃən mˈʌtʃlɚ ˈɔːlsoʊ spˈɛld mˈʌtʃlɚ ænd hɪz fɹˈɛndz dʒˈɑːn kˈɛli ænd hˈɛnɹi hˈoʊmz ɡɑːt ˌɪntʊ ɐn ˈɑːɹɡjuːmənt wɪð ɐ sɐlˈuːn kˈiːpɚ nˈeɪmd hˈeɪdʒmən.