Sentence:  Any other man in my place would have gone to his house and shot him down like a dog. I wanted to do it, and was minded to do it, but a better thought came to me: to <WSD>put</WSD> him <WSD>to shame</WSD>; to break his heart; to kill him by inches. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To humiliate; to disgrace.