The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-02-28
THE JACK LLOYD MURDER.


'~''eE EHFbeuafS on the AEair.
week ago., wepublished brief &C.
I connt IF the murder of Jack Lloyd
formerly express messenger from here
to Idaho. The Inyo Independent has
the following on the subject:
AS the regular stage from Moiave
to Darwin was ascending the big hili. -
some thirty miles south of Darwin,
just at daylight Wednesday morning,
two men rose mp from the roadside and
! ordered the driver to stop. The driver
was alone on his seat, but another ex-
driver, Jack Lloyd, travelling as pas
senger, was lying asleep in the boot.
The order to stop awoke Lloyd. but
before he had more than raised his
head above the level Of the foot board,
or, perhaps, before he made any move
at all, one of the robbers fired, send.
iug load of buckshot from shot gun
directly through his head, and as a
matter of courss killing him instantly
At the report OF the qua the team, a
very powerful one, started on the ran
up the hill, and to this fact Billy Bal
sic, The driver, is probably indebted
for Lis life. The other robbtr then
fred, bat effected nothing more by the
shot than to tear the drivers coat
sleeve. The fright Of the team soon
carried the stage beyond the reach of
robbery. 1t came directly on into OAR
win, bringing Lloyd's body. which was
buried there that afternoon. The
tongue and double-trees Of the coach
were literally smeared with his blood
aud brains, showing that bis head pro-
jecied somewhat beyond the point Of
the foat-b board at the moment of receiv
ing the deadly shot. 1t is very gener-
ally believed that the highwaymen in-
tended this shot for r. Fl. Paul. the
shotgun messenger. whose succe sstul
operations in corralling supposed stage
robbers was mentioned in these col
umns last week. The robbers, it is
further believed, had gone ont from
Darwin to meet the stage, thinking it
would have quite large sum Of money
aboard. intended fer disbursement in
Darwin, and that Paul would be on the
boot rs guard Ii seems, though. that
he was ordered to wait for the succeed
ing stage, and, unless he had proved
himself quicker on the trigger than the
mnrdsrous highwaymen, owed his life
to that delay. On the other hand, it is
worthy of note that Lloyd lost bis life
by reason of similar delay. lie was
professional stage driver, bat at this
time was ont of employment and was
en- route to this point, seeking place
on the northern line. AT some station
this side of Mojave. some friends in
duced him to stop over one trip which
be did, his baggage coming on through
to Lone Pine. The next stage was
marked with his blood. There was
but one passenger in side, and in the
nature of the case, he could see moth
lug of the robbers, or what was going
on outside, nor could the driver in the
darkness and hurry for the moment
determine anything more in relation to
the murderers than their number; yet.
it is thought it will not be a difficult
matter to bring the crime home to the
real perpetrators. When that is done
satisfactorily. it will be hardly worth
while to put them through the incon-
venience of formal arrest. Anyway,
something must be done, or timid peo-
pie will certainly not risk themselves
on a route so cursed with robbers ard
murderers."
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