, 1877-09-20

EUREKA, ~ three masked tnct, ono oI Hnntn
called urun Rlnlr IN surrender, saying: "Eu-
grnc Blair, gct u0 TINT stage AMI surrender"
Believing that tho men III the station hail rot
drunk anl that onc of them was playing
bluff game. the demand was not Immediately
c'mrlltA with; besides, the night was 80 dirk
that the speaker tont nut hc distinctly seen.
The demand, however, was Fluru rserinpturIly
repeated, when Hlair prepared TO hsfnount,
.vat u,aF s M'Sar sry "{ s Uro,u viii
its trustF s!iut- t-Cnn. whcn lie was greeted t,y =
ttntthe discharge NJ shut, one from The rear N
the stage and The other frori the corner Of The
liable. tt,ti, passing 50 near his head tfat tae
the fire almost simultaneously, hut being par
tthi1y blinded hy the snake. an.l not seeing hts
object ptatnty evidently without e!lcct, TlIH
report Of Ills gun had not died AWAY before tho
cold t1ltlzzIe Of q gun wItA placed agat.ist lis
breast hy one Of the rnDbcr*. with The !ntcfi-
tipn, no tlDltht pf making alIrc wurk of The
brave messenger. Blair caag1lt 4 n'd es,slrktsl
It aside. and turned tho robber. .who waA
wien BROWN, On tho scat, wntching lls "rla,r-
tunitr. rni.r,t bis sl.t-.nn II. q,,tvk rs tlasl.
and gave the ruad agent tho full contents OF ole
barrr1 sQ,larc In tho buck, an.i he fell over NOR
Alnlost simultaneously with this .lea.tly shot,
Blair Ind PLACED hts shotgun squarcly agais,At
the fellows hrrast, anil would tnve biown Il
hole through him \. hg as the moon had not
pruwn, after firing tho flot, jumped from thes
stage, but ha.i not falsly REACHED the ground
when lc was sl,n. In the calf Of tho lcg, inllrt-
ing painful Int not serious wouml. The other
two robbers then fired fnnr moro shots at the
messengers at rl0.c rapRc with shotgun anu
revolver. ,lonr Ut which, however, ,lt.i any
harta, though they catno uncomfortabty close,
and .lfsappearc.l In the darkness. The fir
Ing hAving ccasel, tho passengers rot
out Of tho stage cautiously and touk look
Mt tho wount,rd roblcr, who was wrtthtng itl
mortal agony, md tu,btosc,l, begged, and
prayed tn be Killed. 4 noise In the station now
attracted attention., and OIL pr3cc,1tnr thlthcr
It WAS found tl,At the blacksmith ami raneter,
wl,u were 10 charge of the platc, lla been lnunl
securely, and threatened With instant tleatl, by
The robbcrs n they would give any alarm on tile
to the station ab',ltt nh h'ilr previous, com.
pulled the inmates tu surrender, cp0keA meal
and tto 1t, Embarrassed the horses that had
been prepared for tito incoming cuach, anu tel.
proceeded to lay their pans uf attack. Email
fort was built with Kagsls at the cs'r1Ier Ut the
stable, aud an old nx placed lIantlv for the
purpose OF opening the trcasurc-box. The
tioni where all tlit parties remained u.!rEnE
thr ssntght.. Yesterday morning MessEs. Price
MIC Haskell continued un their journey tn lynn,
while thu twU messengers. thu LFl7cr, nnh tho
dying rutler, WIN tad suffered cxerI.iutlng
torture* through the night anil Wits very luw,
proceeded to return to Eurckn. Every effort
wus made to induce tho rt,bbtr tn reveal tho
names Of bis associates. but to no purpose, and,
wEun nearing parcis place, o few miles {rom
fore expiring lie gave his name as Jack Davis.
The party arrived IN thu tuwl with the cur,'sc
Du Tuesday evening at o'clock, and stopped
before Wells, Fargo Il Co.'s olilct.