The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-15

lot o. money IN Deadwood where every other house 10
asloon. an he lett town late ono night In my stage
carried the money his person an was as wIde-a,
wnkc an game fellow ever see. He wns armed
with winchester repea.in' rifle with sixteen oarres
and two eght-chambered reviewers. About midnisht
we was to go through Dead Mans Canyon several miles
out O. Dsadwood, about the darkest. ornery.
that II we was 10 he at,acEed ma be
there an told him 20, an that wc was almost GER
tam 10 be stopped; but, Lord bless you, he didn't
lear than you do now but ihere was u
KIND Of determined look In his eye an couiu zen
nc was nyin his plans, although he never said wcra.
Directly We come 10 the canyon-a dark. rocky nell
hole, made by the devil Tor road agents-we listened
with all our ears suddenly We heerd It, low at hrst
cack Of poniss' hoois on the road bennd US. didn't
need 10 tell him what It meant. We knew ihcr was
knew mat tney would altnck the coach Just
goin' slow up the rise out OF the canyon. told hun
this, when, quick as u flash. he jumped oil an called
10 me to drive on an to wait tor him when got
out oil the canyon. saw his game in minnit,
aud Il was bold one, reckon. He md
behind rock right In the road an got hrs weapons
ready drove on an leit him alone. The thieves
Tell INTO the trap They rode alter the stage
thinkn him In IL, an us they passed close TO where
was no opened urc What with his sixteen. shooter
an his two revoivers an their returnn the fire. II
SOUNDED TO me hkos wnoo regiment ! never knew
wbother he Killed any, but he wounded somo sure an
they scattered ike he'll after 'ein. some OF thcm
as was burt howlin' ike devils He just came with
the stage an rode on as cool as you please He Wds
smart fellcr."
A THREAT THAT MEANT SOMETHING.
Now, tue next Jay, on my return trlh notIceu
that one Of tho stage conpanys agents at relay sta
tion-we changed HOSES every twelve mlle-had his
arm IN a sling, an when | got back to Deadwooa
heerd OF several OF the fust citizens as was suddenly
aa,.els' .why' says he he, 's S,aser careless, "a q
damn dog bit me last niRhtl Yes, sad l. these
gov ment dogs do bite putty hard sometimes, don't
theyr We'll, he pitched INTO me Ike the devil be-
cause didn't give 'em signal tho night before SO
they'd known what the gov 'ment agent had como He
SAID the boys was goIn' 10 be ON hand in my trip
through the next night and gon' TO do Tor me.
Now knowed lie were truthful man about things Of
that KIND; 20 ! went tho company's
olllce am drawcd my pay an SAID as how
rcckoned didn't want TO drive no more Tor lear my
health might suddenly give way. so they
engaged young Daichman from Vermont-nce
teller he too an good drverto take the stage.
went 10 him like brother an' says, Now don't you
take that stage out tonight anyway, or yoL be sorry
Tor u; but OF course It want use I've elt sorry
for him sence, but he would 30, even when
told him that tho boys would take him for NO. He
might have knowed."
"Did thcy hurt him, they threatened to do your"
l asked lpnOccnty.
"wcl, don't know If they hurt b,m but you could
have read thut newspaper through him when they
found MS body IN. Dead Mans Canyon l never did
sec body 50 full o. holes In my ilfe!'