Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-07
THE LATE FIGHT WITH STAGE-ROB-
BERS.

The Eureka Sentinel of Wednesday con-
tains the particulars of the late encounter be-
tween Wells Fargo & Cos shotgun messen-
gers and gang of stage robbers. We extract
as follows:
A bold attempt to rob the Typo stage was
made on Monday evening by three highway
man, at the Willows Station, 40 miles south
of Eureka, on the Typo road. At o'clock
P. NJ. three masked men put in an appearance
at the station, and leveling their guns at the
occupants of the house, blacksmith by the
name of William Hood, and a rancher named
Tremble who happened to be present at the
tine-demanded their surrender-a request
which they Immediately complied with. The
two men were bound with ropes, gagged, and
laid away in the rear of the house, where they
could not give the alarm.
In about an hours time the stage came
rafting up to the barn, and as the driver
checked his horses, voice yelled out in the
gloom, eugene Blair, surrender" The
box seat was occupied by Jack Perry, the
driver, and Eugene Blair and James Brown,
Wells, Fargo & Co. s messenger. They heard
the demand, and for moment thought it was
joke, but as the words were repeated in
more peremtory tone, they realized that the
owner of the voice meant BUSINESS. Blair
Immediately swung himself to the ground,
and as his feet reached it he was saluted by
double discharge of shotguns, one from the
rear of the stage, and the other from the cor
ner of the stable, just in front of him. He
caught sight of man and returned the fire,
when he lost sight of the man in the smoke.
He was made aware of the fellows close
vicinity, however, by feeling the muzzle of
shotgun strike against his breast. He grasped
the barrel of the gun, the fellow pulling
frantically at the wrong trigger meanwhile,
and swung his man around to the front of him.
Brown caught sight of the highwayman as he
came into the light of the coach lamp, and,
leaning over the box, gave him the contents
of his shotgun, Kidding him with buckshot
the robber who had grasped Blair by the coat
collar relaxed his hold and fell to the ground.
As Brown put his foot on the wheel to alight,
the man i'll the rear of the stage shot him
through the leg, inficting a severe wound.
Both Brown and Blair returnedthe fire, when
the highwayman took to his heels and escaped
in the darkness The third man had not put
in an appearance during the ARRAY, and it was
supposed that he was holding the horses.
The tracks where they rode off in the sage
brush were found the next morning.
The fettered blacksmith and rancher were
unbound and an investigation as to the
amount of damage sustained ensued. Jack |
Perry had kept perfect control of the team
during the fighting, and the two passengers,
Professor Price and J. NJ. Haskell had re- |
manned quiet spectators inside the stage. A |
light was procured, and the wounded road |
agent taken into the station house, when it |
was found that he had received some buckshot
in the back, just above the hip. He was in
great agony and begged to be killed. Browns
leg was next examined, and an ugly wound
discovered in the calf of his leg The party
at the station until daylight, when
the wounded men were placed on the return
stage, and with Blair and Perry returned to
Eureka The wounded robber was very reti-
cent, obstinately refusing to give any inform
alton that would lead to their Identification.
His only remark about them was, that if they
we're as old hands at the business as himself,
he situation would have been changed, and
Blair and Brown would have been lying on
heir backs instead. He informed Blair that
his was the second time on which they had
shots. About o'clock yesterday
as the stage neared Pages ranch,
was found that he was in dying condition
n reply to question from Blair, he gasped
ut that his name was Jack Davis. and then
reathed his last.