Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-25
THE MURDER OF JACK LLOrD.

We copy the further additional par
ticulars of the recent attempt at $ a e
robbery and the shooting of jack
Floyd, from the Inyo Independent:
AS the regular stage from Mojave to
Darwin was ascending the "big hill,"
some 80 miles south of Darwin, just at
daylight un "Wednesday morning, two
men ose up from the roadside and or
dered the driver to stop. The driver
WAS alone on his seat, but another ex-
diver, Jack Lloyd. travelling as Il pas
senger, WAS lying asleep IN the boot.
The order u 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, sending
a load of huckshot from a shotgun di-
rectly through his head. and as Il mat
ter of course killing him instantly.
AT the report of the gun the team, u
verv powerful one, started on the run
up the hill, and toihis fact Billy BAlsle,
the driver. is probably indebted for
his life. The other robher then fired
but effected nothing more bv the shot
than to tear The drivers coat.s'eeve.
The fright of the team >oon carried the
stage beyond reach of robbery. 1t
cam. directly on into Darwin, brin..
ing Lloyd's body, which was burr, d
there tina, afternoon. The tongue ann
double.trees OF the coach were liter
ally smeared with his blood aud braius,
showing that his head pro, ec,ed sone
what beyond the point OF the foot
boa I'd at the moment Of receiving the
deadly shot. II is very generally be-
lieved that the highwaymen intended
this shot for X. II. Paul, the shotgun
messenger, whose successful opera.
tons in corralling supposed stage rob
hers was mentioned in these columns
last week. The robbers, it is further
believed, had gone out from Darwin
to meet the sage, thinking it would
have quite a large sum of money
aboard, intended for disbursement in
Darwin, and that Paul would 5e on
he boot as guard. 1t seems, though,
that he was ordered to wait for the sue
ceeding stage. and, unless he had
proved himself quicker ontriyger than
the murderouS high waymen, owed his
life TO that delay. On the other hand.
it is worthy of note that Lloyd lost
his life by reason Of a similar delay.
He was a profes>i' nal stage driver. but
at this time was OF. of employment
and was en- route I % this point seeking
a place on the northern line. At s,.Ine
station this side of Mojave, ON
friends induced him to stop over One
trip, which he did, his baggage coming
on through IL Lone Pine. The next
stage was the one marked with his
blood. There was but ona passenger
inside. and in the atur of the case,
he could see nothing OF the robbers, or
what was going on outside, nor could
the driver IN the darkness and hurry
of the moment determine anything
more in relation 70 the murderers than
their number; yet, it is thought it will
not be "A difficult matter to bring tie
crime home TO the real perpe1 ators.
When hat is done satisfactorily, it will
be hardly worth while TO put them
through the inconvenien nee of a formal
arrest. Anyway something must be
done or timid people will certainly no.
risk themselves IN a route so cursed
with robbers and murderers.