The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18
The Ears OF the vicoim 1er.tef~d
In PAYMENT for Drinks

John Alfred Shade. tie n"teS GOTTA"
and h,chwayman. used in wear a beaded
and gaudily covered huckskiu suit "hlcn
cost s150. SHADES exploits are well re-
membered by all the old time settlers 10
the West. At one time he became inyol-
we'd In = difficulty with 8 Frenchmsn
PANIED Jules. an Indian Trader, who had
spent toe greater part of his lille among
the Indians OF the plains.
Upon the establishment ~ the over
laua line IF coaches 10 California. jules
was much incenscd, As he claimed 1t was
an invitatiou upon the right. oi the In
dams and the traders, and would brig
too many whites upon the plains. lie
waged incessaut var upon the overland
line. with the aid OF lndiaus and hall
bict j., by ~runnlng of stock ana commit
tu5 other iepredation>, which were con
uuuel without restraint until Johu Alfred
sid appeared upon the ; enc a. a d.
Ni~sun agent from Fort kearney west.
iuI~ n.,4 A.s 4 refuge tron justice, hav
my 5t,d i man IN his native county OF
,la,3u, III. Soon after taking charge Of
he 4.Nisau, S.ade became the terror OF
the rea! and his bold aud reckless daring
involved HIM in numerous quarrels with
stock thieves aud others. Ill. quick aim
aud steady nerve sent many a desperate
to a bloody grave: in fact, he sought
quarrels, and. To use the parlance OF the
times, always got his man. \ deadly
feud existed between jules AMI Slade.
and the former resolved on bis lSlade 81
death. Knowing that Gu a certain day
Slade would come down the Dad upon
the overland coach, Jules laid for hun al
the station, and a. the former allghted
from the coach, fired upon him with his
gun both barrels OF which took effect,
and as his enemy lay writing upon the
earth. poured the contents Of his Dragon
pistol into his body. Then mounting his
horse, Jules rode into tie mountains fear
Ing the vengeance OF SHADES friends.
Strange and ~unaccountablo as 1t may seem
Slade was found to be alive and was
carried into the station, and, though I'm
gering upon the point of death for
months, he recovered from his wounds
and laid his plans for the capture OF his
enemy, who was finally hunted down and
taken to Bovey 5 station. The names OF
the captors OF } ules were Nelson T~aughn,
John Fry and another man, who is now a
sons having secured Jules, sent a mersen-
ger LOT olaut. anu tue iWO DiOOul Ihtu
met again face to face this time, how
ever, Slade had the drop, being heavily
armed and with the three armed captor>
of Jules at his back. Well knowing his
doom was sea.ei, Jules stood up aud de
manded half a chance for his life. You
gave me no show, rctortcd Shade, but
take this and defend yourself, handing
the Flcnchman a pistol which he knew
well would not revoivc-and the mex III
slant sent a ball through the forehead u
Jules near the top OF the skull, who rec :
ed and fell. Shade and hi, party then re
tired TO the next room 10 take a drink,
but upon returning found that the pros
trated Frenchn,an was gone. Horses were
mounted and the country secured 10 10
effect; but upon returning TO the station
the wounded Jules was found IN an OUT
house covered up with hay. He was led
out and shot through the mouth, and
again at the base of the right ear, which
finished the job. Vaughn cut off the ears
of the dead man and gave one to Slade,
reserviug the other. The two worthless
then came to Denver with these bloody
trophies in their pockets and wore them
at the different bars on a prolonged spree,
even slapping them on the counte "a a
tender for payment of drlnhs.-Colorado
Gdzette.