Another sensational event has just occurred. Some twenty or thirty shots have just been fired in rapid succession. All Deadwood rushes into the streets to see what is the matter. A late passenger in the Cheyenne coach has recognized in a lounger one of the party who robbed the stage and relieved the passengers of their money and valuables, and this man in particular of $1,400. He commenced firing on the road agent; the fire was returned; others joined in. The robber seized a horse, mounted and started for the woods, firing right and left. His horse was shot; he jumped and ran, and was shot through the chest and taken. In the meantime, two of his companions made quietly for their horses and attempted to leave town unobserved, but were seen and also captured. All are now in jail, but will be taken to Cheyenne for trial, though everyone here thinks that Judge Lynch [a lynching, or hanging without a trial] will see that they don't get there. The wounded have been cared for, and the streets are yet filled with groups of excited men, discussing the late occurrence.

The chief of this band is a beardless youth known as "The Boy." It is hoped that the rest of the band will soon be taken. They have been a terror to the stage company for the last six months, and have successfully robbed many a stage.

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