In less than two hours after reading the notice of the crime on the midnight express.
A reward of ten thousand dollars was already offered for the detection and punishment of the outlaws..
It was at once evident to Darrel, that Nicholson had made a desperate fight for life, but that he had been overpowered by a superior force.
He visited the body of the murdered messenger, and made a brief examination.
Dyke Darrel was in Chicago.
In less than two hours after reading the notice of the crime on the midnight express