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National Guard Hall.

The engagement of Buffalo Bill and Captain
Jack closed at National Guard Hall
last night with great eclat. The new feature
of real horse on the stage drew a
great audience, and the plays were unusually
well rendered. Two great plays were
presented. "The Scouts of the Plains"
was first given, the performance closing
with the scalping scene in the "Red Right
Hand." There was some shooting, however,
that was not on the bills. The last
act was in successful progress, and the
fight between J.W. Crawford, alias Capt.
Jack, who impersonated Yellow Hand, and
Buffalo Bill was inaugurated according to
programme, on horseback. Capt. Jack, before
mounting his horse, had cocked his pistol
and placed it in the holster. In attempting
to draw it with his usual dexterity and
celerity it caught, and in the endeavor to
extricate it was discharged, inflicting a
deep and painful wound below the left
groin. The wounded man dropped from
his horse, and it was with difficulty that
he sustained himself long enough for the
curtain to fall. The play was cut short by
the accident, but the audience was compensated
by knowing that somebody was
really hurt. An examination showed that
the wad with which the pistol was loaded
had entered at the place indicated, ranged
down some four inches and there lodged.
An incision was made and the wad was removed.
The wound is large, ragged and
painful, but not necessarily dangerous.
The company will appear in Carson tonight.