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BUFFALO BILL.

His Attempted Assassination at Omaha
-Three Shots Fired at Him.

The following particulars of the attempted assassination Hon. W. F. Cody, better known as "Buffalo Bill," are gleaned from The Omaha Republican of Wednesday:

In Council Bluffs, on Monday evening, as Buffalo Bill and wife and two daughters and Dr. Powell and his wife, were walking to the Ogden house after the performance at the theater, a horseman rode up within two rods of the party and fired three shots at Buffalo Bill, who, with his companions, narrowly escaped being hit. The unkown horseman then turned and rode off. The mystery was investigeated as soon as possible, and it was found that a short time before the shooting a man named Benedict applied at a livery stable for a saddle horse and for some reason the hostler refused, and when the desperado drew a revolver and ordered him to saddle the best horse in the barn, which of course was promptly done. After the shooting he rode a short distance, threw away the saddle and turned the horse loose. Several men witnessed the shooting and could easily identify the would-be assassin, and among them was Mr. Josh E. Ogden, Buffalo Bill's business manager. The police were notified of the affair, and commenced searching the town. The finding of the horse and saddle was evidence that the man had not left the city. Mr. Ogden went to several hotels, and it was afterward found that Benedict had followed him, and at one place inquired who the man was who was looing after him. Finally Benedict turned up at the Ogden house and asked Buffalo Bill if he thought he was the man who did the shooting. Mr. Cody identified him, and he was taken by the police. When searched a revolver was found on him, with chambers empty, and is supposed to be the weapon with which he did the shooting.

Yesterday he was brought before the police court and was again thoroughtly identified, and was held on the charge of highway robbery, as he forced the liveryman to giv him a horse and saddle.

Buffalo Bill, owing to his business engagements, could not remain to prosecute him on the charge of shooting with intent to kill. The prisoner is thought to be a Western man, and is either crazy or was drunk or had some fancied grievance against Buffalo Bill. The motive of his action is as yet a mystery.

Buffalo Bill emphatically denies that it was a put-up advertising job, as he does not care to advertise in that way as long as printer's ink is plenty.