Jack Slade ran the Central Overland stage stop at Julesburg, Colorado. His predecessor,
Jules Beni (the town was named for him), didn’t like the arrangement and nearly killed
Slade with a shotgun blast to the back in 1859. Slade somehow survived and vowed
revenge.
In August 1861, Slade captured Beni, tied him to a fencepost at the stage stop corral, and
proceeded to put several b
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