March 10, 1864 Jack Slade, once the heroic peacekeeper of the Central Overland stagecoach line, is drunk and in an ugly mood on the main street of Virginia City, Montana. He fires his pistols at anything that fancies him. He curses, picks fights, overturns a milk wagon and strikes friends in the face after making a toast. He has been known to rob his friends. He is fond of breaking up the furniture in all the saloons he frequents, and he frequents them all. For the past two weeks, in a
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