On going up the street he fired into several…

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f Carrie Drugg, with whom he had some difficulty several days previous, de- liberately shooting her down, shooting her twice after she fell, one shot spattering her brains all over the floor, another cutting her jugular vein, which left her lying in a sickening pool of blood. On going up the street he fired into several houses and reaching the Palace Saloon he fired into the front door, then into the side door, whereupon Horace Johnson came out of the front door, and engaged him, exchanging sev- eral shots, when a ball from Brook’s carbine struck Horace in the side of the face, laying it wide open, and taking off part of the ear. Brooks then commenced shooting at everybody he saw. Pomposo Baldonado exchanged ten or twelve shots with him but had to retire on account of exhausting his ammunition. Brooks had three belts of cartridges, in all about 150 rounds. He then came back on the Main street firing first at James Ford, who returned the fire, striking Brooks in the left thigh, where- upon he cried out that he was killed and sur- rendered. It is very evident that he had one ( 6 )