The baron and Nomad yelled when they saw him start.
Buffalo Bill, instead of yelling, plucked out a revolver, swung it round his head, and hurled it at the fleeing man.
It struck him in the back of the neck and knocked him sprawling.
Though he fell heavily, and was somewhat stunned, Juniper Joe still had full use of his tongue, as his raving showed when they ran up to him. He demanded the reason for such treatment.
“Well, we’re going to hold you, you know!” Buffalo Bill told him.
Juniper Joe tried to pretend surprise.
“What fer?” he howled.
“For the murder of Jackson Dane—if that was his name.”
Juniper Joe declared that he did not know what they were talking about.