about one o'clock
To prevent trouble his fellow-passengers had disarmed the Chinaman . The other robber , seeing his partner overpowered , passed quickly along in front of the line of passengers , placed his gun at Cummins ' head , and fired . The struggle had not lasted fifteen seconds when Will Cummins lay murdered by the roadside . The Girl or the Gold Cummins was killed about one o'clock . Two hours later two prospectors , in conventional blue shirts and trousers , each with a pack over his back , were seen in the neighborhood of Scott 's Flat . They excited no suspicion , as no one at Scott 's Flat had heard anything about the hold-up ; and even if news had come , there was nothing suspicious in the appearance of these men . They had looked out for that .