The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser. (Woodville, Miss.) 1853-18??, 1853-02-22
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OF HALF AN HOURS DURATION,
BETWEEN ONE MAN ON FOOT AND ELEVEN
ROBBERS.

Some four or five days since at half past one
o'clock in the afternoon, the mail coach or dill
igence from Arroyazazararco was attacked near
Tepeii del Rio. 1t had been raining slightly
lust before, and the coceh was closed on one
side. In the interior Of the diligence were an
Enplishman, three Spaniards, French lady
and our hero, Mr.. Albert Speyers, wealthy
merchant, German by birth; ON the top were
seated three Mexicans.
All the passegers at the time of attack were
dreaming Of anything but danger, and the
first news Of the arrival Of the robbers was the
insertion, through one of the blinds, OF pis-
toll. and the cry, give up your arms or you
are dead" "Yes," answered Speyers, leaning
forward, "but bullets and all" he showed the
robber small two-barrel pistol. On this he
crouched down to shield himself behind his
horse. Speyers, who had taken his aim dis
charged his weapon, while the robber, with
five others stationed on the other side of the
vehicle, did the same. The discharge was
happily without fatal result on either side.
Speyers, upon this, needless of the entrea-
ties of the passengers, who sought to restrain
him, opens the door of the coach, leaps on the
ground, and pistols in hand, pursued the rob
Der who had fired at him, and who
in company of the five already mentioned
had gone to join a company of SIX more, who
were stationed at some little distance on the
road. Regardless of numbers, Speyers with
his other pistol, fires into the group, and then
returns to the coach in quest of more weapons,
when he reached it, he found all the other
passengers accumulated in the bottom Of the
coach. He then takes out his watch, and all
the money in his pockets, and lays the whole
under the cushions, when he draws his other
two-barrelled and one six-barrelled pistol with
which he proposed to pursue the campaign.
The former weapon he presents to one OF the
passengers, exhorting him to leave the coach
and defend himself Speyers himselfprepares
the pistol, and offer to place IT in the hand of
the passenger but he trembles 50 with fear ne
cannot grasp it. On seeing this Speycrs be-
comes still more excited and exclaimed, 'Since
you all are towards, | shall defend myself
alone; remain where you are"
Meantime the highwaymen were saying,
he's loading again, fire, fire !" and they pour
ed in the coach deluge of bullets which re-
spected the valiant Speyers. The latter, how
ever, looses no time; seizing a firm hold Of
his revolver, he darts forward in pursuit Of the
eleven robbers, who on seeing him leaped over
the wide trench on one side Of the road there
to reload their weapons. Shortly after they
returned towards Speyers, surrounded him at
some distance, and cry to him, Eve see that
you are a brave man, so are we--surrender
We do not wish to kill 50 valiant man."
AVery brave you are, indeed answers speyers
eleven against one" This said, he set forth
IN pursuit of the robbers. who fly at his ap-
prOach. @Why do you fy,' he cries, Did
you say you were bravel Come cowards--r
come, every one Of you-One by one, await
you here"
But their only answer Is a shower of bullets
and slugs, which whistled around the undaun-
ted speyen. lie replies by discharge Of
'our barrels, that prove Intellectual in conse-
qaence Of the incessant movement Of the
aofSes, preventing his aiming with approach
70 certainty.