The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-05-03

VII BOLD RcBBERY.-The mail sacks from
pis OF the Western Stage Compauy's Lios
-. - reached here yesterday, cut and robbed
S.s of their contents. The particulars Of the
robbery we CLEAN from the Daily Ottum
ten wa Courier. Tha, paper says:
wa awe are indebted to Mr. F. ]. Leach,
arg . driver in the employ yment Of the West
pu ern Stage Company, for an account Of one
set of the most daring and successful robber-
Cd les that we ever heard of.
ger Mr. Leach was driving from Corydon
arg to CenSrville. At Cory don five passe. .
SOP gers, one of them a citizen and four of
81 them strangers, got aboard the coach,
the pay ing their fare, two OF them 10 Promise
spe City, the frst station out, and two TO Gen.
We tersiIle. At Promise City two more
y 4 strangers got aboard and the two who
w had paid to that place continued on, max
iug six passengers, one riding on the out
th4 side and the others inside. The citizen
mn left at Promise. just as the coach or
J hack was winding on to the bridge at
tin Walnut Creek, Q miles west of Center
bpi vile, the passenger on the box suddenly
Up presented revolver to the left breast of
Coz the driver, exclaiming Hold on turn
COP out here, Cd d-n you You have
ent gonc far enough. You are in the hands
Fra OF the rebels now will put hole righ,
not through you if you don't stop J. Looking
tim around, the driver saw he inside passen-
chi gers looking out OF the window, each one
neibolding revolver in his hand. Oscourse
Mathere was no alternative but to submit,
entand he accordingly turned his team out
ten TO the side of the road. The six passen-
are gers Instantly jumped off and ous of the
pricoach aud ordering the driver to keep his
-seat, proceeded to unhitch the horses and
0tie them to the stage and to trees near by.
OThey then took out the mail sacks, rip
7oepsd them open with knives, and deliber-
Ta,ely examined the contents, putting most
nokof the packages containing more than one
Of fflettes in their pockets. tearing single let
tiers open and appropriatiDg money found.
rrsso far as the driver could judge. He
81 saw them take some money from letters.
,efWhile thus employed wagon was heard
prSspproachipg from the direction OF Center
psvile. Four of tie robbers started over
= Bshe bridge, met the team, which proved
sns belong TO Mr.. A. Sayger, of Promise
err! City, who with his son, young man of
utssboul 20, was returning FROM Centerville
s.sswith two horse wagon. The robbers
"a met them, fetched them over the bridge.
esunhitchcd their horses, embarrassed them
.and then demanded of Mr.. S. and his son
Stheir money. The old gentleman had no
fmouey. The young man $50; they took
nnI S25 and handed him back So.
hr After this they waited about twenty
es minutes for The western bound stage to
@ come up. When they heard it coming,
d four OF the party went on. and met If,
e. took possession and piloted it over the
80 bridge to the place where the other coach
wwswas, and went through the same process
az OF embarrassing the horses and robblng
l. the mails as they had done with the other
ssscoach, occupying in doing so about half
Ian hour.
H. When this was all done, they selected
Pr six Of the best horses, three out of each
q team, mounted them and rode off toward
kPromiss City, exclaimiDg, as they left,
,,sGood evening, gentlemen"
q 1t was now after sunset. The two
\ drivers made up team of the two horses
q and drove into Centerville, the other pas
r. sengers went on west with Sayger. The
Z next morning a party from Centervils
went out and gathered up the broken let
\ ters. express matter, DC. They heard OF
I the robbers some distance from the scene
] of robbery, on the road to Promise City
= They robbed two houses, taking saddle
from each. This is the last that had been
heard from them upto the time the driver
left Centervile for Ouumwa.
The agent of the Western State Com.
pany, George Pratt, otfsrs reward Of
Sa5 for each horse, and $50 for the ar.