The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-01
sIlGHwxYMEN IN THE FAR WEST.
How Wells. Fargo Il s0.'s Stage VA
ROh..esl-A PasACnScr's RlOrY.

How Wells. Fargo 4 ..... stage w.s
Robbed a r"sscnGcr's naOry.
\ passenger On Wells, Fargo Il Co.'S
coaci, writes from Cvrinne, Utah, to the
Helena Herald, under date of August 9th:
Reaching Pleasant Valley about p. H.,
Thursday, | saw indications Of some anxiety
on the part OF the driver and g,iard-both Of
whom were armed with shot guns and re-
vOlvers. We passed the first station south
Of Pleasant Valley safely, but it was between
this aid the next that we expected the fun.
Lieutenant Hamilton, of Fort Ellis, was
witt, me, and the three Cinnamon. l only
had one weapon Of defense, We were all
now waichui, and a the coach asscended
from the bed of Dry Creek-this is what
caught our ears: click. click. click! haiti!
and like an apparation the Road Agents
sprang from the rocks a few feet from the
coach One drew his Henry rifle on the
leaders, the mex. on the driver, and the
third paid his compliments to the Lieuten-
ant and myself Ly placing the muz-
zle Of his needle gun in rather uncomforta-
bic proximity to our ears, and as the driver
pithily remarked, "the muzzles Of them
rifles appeared as large as nine inch stove
pipe" l instantly seized my ''navy," but
touch of carlton from Hamilton advised
patience. Not knowing what the issue of
the affair might be, concealed my money
in the cushion Of my seat by cutting hole
in the leather; my companion had previous
ly placed his in the band Of his d,owsrs
The Cinnamon had by this time awoke and
legan their gibberisii. ! silenced them, and
then noted the progress Of affairs outside.
The driver pu, on the brake the moment they
challenged him. lie asked what they
wanted.
"The Treasure boxes." said they.
"All right" ..it! the driver; here they
are, and threw ou, the light one, from Viz
ginia City, ielieve).
"You have another of these fish," said
the leader.
YES" was the reply.
"Throw il out," was the command.
This WIS done, and stepping aside he pick
ed up an AK an! began chopping the light
one open. II took him full fifteen minutes,
and hard Work at that. lie emptied lis con-
tents.
There's nothing in that box" he said,
evidently much enraged.
He next attacked the Helena box, which
contained abou: six thousand dollars, l be-
lieve. He remarked TO the driver during
the progress os opening the boxes that he
was sorry to de,ain us 50 long, but IT could |
no; be helped; iiiat these things would occur |
in the hest regulated families.
Are there any passengers abOard!" he |
said, when he got through with the boxes.
Yes" said the driver, "three Cinnamon |
and two white men."
"Get out, John" in voice that could |
not he mistaken. We told the boys to &c; |
out. They were very unwilling to go-but |
they finally turned ont. The leader held his |
rife 20 their heads ard demanded their
money. With many prOtestations Of poverty
hey said they had none-one said, 1.-TWO
dollars hap alice, no more" They would
not be satisfied, but with fearful imprecations
hey told them that they would shoot them
where they stood if they did not d;1gorge
One by one he stripped off their Tnnics
md boots and took what they had. The
bird and last, who had the largest amount
If money, lS3, 200 strung around his neck
n in belt, he handled very roughly. He
ok his long knife (about twelve inchesl,
md ripped shirt, vest and coat from top to
,ot;om, and the gold fell out with a heavy
'thud" to the ground. Having finished,
hey ordered them into the coach, and told
he driver to ego on" much to our relief
indeed, for fully expected that We would be
ext-we cannot explain their partially in
ar favor, bu, think tha; they were afraid to ,
tempt to force us out. Ia
could easily have killed two of them,
ut il would have been at the expense Of the
ie Of one ofthe men on the box, an issue !