The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-21
THE MOUNTAIN BANDITS.

Further Details of the Grass valley stage
Robbery Names ofs4he FasssngeTsT7rhe
arrested Parties-Reward OHered.
From the Sacramento Union, July sol 58s {d
E. Black RYAN and Judge McFar-
land returned to the city yesterday
from their trip to Nevada. From Ryan
we have obtained some additional
facts connected with the stage rob
berry, which occurred on Sunday eve
ming. There were on the stage Miss
E. Berry, Judge Mcfarland, E. b. Ry-
an, c. G.. CadWaiadeIs r. w. Tully, G.
M. Morrison, A. Hamilton, 6. C..
Coolidge and r. Casper. There were
two stage drivers on the box, Bobb
Scott and &. Barton. Senator Sar-
gent was not in thescompany, he hav-
ing taken a private conveyance at Col
RYAN WAS ON TOP OF THE STAGE. d
He noticed q short distance ahead a
man step into the road, who wore a
blacH cover over his head with afcape
falling back over the shoulders, The
first figure was followed by a second,
third and fourth, rH equipped in the
sa 81 style. The first impression was
that they were Indians, and the next
that they were troupe of ,harlequins.
Rpan adopted the last named theory,
and as the four men stood before him,
he expected to see them commence a
series of somersaults for the edifiea-
ton of the passengers But by the
time this thought had fairly taken
possession of his mind, two of them
had advanced, and Ryan found him
self looking into the muzzie of a shot
gum He saw through it at ONCE
Before either of the men spoke, Scout
asked what they wanted. One of them
demanded the treasure. Scott said it
was not in that stage, but in the next
one. This seemed to confuse the
highwaymen. One of them said they
would wait few minutes. Two or
three minutes passed in silence. Scott
then said, 10 ss6as4sI8 !lay. 84au
"WELL THERE'S NO USE OF. POOLING
ANY LONGER;
/ may as well tell you there is no 9TH
en- stage co1nfng." The robbers then
commenced to luphitch the traces.-
Scott said StttStopi that; can unhitch
my own horses, If they are to be un-
hitched." Ali hands were then or
dered from the stage. It was the
opinion oil. several of the passengers
that the highWaymen were new hands
at the business, and that they worked
very awkwafdIy. The passengers
were removed to safe distance from
the stage, ann were permitted to
stand instead of sitting cross-legged
on the ground, as was first reported.
AS the process of bursting open the
chest was going on, the passengers
began to breathe a little more freely.
Mcfarland asked Ryan to repeat the
Glow backed Car" which he had been
singing a short time before, but Ryan
had forgotten the words, and could
not remember the tune. They got to
talking SO freely that the man with
the shotgun told them to be quiet, as
he was becoming very nervous, and
the weapon leveled at them was a
nervous old gun which might go off
accidentally. At one time threats
were made to the passengers and .
supply of rope was exhibited. Ryan
suggested that they had better tie the
other fellows, but
HE COULD KEEP QUIET WITHOUT THE
AID oF,HEMP.
Miss Berry, the young lady, though
q little nervOus, was no more SO 0th2n
the men generally, and at the conclu-
sion of the performance expressed her
regret that she had not her pistol with
her. When the charge of powder ex-
ploded the report was heard at dis
tance of two miles. The robbers did
not at any time search the passengers
for weapons. The amount of money
is reported to be less than
$1,000. Wells, Fargo & Co. have Of
fered So, 500 for the arrest of the rob-
bers and the recovery of the money.
The names of the two men first ar
rested are ---- Stephens and Ben
Eaton. They reside in the neighbor-
hood. Eaton stated that he was wa
tering his garden at the time the rob-
berry took place, and the officer exam
ined' the garden and found no evil
dence of its having been recently wa
tered. The names of the other two
men arrested, as heretofore stated,
were Hilton Graves and Henry
Thompson. Miss Berry was at the
time going to Grass Valley to be mar
ried to one of the gentlemen of the
party. The robbery of the stage did
not prevent the wedding. which teok
place according to arrangement We
have the authority of Ryan for stating
that to have two or three shetguns
suddenly leveled at ones head by men
in black masks causes the ,queerest
sensation in the world. While under
guard, on several oceasions,l when the
robber pointed his gun directly at
him, he found it necessary to wave
his hand back to, signify that he was
right as it stood without any such
sOecia1 atfantjoU as the faIihV was in