Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-30

Ing to urultch | can take care OF tn.
horses better than yo1 can He then
got down. AID assisted by Geo. Brittol
they get the horses of. Il WAS ROW
,bou. bali past I o'ctoca. The horses
were led to the side OF the road twenty
yards away and Litche,i' II the fence,
while ths' p,lssens gers. nille men, stood III
ii squad ne:sG the open gate. Thy Were
slir,'ea by two Of the robbers with open
shot guns, un.le ths other two with Il
pick proceeded 20 business Oh the inside
| of tine stage.
In three minutes E,OCs the paddock
| which confined tie hasp of the treasure
/ box WIS kp, c,sed of with the pick this
| enabled then, 20 GIT al the lock Of the
! treasure box - OPP rate OF word was
| then p;.sse,! between The robbers in tho
sta9e IN those Guarding the PASSENGERS
that thy must all move further down
the road, rs they must blast the safe
| the passengers under their escort,
moved down fruIa eighty to one hun
| bred feet further. :, running ire Of
| words being Kept Tp between the pas
| srn.,ers and their gu aids, one of whom
| had done the principal part of the talk
!ns; when m wing away from the stage,
the robber told the passengers not to
scatter SO mach, as he WAS very nervous,
and his gun wits i'll the same fix and
! nigh, go off prematurely there was IL
lapse of not over ssren minutes from
the time the passengers reached their
new position. until :; report rung ont
through the air like Il park of artillery
the two robbers. who after lighting the
fuse, hid run OFF in an opposite direc-
ton, returned to the stage before the
cloud OF smoke had cleared away, and
i'll :. very short time word was passed
10y the apparent leader of the band,
who now spoke for the FIRST time, in !.
ioui voice, with u strong Nasal twane.
- II III , ho.s ho.. , all right boys.
Hty Back, all ready. como on the
.,as>eu9,-rs md the guards started for
he stage the pasSen gers eager IT, see
if any of the stage WAS left; the guards
kept their guns still leycled and walked
backward they told the passengers not
II 90 50 fast the two robbers Who had
blown open the safe. Il III in the IL can
time got through the gate with the
treaSUrs- one Returned; ana picked Ip
what tppeare,, To he Il paper box which
"a contained the powder and fnse, the
other party waiting at the gate b.
then started buck and the two guards
reached the gate about the SAME time
that he did, and ut Il distance of twenty
yards through the open gate they We're
walking off with their hacks to the pts
senyers, not even looking around, with |
their guns carelessiy carried on their |
arms. At this time they might easily !
have been sh 1t without risk, bnt there !
Were no arms il the crowd except a |
small pocket pistol. By this time it
Wis dusk and the Passengers began |
looking around to See if anything had |
been left. Nothing was fouud except |
an ord in sry pick which had been Used
in knocking of thu pad ok of the treas
IRE oox, ana forgotten III their hurried !
departure. NJ. Ryan pick d up the !
top of the tire .snrr box III tn 70 III. l. !
pissed through the top AMI was bent
double. Before discll,rsius the blast
they were told by the. driver to TAX
DOWN il Saratoga trunk which WIS Oh
the top OF the stage, as the blast would
damage it. This thy ,lId with = great
dead oi care, but they did not stop 10
put i on after tn y finish Il the lob
As they p used tilrnuyl the cute it wa;
jnSt Il .irter OF eight O'Clock. The
whole atf slr therefore only occupied
Twenty-Five minutes The MN who ayy-
pe;sre,i TO TIE chief Wore q kind of K l.
kiux disguise with Il blush muslin
mask: he WAS one OF the larger men OF
the parry, bat not six feet he l. "a his
feet wr.tpp d III g'Inny ,rks; the spoke~-
man Wore ABOUT the tine dtG,s with hi
feet covered By gnnny rcks, as did tn
fl,en Who assisted the safe crackers the
fourth SEEMED to be dressed in an urtil-
a.ry working arb WITH a muslin mask
over his face, a hIck ny shirr, reddish
yellow pants. near tn color Of jeans
>tnI Il Ito his 6oJ-s, wllcl We're not
covered his hi Ght WIS tJO 1t five feet
light Or nine inches wei int, about
from lGJ to 40 poand. this IL N never
uttered Il word di1rin5, the whole pro-
ceeaing5. bat scourd t. act entirely
lsuG r orders he WIS one of the guards
nf the passenger, not word passed
the robbers ana the pass, il gers
,n the inside
District Attorney Deal received a dis
patch from Grass Valley. III 1917
} 'ciork, from A. W. Potter, Undsl
Sheriff, stating that two OF the robbers
ltl been captured. The examination
r;.s set for 2 o'clock this afternoon ut
Ir.lss valley.