Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-07-02
Two Stages stopped and Robbed

TIVE !. 'aAN
The monotony attending stage travel
has once more been broken. The dis
ciples of Claude Duyal. Dick Turpin
and other "ancient gentlemen OF the
road are now operating in a small way
upon the stretch OF country lying be-
tween here and Palisade. though as yet
their dangerous pastime has financially
proved to be very unsuccessful. On
Sunday morning the stage which left
Palisade the evening previous, had just
passed Chimney Station, fifty miles north
OF Eureka. when the driver thereof,
Johnny Wilkinson, was accosted by two
men, the same traditional two men who
always figure in stage robbcries, n
very tall, the other very short, who re-
auested him, without further parley. to
hand down the box. meaning the treas
ure box Of Wells, Fargo x Co. The
tall man was armed with q formidable
looking shotgun. which being presented
in unpleasant proximity TO the drivers
head, the request OF the agents was i'm
mediately complied with. and the box
handed over. As the box was given up,
the man with the long tom" who had
shown evident signs Of trepidation du-
ring the whole affair. accidentally dis
charged his gun, and the buckshot with
which it was loaded. scattered in all di-
rections, perforating the baggage and
boxes on top, though luckily doing no
damage TO the passengers, six in num-
Der, who occupied tho inside OF the
coach. AT the time Of tho robbery, the
fast freight wagon a but a short dis
lance behind, and the rumbling OF the
wheels indicating its near approach, the
robbers not having time to go through
the passengers, grabbed tho treasure
box. and beat a hasty retreat into this
sagebrush. The Jews reached town
early in the morning. and during tho
day all Of rumors prevailed coa-
cernlng the ARRAY. One person, who
was supposed to know the facts OF the
case. said that James Miller. the special
messenger Of the stage line. was ON the
coach ut the time, and hsd been NOR
tally wounded; hat he had been brought
TO town, and conveyed 10 some place
where he could not be seen until Of
iiccrs had been set ON the track Of the
robbers. This and other reports gained
credenee for q while, but were soon as
ccrtained to be only rumors.
On Saturday morning the stage, with
seven passengers on board. was again
stopped, this time about two miles
from station No. 9, and nearly opposite
Mineral Hill. The robbers were evil
IDENTIFY tho same who hal interviewed
Wilkinson the previous trip, and now
made n similar demand on George Nell
son. who had the lines on this occasion.
The small man stationed himself ut the
horses heads, while his companion d.
rected the operations. He first asked
Nelson to ''hand down the box" and
the one destined for Mineral Hill was
passed over the guard. The agent
shook it,and not being satisfied request
ell another. and the Eureka box showed
a similar fate. This, too, was light. so
the tall man jumped up on the boot to
investigate further, but was not reward
ded for his trouble. They then opened
the two boxes by means OF a Ratchet,
but finding but little coin. which they
tDOh. anu ho NuAutbttSs WY ittuthtu
them to the driver andtold him to move
ON without disturbing the passengers,
one Of whom had several thousand dol
lars in a yalise. The amount taken in
both robberies wa but q small sum, and
hardly paid for the risk taken by the
land pirates, who showed that they
were green in the business. s. ID. Bar
stow, Assistant Superintendent OF Wells,
Fargo K Co.. yesterday autographed to
ID. b. Immel, the agent here, TO offer a
reward Of six hundred dollars, three
hundred each for the arrest OF the rob
bers, and placards OF the rewards offered
have been issued and will be circulated
throughout the country. Ii is thought
that the robbers may be apprehended
in a short time. and officers are now
securing the hills in the hope Of fall
ing in with them and etiecting their
arrest,