The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-02-07
a.sss. aaasa 80. s.sfsf astt.afas
ANH HA - VI HitN thNfAH
AND JACK gHERPAHu
REVIVED,



Faf t8blf ftsf sammHtiHH
matry w fsb naf Af@48
ifa boa. sb fe t.abil mJtbasfI.
Tt6 ftH IS mfoet ffe ftsg, o..
. follows. tl1 ua tffIap moro ie..s
to.a tIaH aag tauIo8 OF Ila deed
haiea late f1fsd. Ou Ih'mm.
G11 h mIsf.l hom Mf ! H.
JolIy lpsaat agent ofne pasiohaa
Drwf'ment who has iaif tsiH1e5
fom ibg fgiilag tio oalf,
There q dH'y lIls Of uital
aie mai. s.sgG leaving Monroe
end Shreveport tyoy morning. tbg
distance LCtwoL ulo two towns be
inq 40 mjl8f. Tie iold Travelled
. Is tbo maia public road, mnd tie
coaches beng drawn by Tour hores
each, and large and c'mmodious, 1t
ca1scs large tIa,ol Of persons over
the line. The Goa Jh Louad for Mon.
roe on the seventh instant had pro-
cccdcd to within about three niles Of
Arcadia, BIcn,illo prrish, on the
eighth, aud while descending a bill
q person disguised with handker-
chef over a portion Of his face,
sprang in front Of the Lorscs in tue
lead end bringing a double.balrclI
cd shotgun, cooked, to bear on the
driver, demanded him to stop the
stage, which was done, as tic driver
renal ked that he "could almost see
the bottom of both barrels Of The gun,
owing to the directi IN it vas pointed.
| At Tie same moment two OF the 70 =
beIs standing uuobscrvod behind the
pine trees spfang to oae side Ct the
stage, while two more, sccreted be-
bind fallen trees, Immediately j1mpod
to the other side, and the four having
large revolvers in each Of their haLds,
demanded the passengers, five in
numher. TO surrender tneir weapons.
One revolver and two GerIingers
were recovered by the robbers, after
which TIE passengers were requested
to get cut CT the Stage one at time.
On aIighting he was compelled to
raise both arms and su nit to tie
very unpleasant proceedings Of hay-
ing his person searched for money or
other valuables. This performance
was gone through with until all Of
them had been relieved, as the high
wayman supposed, of their wealth,
when they were politely requested
to be seated in a row, and be quiet
and obcdient caplivcs. The amount
recovered WAS 500 from the passeu>
gers, but the robbers returned $5 |
each TO three of them, and $40 each |
to the other two. But one Of the
$40 notes was given in payment of |
the appropriated revolver. A re-
quest to strip and search one of the
victim5 was suggested, and he imme-
diately commenced pulling off his
clCthinG, at the same time tellins
the robbers that it was rather hard |
to take all OF his money and then |
force him TO disrobe. His extreme
willingness seemed to convince them
that he possessed no more shekels,
and they permitted him to again fall.
in line, without further investigation,
which was fortunate for the weary
traveller, as he delivered to the post
master at Arcadia, afterward, belt.
token from around his body, which
contained $500 in gold. His ap-
parent willingness to be thoroughly
searched, had satisfied the robbers he
had no money, otherwise he would
have lost all.
Having settled with the passen-
gers the mail bags were taken out,
cut open, contents emptled on the
ground, and the letters were care.
fully torn open, read aud afterwards
replaced in a pouch and thrown on
the stage. Many drafts were
found in the letters. but 'one of
of the highwaymen remarked,
they did not desire TO be bothered
with them, and only few were
taken. No registered valuable letters
were in the mail, as the postm aster
ut Shreveport, on that morning,
was sick and fortunately did not
place The registered matter in the
poucl.. They then stated they want
cd some late papers TO peruse, and
cutting open sock containing latest
papers helped themselves. AT this
junctme an old resident OF the parish
came riding up on a mule and lead
=. o,o,lo. INC Immoaiotelv tho I