The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-02-20
Dick Turpln outdone.


ra,ivc Is copied from the Little Rock
(Ark.) Gazette OF recent date. Mr..
G. r. Cfump, 10 whom the Gazette ac-
knowledges its Indebtedness for the
facts, is a native of Richmond. aud well
known as gentleman of undonbted We.
racty. The accoun; reads like one OF
the olden time stories of the deeds OF
Dick Turpin aud Claude Duval. The
Gazette says:
From Mr. G. II. Crnmp. a Representa-.
two Of the wholesale tobacco and cigar
house OF Edmonds. Pettigrcw & Co. OF
Momphis, who arrived from Hot
Springs last night. and who was on
Thursdays stage going TO the Springs
nj the time OF the robbery referred 10 In
Fridays Gazette, we learn the particu.
lars Of the affair. There was one atago
and two light road wagons, or ambu-
lances. the stage bciug In front aud Tho
other two vehicles Immediately in tho
rear. At the Gaines place, five miles
this side OF Hot Springs, tho stages
t-were stopped TO water the stock. While
watering five men rode mp. coming from
toward Hot Springs, aud passed on by.
Each man wore heavy blue army over
coat, but neither Of them was masked,
Nothing was then thought of the
matter, and the vehicles moved on. Af.
ter going about half n mile. Tho men
who had passed them at The Gains place
rode up from behind and the first thing
that Mr.. Crump, who was In The front
stage, heard was an order 10 the driver
To stop, or his head would he blown OF.
The stage was stopped, aud, on throw.
ing up the curtain. nc saw u pistol point.
cd al him aud others in the stage, telling
them 10 get out quick, accompanied by
m oath. They got out, and as they did
so, were ordered TO throw up their
hands. Three men were in front OF
them with cooked pistols and another
with shot gun, while on tho other sido
OF the stage was still another--all point.
| ing their weapons towards the passen.
gers and driver. After getting the pas.
scngers out, ihev made them form In
| kind of circle, so that all Of them
could be covered by pistols and guns
The leader of the gang then "went
through" each passenger, taking all tho
watches, jewery, aud money that could
conveniently be found that were OF spec
ciu value. fromcx-G Goycrnor Burbank,
Of Dckotah, they obtained three hun.
dred and forty dollars In money, n dia.
mond pin and gold watch. A gentle.
men named Taylor, from Lowell, Mass,
went up for six hundred and titty dol
lars in money. A passenger from Syra-
cusc, n. Y. gave MP his last nickel. ono
hundred and sixty dollars. Mr.. johnny
Dietrich, our boot and shoe merchant,
lost five dollars IN money and a fnc
gold watch. lie had fifty dollars be-
sides this in the watch pocket of his
pants that they did not find. Mr.. Char
ley Moore, of tho ice house, gave up
seventy dollars in money aud his silver
watch, but they returned the latter. stat
ing that they did not want any silver
watches A Mr.. Peoples, who resides
near Hot Springs lost twenty dollars.
Three countrymcm lost tlteen dollars
The express package, containing about
four hundred and fifty dollars, was also
taken. Mr.. Crump hal his watch and
about forty to fifty dollars in money
gobblcd. After getting through with
the passengers they tore open several
mail sacks IN search ofrc9istcred letters,
but did not get anv. While the main
party was engaged in this work, another
took out the best horse IN the coach, sad.
died him, rode up aud down the road
about fifty yards, two or three times, and
remarked that "he would do" After
this the ''captain" wcntto each passenger
| la. t,r aud pnauIt,.na1 Lin, aa In, ,,,l,
he was from. aud inquired if there were
any southern men along. Mr.. Crumo
spoke up. as did one ortwo others, that
they were Southern men. They then
asked If there were any who served IN
the Confederate army during the war.
Mr.. Crump answered that he did They
questioned him as TO what command
! (rhird Richmond Ilowartzers) aud re-
marking that he looked like nn honest
fellow, one who was telling The truth,
| handed him back his watch mud money,
saving they did not want TO rob Con-
tedcratc soldiers ;thnt the Norihera men
Ind driven them into outlawry, and
thoy intended to.make them pay for Il.
Coming to Mr.. Taylor, Of Lowell, they
asked where he was from. Isl. Louis"
he responded, The captain" eyed him
closely. Yes, and you are newspaper
reporter for the st. Louis Democrat, the
viest paper in tho West. Go TO Hot
Springs and send the Democrat tcle-
gramabout this afIair, aud give them NV
compliments" Governor Burbank ask
cd iEcm to return his papers, saying
they could be of no profit TO them. Tho
captain" squattcd down on his knees
aud commenced examining ihcm.--
Turning round 10 his followers he snid.
BOYS believe he isa dctoctive-shoot
hlm!" aud forthwith he was covered
with threo pistols. "Stop," said tho
chief, looking further, II guess It's all
right and handed the Governor hs pa
pers. Coming 10 tho gentleman from
Syracuse, New York who was gong
TO the Springs for his health. he asked
them to give him back five dollars. 50
that hc could telegraph homo. Eyoing
him closely. tho chief responded that IL
ho had no friends or money he had bet