The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1876-01-29

rErom the Phoebe Journal OF the zutn.l
one ~ the boldest and most daring attempts
At robbery and murder that has come under =
notice in this State, or in fact on the coast "a'
committed at Desert Springs, q station on tne
o,,t I..ra road about so miles from Phoebe, oy
hand Of six desperadoes and highwaymen
wn;cb has never been equalled in any country,
not even by the notorious Vasquez oand OF an
fornia. From Mr.. Bowen, the Keeper OF the
station. who came in on the Salt Lake stage ~
Tuesday night, we learn of the raid on his place
.hort ) o'clock on Tuesday afternoon two men
,,,da nm to the station, one being the notorious
Idaho Bill, the other AL VIM, and after secur-
inc their horses, Immediately covered brown
with their guns. saying that if he made any re-
s;stance thew would kill him. One of them
went through the house, ransacking it from one
end to the other, and confscated all the arms to
be found. They then ordered Brown 10 get "
work and have dinner ready for six in as quick
ii me as possible. Soon after four others OF the
band rode mp, whose names are Nat Hanson
John Clark, Old Man Marsh and Ed. Shanks, all
of whom are we'll known to cattle men around
Phoebe. After partaking of dinner, Hanson
wrote out an agreement, binding Bowen not to
| appear at the trial Of Idaho Bill when the case
comes up at Beaver. and made him sign it. De
also drew mp note in his tHanson'sl favor Tor
the sum of 81 600, payable one day after date,
which he was compelled to sign. About this
| time q hired man st the station drove up with a
load of wood, who was also covered with the
guns of the party and made sign the agreement
under the penalty Of being shot if he refused.
After all the writing and siging OF the docu-
ments had been gone through with. the four
| first named mounted their horses and rode of
with the arms, leaving Marsh and Shanks TO
watch Bowen and the hired man, who were al
lowed to walk around the house as If nothing
had happened. These two left, who were sup
posed to belong to the band and were there LOT
the purpose of guarding the place, told Bowen
that they did not belong to the band and knew
nothing about Idaho Bill and his crowd, but
nevertheless it looked rather suspicious. The
Salt Lake stage came along about two hours
after the affair, and Bowen noticing it slipped
out of a side door. jumped on the stage and
came to Phoebe. fearing if he stopped at the
station until night-fall the rest would come mp
and murder him, which they no doubt would
have done, if the report ia true, from the object
in attacking the place and carrying off the arms,
was not for the purpose of plumber, and the
forcible signing OF q note for 81 900 looked still
more suspicious.
The cause OF attack upon Mr.. Bowen and his
place was his appearance in Court at Beaver
against Idaho Bill, who was arrested ut that
place q short time ago for robbing the Salt Lake
stage near Spring Valley, and was the means of
his arrest. Idaho Bill was subsequently, released
on bail by four of his gang and determined to
get even by taking possession of the station.
AS the station is situated ON the verge OF the
Great Desert and no house being within several
miles Of the place, but little trouble would be
found in getting away with Bowen, which fact
increases his uneasiness. He will return in q
day or SO, hoping to find his place not destroyed
and none Of the band around. Active steps
should be taken to capture this band Of outlaws
Immediately as no one will be safe in travelling
that way so long as they are at large. Idaho
Bill threatened that he would. rob the stage
every day it passed il it suited him. and would
like to see the follow that would prevent him.
A little hrmp-Atretching would be a good anti
dUte for that outlaw. SIS