The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-05-20
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nndCinudo 0uyais Further rnr'
uruigrs ~ me iaie Stage
ROhbHry,

much honrns aud fun ~ their Eng
lIsh prototypes Of the olden time,
A story IL told of Claude Duval halt
Ing tho carriage Of M English Duchess
on the road, and after robbing Her
Grace, compelled her to dance n mlnu-
ct with him, much TO the terror OF the
lady aud the iuhnile amusement OF
the dashing Claude. Our gentlemen
Of the roud seem to preserve many OF
ClNudu's characteristics, They arc face
lous aud merry They We polite to
the ladies, aud assure thom Of their
protection, and beg them not to feel
thc.slightost alarm, They don't modest
their Jewels or purses, aud even take
of their has ut parting, aud ARE com
planetary
The clergy don't fare 80 well and the
cloth Is no protection. In the stage
robbed In Western Texas recently,
were two Of tho brethren, parson and
u dencou The stage having been POI
litcly stopped and the other passengers
gone through, the parson was ordered
to cut open tho mail bags, aud hand
the letters to the deacon, who was IN
struoted with the pursuasIve eloquence
ofu SIX shooter placed In close prOx-
unity to his piOus head, to break the
lcttcrs open, and hand whatever OF
money or drafts there found, to "as
mild hammered man M ever cut II
throat or scutlled II ship" who was
one Of the robbers The parson was
horror stricken aud begged to be let
Oh from the nclhrlOus business, but
the robbers would not listen TO his pro.
testali0ns, and ordered him TO "wade
in.n The deacon looked up piteously
at the robber, and turning to the par
son said ''Ah brother little did !
ever think That Ia deacon in the ----
church, would ever be robblDg the
mails and breaking open other peo'
ple'Jlctters,"
Young man" said the parson to
the robber, who was laughing, "hell Is
now yawniug for you" LET her
yawn, old man. said hej ''let her
yawn and you stir your Btumps and be
lively with them letters or III crawl
all over YOU damme, I'll chaw your
name quicker'n hell can scorch a
feather"
The unloriunntes y no were pluoked
on Thursday morning between here
and Fort Worth by those three daring
highwaymen, give II very Interesting
and amusing account of their several
experiences with the robbers, who
are reported by some to have been
masked with red handkerchiefs. One
IL described M about five feet eight
incheS in height, Weighing about lao
or 100 pounds; age between twenty
1--WE and thirty years, stout, with short
brown hair and beard, and dark eyes,
one slightly made and ono about thir-
ty years of age, short brown hair and
beard and blue eyes, and five feet ten
inches high aud weighing between 1850
and 10 pounds,
The parties who were interviewed
by these gentry were Mr.. liichtenstein,
MIR. Friedlauder, IL United States Mar
shal, Mr.. Goldstein, Mr.. Hardcastle,
Mr.. Byrne,of Fort Worth, Mr., Cheney,
Mr. Hilburn, OF Corsicana; Mr.. NJ. a.
Belcher and Mr.. NJ, S. Caber, of Corpus
Christi; Captain Fairfax, of Fort
Worth, and his little son Frank; Mr..
l.. Bishop, j. ]. Hill, Mr.. Dahlman,
Peter Smith, n lady, and several Others
whose names are not known.
The robbers boosted that they had
made u big haul OF from six to eight
thousand dollars, but il is not believed
that they got overa couple of thou
sand, If that, and possibly but thou.
sand dollars. Martin Schultz, Of our
city, lost u fine mare. One party hand.
ed them Sd2; Mr.. Goldslein, $50
Friedlander, $40; one gentleman, q
merchant, $50 Mr.. - $50, and sundry
parties watches and chains.
Yesterday morning The HERALr
gave the amounts contributed by Cap
tain Fairfax and others. Some saved
money by n variety of devices and q
little presence of mind. One threw hi.
money into lady's lap; another put
his in his boot leg, and another slipped
some money out of a roll before hand
ing IL to the gentle robber. Take il
altogether, 1t was about as cool piece
of work rs ever was done, and bears
all the evidences OF professional prac.
tice.
Sheriff Moon is on the alert and
will leave nothing undone to get the
robbers If they venture into this coun.
ty or he gets any clue of them. Some
concert Of action by all the sheriffs in
North Texas aud the authorities of the
nation is in order, Every exertion
should be made to bring these thieves
and would-be murderers to justice.
The Governor might, with great pro-
priety, offer large reward for them.
JOHNSON STATION, May 10, 1876
To the Editor of the Dallas Herald;