The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-05-26

a stage-Coach and Fourteen Passengers
Robbed by Three Highwaymen.

a stage-Coach and Fourteen Passengers
Robbed by Three Highwaymen.
lFron the Houston (rex) Age.l
The town of Seguin is eighteen miles
west from Kingsb'ry, the terminus of
the Pierce railroad, and twenty-seven
miles east OF San Antonio. Eight miles
west from Seguin there is long hill
sloping up toward the east. Along this
the stage, en- route for Seguin, was pro-
ceeding slowly when a man on gray
horse rode out from the side of the road,
and accosting the driver asked if he had
seen anything of stray sorrel horse.
Being answered in the negative, he
passed the stage and disappeared over
the hill. When the stage reached the
summit and started down the steep de-
clivity on the other side three men
emerged from the roadside and sur
rounded it in twinkle, one of them
leveling Winchester rifle at the head
of the driver and exolaiming, "Halt, or
/ will send you to hell right Off" The
driver confesses that he obeyed the or
der with consummate alacrity, where
upon the knights of the road, with de-
Gded evidences Of nervousness and APP
prehension, proceeded to take an inven-
tory of the stages contents. This they
did while it remained standing in the
road. First, they disarmed all the pas
sengers. securing two Winchester rifles
and two pistols, and then proceeded to
gather filthy lucre. The following are
the names of the victims and their losses:
@. p. Smith, San Antonio, IS; q. Q.
Mckinney and daughter, Atascosa, $40;
j. w. G. Mckinney, nothing; V. f.
Moore, California, $500, gold; DIR. A. p.
Chace, Illinois, SIS and watch; l.. x.
Cocheran, San Antonio, $12; ID. K.
Lei hman, Missouri, 81; DIR. Herman,
San Antonio, SIG; T. G. Long and
daughter, Pleasanton, nothing; w. 81.
Harris, San Antonio, $40 and Win
chester rifle; Mrs. Nunnelly, Tennessee,
nothing; Miss Ogden, San Antonio,
nothing; Geo. w. billiard (colored), In
dianola, $104. The sum total being
1896 in clear cash. They then ordered
the negro t. play postmaster and rip up
the mail bags. This involuntary pro
motion was assented to swiftly and with
precision, and considerable sum was
soon turned over by this official to the
appointing power, which proved more
than ordinarily exacting, the whole OPP
Grafton being neatly finished up in the
space of one hour. The three highway
men became quite facehous, and stated
that they intended to serve the west
bound stage in the same manner. They
then disappeared, and the passengers
gathered themselves and the mail bags
contents up and resumed their seats in
the stage, which proceeded swiftly on to
Kingsbury. The robbers were heavy
set, middle-aged mon, and one of them
was on foot. The two others rode gray
and sorrel horse. DR.. Herman, one
of the passengers, said he could have
shot one of them, but was afraid that the
return fire would have been fatal to one
of the lady passengers. The driver gave
it as his opinion that, considering the
nervousness of the bandits, one shot
from the passengers would have sent
them scampering into the woods. Un-
fortunately, that question will always
remain an open one. Miss Ogden, of
San Antonio, refused to be searched,
and thereby saved $500 which was Sc
GREETED upon her person. That girl will
do to tie to. The robbers threatened
violence, but she stuck it out and saved
her funds. We will guarantee she will
uavar marry anv of thOsa men