The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-10-04
INN0CENrS ABROAD.
How two LeaVenySOrth County Farm.
ers Farcd nj the Hands Of the Road
Agents.

How two Leaven " Orlh CCuntyFarm.
ers Farcd nj the Hands Of the Road
Agents.
Yesterday afternoon, Henry A. Holman, c.
t. Sweeney and \. A. JONES' three residents
ofthe southern part of the county, arrived in
E the city from Deadwood, having come in by
the Elkhoru Valley route by mule team and
wagon /; Mr. Homan having made the trip
over this route several times before without
meeting with any adventures worthy Of note,
but this time proved an exception, as the
party We're corraled by trio of bold road
agents who relieved them of their ready
money.
Holman and his two companions left Dead
wood on the 18th of August, and met with
no trouble until they arrived at the Chey-
enne river. At sunset of I'd of the present
month as they went into camp, three men
on horseback put in an appearance on a hill
some little distance of, and the travellers
supposed them al first TO be Indians, and ac-
cordingly got their guns ready.
The horsemen, however, made no hostile
demonstrations that night, but went into
camp half a mile below Homan's outfit.
AT sunrise next morning, as the three re-
turning miners Were going over the hill at
Cheyenne river, they noticed the three mys-
ferious strangers gathering up their horses
on the bottoms mile and a half further on
they saw them again, and then supposed
them pilgrims. Four miles further on the
horsemen overlook them and came up with
in twenty feet of the wagon and said ''good
morning" They then closed in on the wag-
on, two on one side and one on the other,
and as soon as they got into this position,
they suddenly drew their reyolvers, and one
sang out in an emphatic oath: "Put up your
hands and stop that team.-
The order was obeyed. The prisoners, for
such they now Were, were then commanded
10 get on the right side of the wagon in a
row, which they did. Two of the road
agents, rs they had proved to be, cover ed the
taree prisoners with cooked revolvers, while
another searched them, taking about every
thing they had. Homan had TO give up
$50 in money, while Jones and Sweeney lost
q small amount each.
The wagon, boxes carpet-sacks, ETC., were
all searched, and even the -four sack was
examined for more plumber.
The thieves wore no masks, and could be
easily identified by their victims at any time
If they should ever meet them again. The
man who did the searching was recognized
toy Jones as Laughing sam, a notorious char
ncter of Deadwood. While he was engaged
in searching. Jones said to him, Hello,
sam! For Gods sake leave me my watch
as ! think the world of it,
sam sprang back in great surprise and said,
where have you ever seen me 90
"ln Deadwood," was tbs reply. Sam gave
him back his watch.
The road agents took the arms of the party.
Notwithstanding their earnest en-
treaties TO be allowed to keep
them as they might meet with
Indians, but the heartless scoundrels replied
that they needed the shooters in their BUSH
ness. They also took Jones' horse, fine an
imal, and LEFT an almost valueless critter in
his place. They then allowed their victims
10 pursue their course but followed them to
White river, seventeen miles distant and
there left them The three uniucky miners
hurried on to Noung's ranch, where they
thought they would wait Tor a larger party
Wnofn they expected. The morning after
they arrived there they saw a man on home
back al some distance, who wheeled and ran
and the place where two men had STAYED
over night WAS discovered. These men were
undoubtedly the same ones who had robbed
them. Holman followed them from Youpp,s
ranch TO the Wounded Knee, on the old Fort
Randall road, where they took the Kearney
road.
Laughing sam is hard case, and was
wounded last winter in a sidney shooting So
ciabie. He is widely known In the Black
Hills.
The second man in the party was q big
lrishman, about forty years old, dark hair
mixed with gray, with beard all over his fsce
and one of his legs was a little short.
The third one of the party was young
man, or rather boy, about eighteen years OF
we. medium height and heavy build.
Jones thinks these three men were mem.
ben q The sang Who robbed The Union Pa
cific ExprsA