Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-10-03
"HANDS UP"

HANDS UP"
Three Omaha Elem, while On TkeI
Way Home from Deaagoo1, Cor
raled and Robbed by Izee Read
Agents.
From the Omaha Bee.
On Saturday afternoon Henry A. He
man, &. T. Sweeny and ~ a. Jones ar
rived in the city from Deadwood, having
come in by the Elkhorn Valley route by
mule team and wagon, Mr. Homan hav-
ing 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 were
.orraled by trio of bold road agents,
who relieved them of their ready cash.
Homan and his two companions left
Deadwood on the 10th of August, and
met with no trouble until they arrived at
the Cheyenne River. At sunset of the
present month, as they went into camp,
three men on horseback put in an appear
ance on a hill some little distsnce of, and
the travellers supposed them at first to be
Indians, and accordingly got their guns
ready.
The horsemen, however, made no hos.
tile demonstrations that night, but went
into camp half mile below Homan's
outfit.
At sunrise next morning, as.the three
returning miners were going over the
hill at Cheyenne River, they noticed the
three mysterious strangers gathering up
their horses on the bottoms. A mile and
a half further on they saw them again,
and then supposed them to be pilgrims.
Four miles further On the horsemen over
took them, and came up within twenty
feet of the wagon and said "Good morn
ing" They then closed in on the wagon,
two on one side and one on the other,
and as soon as they had got into this po-
sition they suddenly drew their revolvers,
and one sang out, with an emphatic oath:
"Put up your hands and stop that
team.''
The order was obeyed. The prisoners,
for such they now were, were then COM
manded to get on the right side of the
wagon in a row, which they did. Two
of the road agents, as they had proven to
be, covered|the three prisoners with cock
ed revolvers, while another searched
them, taking about everything they had
Homan had to give up 5000 in money,
while Jones and Sweeny lost small
amount each.
The wagon, boxes, carpet-sacks, etc,
were all searched, and even the flour sack
was examined for more plundcr.
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 by Jones as Laughing
Sam a pofOrio11c character of Oeaduo0
While he was engaged in searching,
Jones said to him, s'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
"In Deadwood," was the reply. Sam
gave him back his watch.
The road agents tsok 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 ecoundrels replied that they
needed the shooters in their business.
They also took Jones' horse, fine ami
NAL, and left an almost valueless critter IN
its place. They then allowed their vic
tins to pursue their course, but followed
them to White River, seventeen miles
distant, and there left them. The three
unlucky miners hurried on to Young's
ranch, where they thought they would
wait for larger party, whom they ex-
pected. The morning after they arrived
there they saw man on horseback at
some distance, who wheeled and ran, and
the place where two men had staid over
night was discovered. These men were
undoubtedly the same ones who had rob-
bed them. Homan followed them from
Young's ranch to Wounded Knee, on the
old Fort Randall road, where they took
the Kearney road.
Laughing Sam is a hard case, and was
wounded last winter in a Sidney shooting
seciable. He is widely known in the
Hills
The second man in the party was big
1rishman, about forty years old, dark
hair mixed with gray, with beard all over
his face, and one of his legs was little
short
The third one Of the party was young
man or rather boy, about eighteen years
Of age, medium height, and heavy build
Jones thinks these three men were
members Of the gang who robbed the
Union Pacific express
Gen. Terry's S. B. commission was de-
layed at Fl. Benton ewing to non-con-
nections of escort. The escort ought to