The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-09-28
MAIL AND rNrEr>s nennrRy:,

The California bound stag. which left
 here yesterday morning, at o'clock. Wa.
 stopped twelve hours afterwards, at P. N-
 eight mile, beyond Antelope Station, jus,
 where tlc road leaves the mesa going South.
 aaj enters 'hc wash. by bighwsymon androb-
 Hei ot tue EXprrs, box and the | < mail.
 Toe stage had un board as passengers, Hon.
 F.. C. Peek, with his wife and child and his
 father and mother, D. (. Thorne and Gus
 Ellis
 As the robbing WAS done in broad daylight they were enabled to see that the boss rob 0er was masked with black gauge. in such %
 Way as tp entirely hide his features. He is represented Co be stout built. about five feet teu, dressed in laborer's garb, and quite prompt in his manner. His first motion was Co command the driver to s.op, get down from the box and hold the leaders by the bits tHi, hc did tp avoid receiving the contents nt shotgun Ills next command was for Dau Iuornc Co throw out the Express box, break it open with an axe (which appears Co have been at hand). and hand him tine contents. This was done as promptly and iur similar rca>ons as in the case of the dri- yer. Ellis was then ordered to thror. out the mail bags, and Ellis and Thornc re- gulrcd to cut them open and give him the letters and packages. which was attended 60 Iu a Workmanlike manner and without unnecessary delay.
 The contents of the mail bags are as vet uuknpw bu; the Express box had one pack age of gold dust and bars valued at Si 300. one package of small bars valued at $41O. n letter valued at $l0O, and other letters and papers valued at $lj0. There were 5000 in the mail belonging to the P. 0. De 1 partmcnt.
 Mr. Peck. meanwhile, was inside the coach with his parents, who are very old people, and his wife and child, the driver Was oil the box, and the team fractions one. SD that hiS hands were, So to speak, com pletely tied. Had inc shot the robbcr dead. . the chances were that the team would have been frightened at the report of his pistol and ran away with the coach. endangering tine lives of his people. The consequence was that he kept as quiet as possible Ellis. lhorne, and the driver were covered with shotgun, and the robbers got away with -he booty.
 AS soon as the stage reached Wiekcnberg. Dr. Pearson telegraphcd to r. w Blake. agent of Wells, Fargo X Co, and he in ormed |. S. Marshal Standefer. who at once organized posse and started for the scene of the robbery. ]. w Eyens, de- cctlve in the employ of the Stage Co. and II. (. Ncador clerk in the Express office, llso started out about midnight
 Wells, Fargo & Co. offer . standing re- ward of $500 for the arrest and conviction 't Express robbers Governor Hoyt has 'ifercd $500 reward, and it is usual for the ;. O. Department to do the same in cases where the |. $. mail has been plundered. An a1diilQaa! coward will probably be heIed by Wells, Fargo X Co. for the re- oyery of the money
 There were two bars of Peck bullion in he stage in charge of the express. but il ! 'as too unwieldy to handle, and was not |, Isturbcd. These bars were worth between .irco Ai'', four thousand dollars. Since the uote has been in type We have received an ddluonal special dispatch from Wicken- , urs which will be seen in the telegraphic olumnS. 4