The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-06-29
HANKERING FOR HEMP.
Third Successful Raid Of the
Cheyenne River
Er-et. Robbers.
Details Of tho Second and Tslegraphie An.
nouneament Of the Third.
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The %subIoined dispatch tells the
story In plainest words:
NUMBER FOUR-cAvALRY SENT OUT.
HAT CREEK WTo., June %.
Another coach robbery occurred last
night, the stage from Deadwood being
stopped ear the Cheyenne river and
both treasure-boxes taken. The pas
sengers were not molested.
Ther road agents sent trord by the driver
10 the managers Of the stage line, to send
them O. pair Of gold scales. as ''diriding
dust ,rith a spoon is not altgays satisfac-
tory.' They requested that the treasure
boxes be carried loose IN tie coach here
after, so as to save them much trouble.
A detachment of twenty cavalrymen,
under Lieut.. Reynolds, left Fort Lar
annie this morning In search of the
robbers.
THE ROBBERY OF TUESDAY NIGHT.
Yesterdays LEADER contained a
brief dispatch announcing the robbery
Of a coach on Tuesday night e the
Cheyenne river crossing. The passen-
gers by that coach arrived here yester-
day afternoon, and from one of them,
Mr.. J. NJ. Mattison, formerly Of Ophir,
Utah, we have obtained the following
particulars:
The stage crossed the Cheyenne river
about ten O'Clock, and the passengers,
all of whom were awake, began talking
about the chances of meeting road
agents, everyone being quite apprehen-
sive of an attack. The country through
which they were passing was very favor
able for the operations Of knights of
the road. When two miles from the
river the driver, Hawley, and one of
the messengers, Roberts, who were
outside, saw two men rise up beside
the road, each armed with a gun, and
a stern command to halt was heard,
at the same moment one Of the rob-
bers discharged his rife, the ball strik-
ing Hawley in the left side, inficting a
painful but not serious wound. At
this juncture, one of the passengers,
Mr.. Pierce, stuck his Spencer rifle out
Of the coach and fired at the robbers,
when Roberts called out to him not to
shoot again as all would be killed if he
did. Pierce threw in another cartridge,
bnfed not discharge it.
The robbers, five in number. all
masked, then approached the coach and
ordered the passengers to alight and
form in line which they did. Their
hands were ordered up and two armed
robbers stood at either end and in front
of the line, while two others went
through pockets and belts, taking
a $3.50 gold watch from Mattison, a 1875
watch from Pierce, and a $500 watch
and chain from another passenger; also
some $500 in money from the crowd.
They were not very cautious, and al
lowed their victims to lower their
hands and straggle away a little. The
recognized leader of the band, who was
called 'Charlie," said he shot Hawley,
but that 1t was purely accidental.
While this was going OF the Gfth
villain wa at work upon the treasure
box with a Ratchet. He couldn't
open it, and finally told Messenger
Roberts that he knew he had some
powder which he must give up. Rob
erts did so, the keyhole was filled, a
paper fuse made and lighted, and the
lock blown off, the pieces flying about
the heads of the entire party. The
sacks and packages Of golo were thrown
into an ore-sack, and after allowing
one or two of the passengers to lift it,
the robbers told them TO SO about their
business. They returned the guns TAX
en- from the messengers, and n or
two Of the poorest pistols taken from
the passengers. They swore about the
wooden treasure-box from Custer, which
was broken open and found to be emp
ty, and said they would go over and
burn Custer if treasure wasn't sent out
from there soon. Another thing which
showed that they had nc fear of inter-
ruption, is that when the Ratchet failed
to open the Deadwood treasure-box, the
robbers proposed turning the coach
around and driving back to the first
station in order to obtain tools to force
the lock with.
The villains having disappeared, the
forlorn party boarded the coach and
came on. Those who lifted the sack
containing the treasure, estimate that
there were forty pounds of gold, which
would be about s12,900. making the
total value Of the plumber something
like $4,000. v
Mr.. Madison states that at Cold
Springs, where the Custer and Dead
wood stages connect, the station keep
ers informed him that Eve horsemen
had nasaed there long before DAYLIGHT