, 1877-07-07
STAND AND DELIVER.
Highwayrnen on the Cheyenne and
Black Hills Route.
For Three Successive Nights They At
tatk and Rob tue Stage and
Passengers.
I'm df4 FfnHtftfnn


Passengers.
| -.... Gnatn Rrpuaftr1n
The Ihteet appearance Of the road .tcrt haA been
IN the Cheyenne routo 10 tbs Dlack Hills, AMI tho
bosdneas OF their exploits han been the the1uo Of
conversation for ten days past su,onY people who
| hare interests In that 'aad Of gnd and sliscs.
| THE FlBAT RoBnEgr.
About shrco weeks ago Tho hrrt coach WAS stop-
ped The esprcrs messenger rode on tho front reat
With Tho driver. Finding themselves absolutely In
| the power Of tho htRhwsyman. the coach Was
| brought TO halt, Thels were Two trensnre-
1 boxes in The front boot. tho Custer boz
! and tho pcadwood boxt tho former
Ia rsuda Of wood, sud seldom contains
articles Of Considerable Vslue; tho Doadwood boz
!" OF Iron, IA generally securely ffrcted 10 the iron
strap that passes under The front boot. and gen.
erafly contains valuable treasure. In this case.
when tho robbers demanded the treasure boz. tho
n,eaaenrcF promptly Threw to them the wooden
Custer bof, shd then said to the driver, "Dsfrt
on" Tho robbers didn't then know the difference
between the Two boxes, and no opposition was
mfdo TO tho dfjrst when ha resumed the Journey.
THE SECOND ATTACK.
The second appearances Of the road agents proved
to be a succestful succession Of fubbenca. The
coach saat 1efs peadwood4 Monday morning. juno
eat ras limited In the vicinity Of The Cheyenne
Hsses. The robbers we're unable to remove the
1SaAroVu WA aIVIH %Vatt1y SE BhH AEtCdd 10
It In anyway. They robbed tho passengers OF
about 81, 400. Tho news OF this rob.,cry reached
Dead~ood Tuesday ercnsng. We were booked for
The Wednesday morning stage, but suptosins Il
wonid 1e an fso1ated caac a tue hrst rolbory had
When reached ti,e dinner fanclic We urt an up
ennctt anu thc driver !n!nsrd ut tint the Tuesday
r,ornInr ~. % coach nnt Of ,cslwol had bcen ha'ted
" fnaH Agents one mile and q hhff eeNth 1f tho
Cheyenne hvcr. and 10th treasure bu1er and lilo
pnsstnGefs ltad l'rrn rnh1set. ....
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men,. two txrrcas nlcsaen.err, ono Riding In.lJo
IN thc t9aa'lwo, treaHnrct'ox there was ,tNO il
dust Every person On The coach was lesv armed.
A. soon q. shc rs@c,s hslsd The cenc oncof
rltie ~. of shc coaeh wlnduw and arcd At ranioa,
te q" II sGs h1, r. rnr{ ;"t The !syss
the fcsscnsurs then shouted 10 thc patsenerrr mt
t. to,are are again and inpen the!t lives t5 - dining.
way. They made the passenger. alIrht searched
them, and took fr,.n them gold-dust currency,
ihen nrnc ths,r ntsenton t o 10 i lts q i peadxoa1
i;s.s tae sesst, ;ss; 5 eSS esS .os %s' pow:
therein. In tho meantime tho passenEers wefv ali
satey guarded a. some disssnce from thr coach.
Was set on Ore. but the tantcs wese promptly cx.
tlnEaishea. @ The pa*.etlggf' we're nearly al vet.
neat blss. in opening tho boI a. % ihey had % essr
seen.
Ihc hiEhwa1mcn aald the shooting OF the driver
.a Ten ,xns shqs a,.d W. iSts"dsa 1 fos Gn. ihs
anyes d.. II 80 :,o,, T. ~; ss.h y r. rid Sstc
M 70 ' rs. ie sausSs c
yotver that had heea nt.en to hun. They gave
whom bal been stolen a valuable vusd watch q
ksspsMais' M , hsYxea to 6e allowed y retain IT, ami
River Iianch Ao could havu his watch. Fight ruL-
bcfs Teru the larxcbt nnmbcF seen ny the t'asrtn-
gang vote undoubtedly IL thc immediate yientsy'
guarding tho h0rnca.
TIE Tltlup ,.oDBEHY.
robbed one md l.slf miles norsn Of tue shrycnno
ltiscr was not baftcnlarly cheering. It wa son,U
e. @ woa %s y:
ss,sssnTss wa us yet ws ~ eltesed .here wss
. n 5aas@ suns1 IL tho n
"a @ ~ tho 10, ~i:s ~ ssse;. ia:lds 10 ssssh
~ SiIshetn:: Wyoming: 1,.ek 'ihi ii%. 'fs'! s"a
l,ta.lxood; Mas 1.oEy. Of i'tad~o.a, and your
corrcspundaht. Ths drdyuF bad ruu, and lhe.o
wess Two small soso,vo:s In tho possession Of the
Wa ,ea.oned that h,phwsyucn who wcro 40 Kind
nut ba very harsh in their treatment, so decided.
to ps'eee4 OF tl.e journey. ". Wilson decided to
leaving l,eadwoo4. Lad either obtained drafts
!ss thGf anst sGa currency, .. hsd s1pre:ssa .ho
st,oant ,Tatoe q liz nea I'D tbeir vafeAe: Win
asi; sit in Nine ~ W eoueea1ed Ia nv bagase In the
Of Mr.. Tonn. Who Ind }tNsFy aud ea.h on ~
asnSee.. and didas iineh II tho least psftealat.
axsnp ys: III i, n Gd u tS E,
Passengers who had ocrn rnts,c,t by 6tehwnymen in
Montsna, Ar!scna, uslIfurnIs, etc. told their OK
g.. hsa inc elect of preparing III fur
Tss .1sds. 9 Il evening l1ex about Us, and the
sssaexs 70 ss G Eli. e:H"'ty ~ speas IT. ~
mlle. Tls curtslas sss III VI y, cur ~ .s u tss
snasa e.! .na were al down eo tue 9ppos!ts sias
tf'sa iari i ksep sx.ku. fof | Knew ws .ers
couldut. / haa slept about 1ali nn hour, wi.yn
axoke. an4 found sns coach standing ..tl.; heard
tiny, ~ fully realizing wheta VIZ, put ny head
ost ot thc window
H., i'oa'! maku susil i break ~ i4al asain.'
gut all Of myself !asds tlo Coach III The quick
cst posstbls lime. knew then VIC ~t1o
IN THR HAhDs OR Tik HluHWAYA4M
oF tbs ulack Hills. lk eppEatst hat, - the mu1cs
pulled the coach down in o ! guieh, about Gftrrn
fest wlde aud about sx feet deep and bsf0rt they
coal4 pal! yat, four nsn 'praMx " tfSu. Tho .lde
stopped. Tho captaln Of lbs gang waa on our |
side Of ths ctach; hts three nsrn on The other.
9ho driver anl Keeler wess ''c0rsrsd" with guns.
aud weFc tald TO ''pni up their hands, which They
didn't hsaltatu to du.
Thu c4ptatn sald "Dnssr. throw down your
gua."
Tho gun on tho front of tho coach Il usually kept |
on Lbs drivers seAt This sae it was down ~ tho |
loot heelsF reached after II. but lhs .tohbss. |
thought he WAS Tho n2prsss Mcsscngus, eAd 0nu Ut
three luen xatl 10 hul, - None of tbRtl Nsks no
bEsak U you are = arsa HAn. Thraw up yuus
hands"