Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-01-31
How it Seems to be
Robbed.

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The Victim Of Texas Stage-Ro5
Der Tells His Experiences.
From the Galveston News.
: On Saturday morning, at on,
O'Clock, near Pegle g, / was star
tied from an Indifferent slumbel
in the stage-coach by the click.
ing of a Winchester and by vol.
ces from without hallooing tc
the driver, s'turn into the bush,
Cd d--n you, or / will shoot
: the side of your face off: will
not tell you again." At the
same time saw two men with
guns, one bearing on the driver
and the other bearing on the o.
pening of the coach. There
were two passengers besides me
IN the coach--Lieutenant Kirby.
of the Tenth Infantry, and q
graduate of West Point, assign
ed to duty at Fort McKavitt,
the other, Mr.. Barouch, a drum
mer from New Orleans. Nv
pistol was rolled up in my blan-
kets, the drummer had no arms.
But Lieutenant Kirby was we'll
heeled. We had from the time
we left the road until we stopped
in the bush to consider what
we should do. The drummer
and myself concluded that we
were
NOT IN A CONDITION TO RISK
THE FIGHT,
but the Lieutenant insisted up
on d fight, not OH account Of the
money he might lose, but on ac-
count of his profession. We
overruled him and were ready
to submit to the robbery when
the coach stopped in the brush,
two or three hundred yards from
the road. One at a time was
called and stepped forward, was
robbed, and sent to the front of
the horses. The coach was then
plundered for money, iewelry
and arms. Each one had hid
den a portion of his money and
valuables while in the stage. /
threw mine in the hay in the
bottom of the coach, the drum
mer tucked his away in the top
OF the coach, and the Lieutenant
put his in his boot. Mine was
found, the balance they didAot
get. The drummer delivered
them $50, the Lieutenant So,
md | $50. They also got the
lrummeps and Lieutenant's
watches which were left in the
coach. While the coach was
Being robbed we were all guar
led,a Winchester bearing on us.
The robbers-the two we saw
we're men of good address and
executed the robbery skiIlfuily.
they attempted no disguise, ex-
'ept the boss, who evidently
hought that [ knew him; to the
,thers he was unreserved. They
alked among themselves from
which we learned that another
'arty were to rob the down
coach, and that they were with
n supporting distance. When
hey commenced cutting the
nail bags open | made an APP
zeal 10 them, stating that they
Iardly would find any money in
letters going up the
ountry, they cut two, however,
nd stopped, putting all the mail
'ack. They asked about the
,aymaster. y short time after
hey had got there the lights of
he down coach came in view.
hey then told US that We could
ct in the coach but
NOT TO MAKE ANY NOISE
r strike light, and if we dill
ley would fire. on us. The
own coach tumbled along in a
ew minutes, and we got back
II the road and came along.
'efore we left the boss said:
You may tell the Maynard peo-
lie Dick Dublin has come back
, stay awhile" The robbery
i'll net net more than $500 in
Ioney, arms and jewelry. My
rst sensation was that of bad
ream which quickly vanished
afore a humiliating and outra-
Gus reality. | was struck with
leir GOODNESS and audacity.
ne thing seemed singular, they
sclined to touch us personally,
lat is TO put hands on us in
~ way. They frequently
Ireatened to biIl us if they
lught us il. u lie, but never
aIe any personal search. a
tie less than year ago the
age was robbed on the verv
'ot where We were robbed.
hen and in this last the inten~
on was to rob the United
ates Paymaster. | was i'm
essed with the terrible earn
tness with which they acted,
mething like that displayed
: an execHtioner when he ex-
utes the penalty of death. /
lderstand they did not rob