Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-09
THE DEADwooD STAGE ROBBERY.
A Heavy Haul by Road 40ents--The Tigi-
zGnts Securing the Country for the Rob-

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[Deadwood Special to Chicago Tmes.l
| Last week Thursday the treasure coac
belonging to the Cheyenne & Black Hill
Stage company, was robbed of about 1921, 90
in gold bricks, dust, and jewelry, taken fror
what was supposed to be their burglar-proo
safe. The report of the robbery and tn
death of Hugh o. Campbell, who was pas
senger on the coach, has been telegraphed t
the Times. Early last week the road agent
stopped coach near their regular place be
tween Cheyenne river and Jenney's stockade
Here they ransacked the mail bags, takin,
everything out, opening and destroying al
letters they thought it was possible tina
would contain anything of value. Will.
engaged in their devilish act they asked
| about the treasure coach and told the drive
they would sstake it inn in a few DAYS
Their warning was unnecessary, for thii
coach is always guarded by from
THREE TO FIVE MESSENGERS
who are armed with revolvers and repeating
rifles. Some Of these messengers are vel
known to the travelling public Boone May
Scott Davis, Gale Hill, William Ward, an6
last, but not least, Capt. Smith, all of whom
have been under fire several times, and have
shown their metal to be good. The passen
gers on the south-bound coach last Wednes
day met Boone May with his men, following
as he said, party of these "agents," whom
he thought they would come up with by
night or the next day at noon. They were
supposed to be but a short distance in adj
vance. It proved, different, however, for the
agents were better mounted than was ex
pected, and they rode so much faster than
their followers that they reached Canon
Springs, about forty-fve miles south OF
Deadwood, in time to capture the station
bind the two herders, and make their plans
for
THE CAPTURE OF THE STAGE,
with its golden treasure. The first thing
done after binding the herders was to teal
the climbing out from between the logs OF
the station in such places as it was desira-
BILE to place a man to fire at the messen-
gers. Then the men took their places and
awaited the coach's arrival. AS it drew up
to the station, and just as the driver alighted
the five men, each having picked his man, OF
where he supposed man to be, fred. The
result was one man, Hugh Campbell, killed,
Gale Hill shot through the side,
Captain Smith rendered insensible
the ball that killed Camp
bell having struck the latter in the forehead
but not hard enough to make a dangerous
wound, as he recovered before the fight was
over. Scott Davis sprang out of the coach
on the opposite side, taking shelter behind
frooS lo =, /.
short time, but the robbers fire was too
warm, and he was compelled to move fur
Their into the brush. Here he saw that
IT WAS ALL OVER
with Hill and Smith as far as fighting went
as one of the robbers had the driver in front
of him, and, marching him up to Davis, he
made him surrender, and Immediately bound
both. Hill fell where he had been fighting.
He had received another ball through his
arm. This, with the wound in his side,
bleeding profusely, had weakened him SO that
he was unable to resist. Hill was left at the
station while the robbers blindfolded Smith
and the driver, put them in the coach and
drove down the road about mile, when
they were taken out and tied to the wheels
of the coach. The robbers were now ready
for their work. The safe, which weighs
about 600 pounds, strapped with heavy iron
bands to the floor of the coach, was
torn from its fastenings and thrown to the
ground, when thoy commenced pounding
the door with sledges. They soon forced
the door and the bricks, dust, and jewelry
were theirs. The men told Smith and the
driver that they would stop at the milk
ranch some distance below and
SEND SOME ONE TO RELEASE THEM.
Before the relief arrived, however, the driver
succeeded IN releasing himself and then
Smith, who was nearly dead from suffoca-
ton, as the men had gagged and bound him
so tightly that he could breathe only with diff
ticulty. Scott Davis, who escaped in the
woods during the fight, walked six miles to
Beaver Greek, where he found horse and
continued on his way to the Stockade. Meet
ing with Boone May, they at once organized
strong party and started for the
station to capture the thieves if
possible. Of course they arrived
too late to save the treasure, for the men
had been gone several hours. Campbell
body was taken to Deadwood, where it was
buried by the Masonic order. Hill was taken
to Deadwood Saturday, and kilograms state
that the chances of his recovery are very
slim, as he has lost so much blood. Upon
examination it was found that Campbell
had three balls in his legs and one through
his body, besides the one through his head
which caused his death. The report of this
affair spread like wild fire, and before noon
the following day.
THE vIGILANTS OF DEADWOOD
were securing the country, accompanied by
large force of deputy United States mar
shals and agents. The result of their scout
so far is two arrests. Jon III. Brown was.ar
rested on Saturday near Canon Springs by
one of the deputies. He has been regarded
for long time as a hard character, anc
when arrested acknowledged thatEhe is the one
that shot Daniel Finn, on July 2, at Lance
creek. Finn returned the fire, making only
flesh wound in Browns breast. AS soor
as he was arrested he was bound and started
for Cheyenne under guard, reaching here
yesterday, when he was placed in close con.
tinement in the county Jail. The sec
ond 'agent" captured is said to be G. 81
Burroughs. Why he did not come to Chey.
enne is still unexplained. A letter to the
United States marshal here says: 81 have
another of the robbers under arrest here
and will send him down on the next coach
if we are not compelled to kill him on &C
count of an effort to escape.'' The driver Of
the coach told the same story, but gave 81,
wink and waved his hand in the air, as much
as to say,
"HE's SWINGING
Inc stage company offer a reward Of
$1,000 for their capture and the return Of
the gold. Ever since the line was started
the company have had everything to contend
with, the worst of all the robbers. and +
certainly is to their credit the way thew have
fought them.
The Minnesota Christian Missionary So
ciety.
Reported for the Globe.
Pursuant to previous call the M. c. M. s. me-
at Howard Lake, Thursday, Oct. Sd, 1878, ane