The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-02-14
STAND AND DELIVER"
4 yIeIim sI Texas STAGE RobbeTy Tel
IIi. Experience.

/ 4 YicIim OF "a Texas STAKE RebbeTy Tslls
ni- Experience.
A writer Ia the Galveston AetOs tells
Of recent adventure while travelling ia
IA stage-coach, ia Texas, as follows: On
Saturday morning. nj one o'clock, near
Pcgleg, / WAS startled from an Indifferent
slumber il the stage. coach by the click
ing Of Winchester aud by voices from
without hallooing 10 the driver, Turn
into the brush, or | will shoot tse side
Of your face on; will not tell you again. .
At the same time | saw two men with
guns, one bearing on the driver and the
other pointed at the opening Of the
coach There were two passengers be
side myself in the coach, Lieutenant
Kirby, of the Tenth infantry and Il
graduate of West Point, assigned TO
duty at Fort McKavett; the other. Mr..
Barouch, a drummer, from New Orleans.
My pistol was rolled up III my blankets,
the drummer had no arms. but lAeuten-
ant Kirby was we'll heeled. We had
from the time we left the road until we
were stopped in the brush time To con
slider what we should DO. The drummer
and myself concluded that We were not
in II condition 20 risk the fight. But the
lieutenant insisted upon a fight. not on
account Of the money he might lose, but
ON account Of his profession. We over.
rulei him and were ready 30 submit 10
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 10 the front of the horses. The
coach was then plundered for money,
jewclry and arms. Each one had hidden
n portion OF his money and valnables
while III the stage l threw mine in the
hay in the bottom Of the coach, the
drummer tucked his away in the top Of
the coach, and the lieutenant put his IN
his boot Mine was found; the balance
they did not get The drummer de-
hyered them thirty dollars, the lieuten.
ant five dollars and twenty-five dollars.
They also got the lieutenant's and drum
mer's watches, which were left in the
coach. While the coach was being rob
bed We were all guarded, Winchester
bearing on us. The fobbers-the two
We saw-were men Of good address, and
executed the robbery skilfully. They
attempted no disguise, except the boss,
who evidently thought ! knew him; 10
the Others he WAS unreseryed. They
talked among themselves, from which
We learned that another party were 10
rob the down coach and that they were
within supporting distance When they
commenced cutting the mail bags open l
made al appeal 20 them, stating that
they would hardly find any money IN
registered letters gong mp the country.
They cut two. however. and stopped,
putting all the mail hack. They asked
about the paymaster short time
after they had got there fAr lights oi the
down coach came ma view. They told us
we could Re, IN the coach and not to
make any noise or strike light, and II
We did they would ire on Ms The down
coach tumbled along ia a few minutes
and We got back on the road and came
along. Before We left the boss said:
" You mny tell the Maynard people
Dick Dublin has come back 20 stay
awhile The robbery will not net more
than three hundred dollars in money.
arms aud jeSelry. Ny first sensation
was tha; 81 O bal dream, which soon
vanished before a humiliAting and ont
rageons reality. | WAS struck with their
coolness and audacity. One thing seemed
singular, they declined 90 touch us per-
sonally, that Is, 10 put hands on us in
any way. They frequently threatened
10 kill US II they caught US IN a lie. but
never made any personal search. A
little less than year ago the stage was
robbed on the very spot where we were
robhrL Then, and in this last, the in
tcntion was 20 rob the United States
paymaster WAS impressed with the
terrible eaTnestness with which they
acted, something like that displayed by
an exccntonor when he executes the
penalty o; death. I understand they
did not rob the down stage. This IS
strAnge. | can only account Tor IL on
the theory that they found they would
not get anything but arms, with pvob-
bly, some jewelry and a little money.