The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-06-27
TO PUZZLE ROAD AGENTS


An lrun-1c,sd Coach, Guards5 by -Four Br,..
Men, for the Cheyenne and Black iiliisi;,e
Luxe Voorhees,, superintendent of ths
Cheyenne and Sidney Black Hills stass
lines, arrived in the city yesterday even.
ing frem Fort Pierre, where he has com.
pietsd arraneensnfs for astage line s,cr
that point to Deadweod, to connect with
steamers from Yarkton. Mail serris
has been ordered ON this route, and resp.
lar coaches win begin running in q fey
days, carrying passengers and mails and
arrangements are nearly completed forn
mail service ON the semi-weeEly packM
line running between Yankton aud
Pierre.
Mr. Voorhees, is one of the best stape
superintendents In the western country.
possessing pluck and energy, which gual.
tiles ere essential TO SUCCESS in his line Of
business. Under his administrator
fifteen of the principal road agents, who
operated on the Black Ellis road Last
summer, were captured, and only one
Reddy McKenna-managed 10 esoape
through the carelessness of q sheriff in
Ohio, where he was traced and arrested.
The remaining fourteen have nearly nh
been convicted. and are now serving ont
long terms of imprisonment. Whether
the stages viii be plundered again fhiT
summer remains to be seen; INIT 10
prevent the depredatiens on the treasure
that viii be transported, MIR. VOORHEES,
has taken the precaution TO have treas.
ure-coach specially built. 1t lie lined with
steel three-qnarters of an inch thick,
through which bullet cannot 60. In the
inside is q burglar proofsafe, weighing 800
pounds, of oblsng shape, witch . door In
the end, secured by d combination 10 K,
the secret combination peing known only
at each end of the route. The steel
lining of the coach has two port hclee
Through which the guards can fire. This
coach is to be run once q week between
Cheyenne and Dsadwood, and is to be
accompanied by four guards, two Of
whom are TO ride on horses ahead OF the
coach, while the other two are to- hold
the fort inside the coach. These guards
are to be thoroughly armed. They have
been selected tor Che work on account of
their established reputation "a being
brave, fearless men. Two of them have
had desperate fights with the road agents,
and to-day bear honorable scars as the
evidences of their pluck. We refer 10
Scott Davis and Become May. in who@
lexicon there is no such word as fear.
Davis, it will be remembered, was the
man who, not long after reoevering from
wounds received ina road agent fght,
followed TIVE Of them and captured fhem,
together with eigh aeen herseswhich they
had stolen. 1t was O gallant exploit
equal 10 his previous fight with the
thieveson the road, and was accomplish
ed in the face of obstacles which would
have overcome almost any other man.
The soldiers, who were to accompany
him, retnrned as soon as their rations
gave ont, but he kept on alone, through
q snow storm, and caught the two man
between Camp Brown and Green river,
while they were sleeping in o hay stack
The other guards have good record
and it is safe 10 say that this quartstwiL
make 1t aiecidediy hot for The agents
should they attempt to tackle tine iron
clad coach. No passengers are to h
carried on this coach. Omaha Rspub
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