, 1879-02-28
R0AJ).AGENTS.

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ROAD.
Tic Military Onlccrs Who Were vtu.imtzc,l
On thu YcIluwatonc.
81. n'"l t4ontrr.l lrtss, FEB. %.
The iIoHte''iftss, Oh thursday morning. p'l1-
ltshea special dispatch from It's bismarck
corrcspoate1t giving q detailed account Of tic
robbely on tile Yellowstone o1 Llehts. Edward
lsico and Frederick W. sit''ey alHl VI. al. Colin,
VINO were travelling III government ambulance
fFonl keoEh to bismarck. TIC nrrlVhi OF these
gentlemen III H. faul last evening enables Tue
reporters u lhe 1'"h6f- Feas 10 bltnpienloht I
tl'c complete story as a'fcaay pab!tshcd IN
these columns with lcw pafticulars
to illustrate the exceedingly I'LL
p'easalat experience through WHICH lucy
passed. OF course the military gentlemen slrc
somewhat annoyed ut tho gossip which has
arr,,nr from lin 1nm,lIotfnr cIrw,mafnncr. ~
a,,oo.s ,o,, ~ =, "r"d "E1 ro,,,,"nr u,
party Vi 'nashcd frccbootefs, hut tllr footpatls
lad thu drop upon tho tns,ispcct1ng messengers,
and what could ,icy dot Tic officers nayhayn
,,on, nn1Ioont IN NJ, lov,,,t ,,,cIr nrna ~ t,,a,-
.sen VIZ ,. - NV ''s' ,.~'' "'"as -. .''s!'
hantls instead OF haacfiea'l' Tue seats OF tt'ciF
vehicle, and I'll not having their guArtt immcdi-
nto,y nt hand. hut wbcu ,lry wcre ordcrcu to
Throw. m, tho,r hn,1a Il, nr,scrrn ~ cr,rrtrnocd
foad'agcnts LUG Tune 'oF '1ae EXERCISE O. 'alof
WIS pnst, atsl discretion was about oil TINT Wns
LETT,
All thu ctreumstuntfal EVIDENCE now et hand
w. w. ,..,,-r .,'a. *, .s'.,'a.,. ,s,,.,
1eatts '.'e ooHel '.'' ~. ,opoess "us "c'locl-
ntc'y plaunod, md tllat tho footpads knew that
the ambulance contained considerable sum Of
noney, Nr, COIN lost t3.25D, u,,tl ns le Is n
1hercl'aAt ~ st.lcs c,1y' -t''eo n'1c7 "!s-
tant from inc pace wiefe INC nstack was n'aac,
1t Is thought that his movements gayo risu 10
tho scheme. IL aso transpires tint another
nor,v win ~ nm IN rosh VIVA nisn cu,nln,r Ens
.''.,. 49, .s.,, .s,. ,,,.an,, ~ ,,I..",s
with tl'ss paFt'' h1't 'hstcau ot tahti,S
| passaEo II, tic ambulance no LOOK MI carly
start on n four-llurse wagon, uni Desc
| cd thc coo,so only nj hour or two ba
foro ,,,,, ,,u,,nr,,rc rcorbo,, lin a,ot rno
la,a t"e @aaaes =, .ss - aaus' ,sna Luz
driver OF f.c wagon IN Witch tsle S3,Uo9 passcn.
GER happily esrapel ,rcportcd to TIC DtbH1nrcts
corresiondcnt ,hat he saw son,eth!ng In tl,e
rooo where the rabbcry took plncc. listhouglit
II was s''rtt nappns Us WanHs; eat sabse1uont
events lead him to beiiuvo tlst the t'tTu WAS
tlls iuask ot roober liylsl:' to to tug wlna. Ile
Inference therefore, Is tFlat the robbers were not
really To attAek thn foremost wagon, Or else
concIudca t'at 1t t~asntwoith rapt9flnR. Lieut.
inrSa Of tue r"pta a o1 ,ssr ts 1oa q
ndyanec, Msa was answered in t'ls negative.
hut tlrtl thu robbers wero not communicative
by nuy ,ncans. 1'le Vobhers spoke to zach other
| UJ UuHtptfs ailStGaN u Ny NAHes nHHo It1
were going through the officers md Mr.. Cohai,
| LIEUT.. ltlrc sllltz2Hu ''Nunbrr Two " about tle
lndlana IN tile country, nt tho rohbcr lelt Into
thu ltioutennnt's trap, but was quickly statc1cta
out ny tlle ciptaln ot tho gang singing out:
"Nunber Twp,n dun't talk SO nlsch." lItU
wanted II sec what kltlu OF Il voice thu robbcr
lIut Thu cap.Air s!w l,p point, nlld kept llls
numbers one, two. ul,A thret quiet. Tlu cap
taln did what ltttlc talking was nrccssnry.
"silcnco was EolIen.'' Thu Sergeant Of tbs
military party. when he returned utter the guns
The rubbprs lIuh required lien, to stack uni
lcayc, fired thrce shuts at long rangc At the re-
trssstag par.y, with 10 DISASTROUS results,
M Gp rass ess as 1ss 1% " 70 sxthars a ast a s s
C,ty, an la'l. ierforce. to curry the luoney with
him. Mr., Col,a Informed neither OF his military
companions uf thu trrnaurn contained fn h]a
little red trngeli'..bag, anu They wcru rrob'
| ablr more nstunshel 1hRn unYbOay else nt
| tho bonanza which rewarded iIle ruatI-
atcnts: Wien Alr. Colin reached tho telegraph
olirc 1tu next ay Ilc at olte Ecnt tllspntcll to
Judge Carmichael Of Miles City, giving ulrtl..-
,lInrs of tln, rnl,.Jery, md WIIr1t Mr.. Conn
rcnci,csl Bismarck, he Received letter from ,ht,
Judge elvIn, information .lE.t t.rcnty mcn, with
half tltzei, Indian Gvollte, lal taken the trail,
with II prospect lint tho hcoNudrcss might hu
oyertultu, A perst,n suspected ut bcjl,g otu
Ut tl,t rarty, l,aiGu William Dixon, waB arrest
cd III Mics tfty the day nfter lIle robbery, AMI
he w,.s ElcutIlt! by tho Scrgeal,t who ,YMs srtIt
hacti by L4Irnt. IlEee. Aa hi tlhln't scs ulxu,'s
face, however, bnt merely his cts the lentira.
tiun rould moi hnYe bern regarded III very cor
securing, hall for his appcnra1ipu when wanted.
Talklng vi legs Mr. Cohn says that they wcse
about ni( nj ,ht person tkat ,yas visible, tl,u
hIacI; aas completely coycrln,: their toecs al,l
their buttuuetl r,'ats giving oil u them sIratla,
nppcaraaec. Mr.. Colin critically examined us,c