Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-28

or two before the ambulance reached the
spot. The driver OF the wagon In which
the $1,000 passenger happily escaped re-
ported TO The Bismarck correspondent that
saw something in the coolie where the
robbery took place. He thought it was y
bird Tapping its wings, but subsequent
events lead him TO believe that the bird was
the mask of q rObber flying in tie wind.
The inference, therefore Is that the robbers
were not ready to attack the foremost wag-
on, or else concluded that It wasn't worth
capturing. Lieutenant Rice inquired of the
captain Of Tue road agents whether any
wagon had passed on in %adyance, and WAS
answered in the negative. But then the
robbers were not communicative by any
means. The robbers spoke to each o,her by
numbers instead Of BY name. While they
were going through the officers aud Mr..
COIN. Lieut.. Rice quizzed Number Two"
shout the Indians in the country. and the
rUbber fell into the lieutenant's trap, but
was quickly snatched out by The captain of
the gang singing out Number Two, don't
talk 80 much" Rice wanted to see what
kind of q voice the robber had. The cap
tain saw the point and kept his numbe' 8
opr, two and three quiet. The captain DID
what iitlle:talking was necessary. isle C.
Was golden" The sergeant Of The miat.ry
party, when he returned after tbs guns the
,roooers had required them to stuck aud
leave, fired three shots vi long rang al the
retreating party, with NO disastrous results
MIR. Cohn's loss was owing tn the fact that
he couldn't purchase drafts or exchange in
Miles City, aud bad, per force, t, carry
the money with him. MIR. Cohi
informed neither of his military compan.
ions of.the treasure contained in his lil,le
red travelling bag, and they we're probably
more as:onished than any body else al. III.
bonanza which rewarded the rosd-agents.
When Nj. Cohn reached the telegraph office
The next day he at once sent a dispatch to
Judge Carmichael, OF Miles City, giving
particulars OF the robbery, and when Mr.
ohn reached Bismarck he received q letter
from the judge giving information tina.
twenty men, with half 4 dozen Indian scouts
had taken the tir.l with u prospect that the
%scoundrels might be overhauled. A person
suspected Of being one Of the party, named
William Dixon, was arrested in Miles City
the day after the r. bbery, and he was iden.
tilted by the sergeant who was sent back by
Lieutenant Rice. AS he didn't See Dlxon's
face, however, but merely his legs, the iden
LITIGATION could not have been regarded as
very correct, as Dixon seems to have had NJ
difficulty in securing bail for his appearance
wanted.
Talking of legs, Mr.. Cohn says that they
we're about all Of the person that was visl-
bic, the black masks completely covering
their faces, and their butloned coats givi, 9
all of them a similar appearance. Nj:
Cohn critically examined mi Of the
Dolo -hnoo lo.,o vrapa anuaoaA -
dirty brown overalls, and he was
about to pursue his inspection,
the road .gent in his rear ordered
to keep his eyes 10 the front if be
wanted to save bis head. COIN remarked
that his hands were cold aud he was trying
10 keep them warm. "Stahd just where
you are. aud III get your gloves" aud go
log TO the ambulance, be got the gloves
aud gave them to Cohn. THESE road
by the way, were as courteous and
IS the Younger and James
Nys, aud though occasionally harsh 10
ne,r language, they were not disposed to
reat their victims with unnecessary viz
ence. A streak Of good luck seems 10 have
this particular operation Of tue
Dad sgents, or else they were extremely |
hrewd. The robbery took place atuai
our miles from q fanc0 W0ere the travellers
'mposed 10 spend the night. Onlya II tie
While before the attack 10 the deep raylne
occurred, tue driver of the ambulance in-
reased the speed of his horses, so that q
nile and q half interviewed between the
Ulcers anc the four mounted soldiers who
we're acting as a b0dy.gusrd. Now. the
Dad sgents bad but q very few minutes in
shlch TO stop the ambulance and 90
the passengers, without running
he risk Of getting into q fight with the
!uard. Then. again. they we're materially
,ded by the fact that this is about the first
highway robbery that ever took place on
route, and hence the army officers were
AIKEN completely by surprise, but even 1T
hey had not been, they would hardly have
,een able to have held tneir own with the
'obbers, into whose carefully prepared am-
push they bad q unhappi'y allen.