Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-09-07
COT his QUIEfUS
A Highwayman Killed On the Dedte
stage Road.
His Partner Keeps Right on and
Robs the Stage.


At 4s'clock in the morning of Sunday las.
a desperate fight took place at the forks 81
Hall and Simpson, road, nine miles south 81
Wellington's station, between the shotgun
messengers of Wells Fargo, aud two stage
robbers One rsbber was killed, and Mike
wounded in the arm. The stage was coming
in from Bodie and met the outgoing stage
! from Carson which had been robbed the night
before, about 9 o'clock, when the passeh
gers learned that the footpads were ON the
| road.
| TRACKING THE ROBBERS.
| The men on the Carson bound stage
reached the scene of the robbery Of the night
before about 8 o'clock in the morning and
Tovey the shotgun me ssenger got off with a
lantern and examined the tracks made in the
dusty road They led in the direction the
stage was going, and about every half mile
the road was examined. The course of the
fOetpads was traced about FIVE miles, when
the place where a branch road turns off to
Hall and Simpsons was reached Here Te-
vey get down off the stage again and was
bending down to examine the tracks when
two men suddenly came out of the darkness
and the foremost covering him with rifle e1
claimed:
Throw up your hands. you-t'
CRITICAL MOMENT
Tovey Strengthened up and throwing up his
hands, stood still for few seconds and then
remarked:
"Don's shoot; I'll 60 back and get the box.
eco back yeu whelp, and if you make a
move veil murder every mothers son of you"
As the man said this his companion stepped
to the right and opened fire with a rife The |
shot struck the near leader in the chest and |
the animal gave q few plunges and sank to
the ground. While this scene was being en-,
acted and the frightened horses we're plun9-
ing and rearing Tovey embraced the oppor-
unity to slip back to the stage and secure his
shotgun. He was standing by the leader
when he fell, the horse receiving the ball in
ended for him. He Immediately bounded
back of the lamp and succeeded in getting
himself in the darkness while the rays of
light streaming in front showed the two rob
>ers distinctly.
"HAND DOWN THAT GUN"
He whispered to his mate, j. Billings, who
vas on the box. Billings silently passed him
lown his double barreled fowling piece, load
d with buckshot, and croucAing down behind
he wheel he waited for the advance. The
nan who had killed the horse made circuit
o the right to flank the stage while the one
vho first spoke continued to approach.
Don't move or I'll murder every last ----- (
-"
"Whose moving" said Tovey, cooking both
arrels without any noise. you've got the .
rop Gu rs. Come and get what you want"
his was said in such we'll assimulated tone
fright that the robber, who had his rife
eady to his shoulder, lowered the weapon and
dvanced into the full glare of the light.
"Throw down the box, quick, said Tevey
!, the driver, and let's get out of this
The driver made noise as if he was COM '
lying, ana tuo EOOUoE, "uIteEiuk udOES ABOUT |
lurdering everybody, stepped up even with
,e fallen leader.
"Yoar heads are level" he remarked,
ughing.
These were his last words. i.
A DOSE OF BUCKsHOT. o
As he spoke Tovev opened with his right ?
lrrel full in the mans face. This terrible e
,se of buckshot at short range put an instan- r
neous quietus on the confding road agent.
9 fell Just behind the dead horse and one of !,
% swingers. startled again with the report, Z
rang forward and tranpled on his legs. r
ToBRY WOUNDED. c.
A second later Billings. the Division Agent "
ened on the dead mans comrade and
ed two Shots Tom Woodruff also fred his Ii
l-shooter. Tovey ran around to the rear of Is
g stage and seeing the man not twenty e,
rds away, opened fire. As he raised his
n ball from the footpad struck him on the
int arm, going through the muscle and COM n
ling him to drop his gun, which was dis =;
arged at the same moment. He managed :.
get his revolver ont with his left hand and :,
ed twice at the mans retreating figure, but !,
. shots did not take effect Finding that he a,
$ bleeding profusely, he called to Billings ;.
4 Woodruff to get down and help him up to ~