The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-09-23
.PkQFEsSI0NAL ROBBERS.


miles fua1et eth6K KhyberR Rass, ,shas apcp
shtion Of fifty or sixty thousand. It
POSITION At the entrance of the chic
rsSS 4htc sCabhl gathers within it
walls men from almost every district il
India and every country in, Central, Asia
lbout tT6 llllles frofn tlie CITY IS The
military cantonment. 1t is perhap.
ts most important. in the whole coun.
3g. In general there are stationed ir
fnine Or ten regiments and three. OF
tm batteries u artillery. IL Is not my
aimaon to discuss the Importance OF
sPesitiOn or give a sketch of its his
ir W. purpose is to give a short ac-
aant OF some Of the robberies which
a q re kAeR 1Yas quartered ip il
Ans horses and money are the
MET things sought after By the, thieves
ND robbers in the Peshawhr Valley
md sdioining hills; and there is no
sa slssa N'saaEisH sip stsaipgF thetsthe
aea q the hill tribes are professional
Nh Tasecnre these articles they
as almQ mQsteyesy conceivable plan.
lNssw NO little skill land daring, Is
" ~ seen from the following illustra-
@ s'as which, | may add, are given with
w ny coloring and. are strictly true.
w. Lowental, a well-known mission
Fststaoned at Peshawur, was one
|Ss i I sitting at his desk, when he saw
7 MaIe carpet quietly lifted up by
mans !. nead rising apparently out Of
: ssu0 An exclamation of surprise
feg1 help eauseds the head to
y ssapPe3. On inspection Mr.. Lowen-
" M nund that his house had been en-
= s'sa m way somewhat unusual but
Y y - means new. The thieves-there
!. ny = nave been more than one engaged
\ I ns silair-had dug a hole close to
\. \. @ suay, and run a tunnel right under
ssxall y to the middle Of the floor of
y n Some idea of the skill of the
u. s,usH may be learned from the fact
= |. ! ik toWenthal was not disturbed
I. I 10y noise until the head of the rob
$ I ,.'s sss a9fns @ " in the room. "A year
i, .xo aiter the above incident took
sas sas 'lis eminent oriental scholar was
= aa' N his yeranda by one of his
u .hf'adaakes are q frequent occur
ses N N the Peshawsr Valley, and on
+ naa sscOVaf nearly every house is built
~ wv Stxe mixed with. chopped straw, the
- :uaeeiia being used for onthouse
~. OF which the stable is gener.
ae most important. A mounted
,,.s sr mas perhaps f2OO invested ire
N ! una 1t is therefore most impor-
,o.,s = ,nstIer for him that these animals
,ssa. a oe protected from the hands Of
h @ n' my are the plans used for
~ tSlpose. Perhaps the most sue
b Consequently the most pop
Il Il Il. y e sfasten an iron chain round |
& lisaoe iiuo, |eg OF the horse and paddock
4 ~ % an lfon bar Siriveis isfrfnlR
,Is ground. This, however, does |
IS a'aays u DEFY the thieves, as they |
~ ! the use ~ 4 als asWell as as their
aci ~ 9&ghbegs. There are in
- n = ssncWn when the robbers, find
F attempts fail to getrrid of |
ltsssal' tss,.ls' N their anger have had the l
n. % cut the feet Off the horse. |
is'1,s.l sS leA trpst TO chakstihass ,orl
tilss, ~, put these men are only I'M
8 r1 rsa1usted, when there is no danger
Tan lfhs wachznen ars,ep sx-
a oue they are difficult to find.
= = 49, s eyer been deadly feud be- |
ss5sa n - "a .Aaighans and the Sikhs, and q \
sas s slkl watchman found by an
& .oWer, receives no mercy. A
4 slsen INTO his heart ends sleep
! =. 'oe her. Insgeneral the watch
Aa'iVes OF the district and are