Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-06
A aENTLEMANLY FOoTPAD.
Thirteen Full Groscss Men Quietly Robbed
bya MellosU- VOiccd BrigGnd.


Thirteen Full Grorn Men Quietly Robbed
bya MeElosg- Voiccd Brfgand.
Denver Republican,
H. N. Burton, the alleged stage-rob
Der, who was arrested in Pueblo and
brought to Denver July l, had his pre-
liminary examination. before Judge Brazee
yesterday afternoon. Burton is charged
with robbing the stage running between
Del Norte and Alamosa about midnight
on the night of June 20. The robbery
was the most audacious in the annals of
highway robbery, and links the name of
the perpetator with that of Billy LIE Roy.
The story of the deed is best told in the
words of j. B. Mcmillan, of Del Norte,
one of the victims of the robbery, and
who was the first and principle witness
for the prosecution in the examination of
yesterday he said in substance:
"There were eight men and one wo
man inside the coach, and four men be-
sides the driver on top. l was among the
latter, sitting beside the driver. 1t was
about midnight, / should think, and
about twenty miles from Del NOrte,
when we were halted, it was very dark,
and we were Just turning a bend in
the road when the word come to halt.
There was only one man visible, to the
left and about ten feet ahead of the coach.
The robber was standing behind piece
of canvas stretched alongside the road,
and had revolver pointed directly at
myself and the driver. He told us calm
ly to deliver ourselves and he would not
harm us, but that If we made bad break
he would shoot. l was on the side next
to the robber, and l Immediately got
down from my seat, followed by the dTi-
YER After we got down the robber came
from behind the canvas and placed over
our heads cloth cap, which came down
to our shoulders and completely blinded
us. He then ordered us to stand still ,and
himself went to the stage door and order
ed the occupants to come out, one at
time, and take their positions in line
alongside the driver and myself.
"He told the passengers not to make
any unnecessary movements, as they were
covered by the guns of his men in con-
cealment and their lives were in jeopardy.
After the passengers were all in line he
put caps similar to mine over their faces,
tied their hands behind their backs, and
then proceeded to rifle their pockets.
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thing else he would place just where he
got it from. / do not know how much
money he got From me he got about
$40, which he took from my pocketbook,
replacing the pocketbook after taking
the money out. He had light burning
in front Of the canvas, behind which was
q reflector, which shed the rays directly
In our faces. He occupied about fifteen
in tho search. He then ordered
us to kneel, which we did, all in row,
and he proceeded to rifle the mail bags.
The woman, at his bidding, held the light
for him while he did this. He opened
only two sacks, / believe. He kept us
about half an hour. He kept
talking all the time, using good language.
In fact, during the whole time Of the rob-
berry he was very gentlemanly.
ssHe had soft, mellow voice. He was
not nervous or quick, but did the work in
q business-like manner. He was a man
nearly six feet in height, smooth face,
had a keavy, light mustache, and would
weigh perhaps 155 pounds. He had on a
dark hat and coat, and was net disguised
in any way After he had rebbed the
mail he skipped off into the darkness.
When we found he had left we removed
our caps, united each others hands,
picked up the remnants of the mail bags
and the mail, and proceeded on to Ala
mosa. 1t is my opinion now that he did
the work alone, and that his comrades
being in the bushes was all hoax