Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-10
The Bar Harbor Highwayman.
Further Particulars of the AstOunain

Further Particulars of the Astounding
Robbery.
Some further particulars of the daring
highway robbery Bar Harbor are given
by the New York Herald. We may premise
that Green Mountain is the loftiest upon the
island of Mount Desert, that charming COM
| hination of mountains and wooded shores
rising abruptly out of the ocean, on the
coast of Maine, east of Penobscot Bay.
carriage road leads to the summit, on which
! is small mountain house. Buckboards and
| other carriages are constantly ascending this
road. At times they pass over rocky and
steep lodges and at times enter woods that
| grow thickly on either hand and meet over
! head. 1t near the opening of one of
| these leafy avenues that this daring robbery
was committed. The Herald says
| The time of day was about a quarter to
one o'clock. All the buckboards save that
| containing Mr.. Isaac How and his party had
| left the summit of the mountain and taken
| their passengers to dinner in the village.
| On this blackboard were six people-Chaun-
| cey Joy, the driver Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
| How, Miss Kate Simmons, of Racquet Gal
| OPP" fame, and another lady and gentler ian.
About two thirds of the way down, Perhaps
two miles from the village, while they were
all earnestly engaged in discussing some top
| ic or other they were startled by man
springing out from behind thick growth of
bushes beside the way. He was dressed In
| loose overalis, his head was entirely envelop
ed in a mask that hung loosely over his
breast, and he armed to the teeth. Quick
" presenting a revolver at the drivers head
| he commanded him to stop. On seeing this
apparition leap from the bushes, Joe had
grasped his whip and was on the point of
flashing up his horses. But said he, "when
I saw that pistol pintin dead at my head and
them fearful grey eyes o. his, just KEN down
offn' that seat meeker'n a lamb"
Hold those horses heads" said the rob-
ber Joe obediently held them. Leaving
the driver completely subdued he approach
ed the occupants of the carriage, most of
whom had taken in the state of affairs by this
time OF course all of this transpired in
moment.
Now" said he to the two gentlemen, "l'll
Ike what money you've got"
He spoke in a clear calm tone and acted in
the old time, stereotyped Dick Turpin style.
Miss Simmons, thinking the affair huge
joke on the part of some enterprising friend,
burst into hearty fit of laughter, but her
eyes were opened when the gentlemen handed
out their wallets and money.
81 don't want your wallet" said the high
wayman. ''Give me THAI roll of bills IN your
inside vest pocket"
The bills were handed over.
But" said Miss Simmons, who, with the
other ladies, preserved great GOODNESS, you
don't want those papers in the wallet"
| Certainly not" and selecting them calm
| ly and deliberately from the wallet, he hand
| ed them back to MIR. How.
''Now," said he, your keepers please.
| One of the ladies told him she had no
| watch.
Madame, we never trouble ladies'" was
| the answer, with polite bow.
| During all this interview the robber kept
| his pistol pointed at the head of one of the
| gentlemen, keeping his eye on the other
| meanwhile. After the valuables had been
| given up, with tragic wave of the hand,
Pass on" he said, and remained standing in
| the road, covering the party with his pistol
| until they were out of sight.
SPREADING THE NEWS
| The fashionable crowd at Bar Harbor was
| thunderstruck at the news, when MIR. How
and his party came dashing down from the
mountain with the tidings. Every town on
| the island telegraphed to and kilograms
| were sent to many large towns along the sea-
| board and the main railway lines. Hun
| dreds of men, with guns, pistols and every
| weapon they could lay hands upon, set out
| in companies and secured the forests in all
directions. Many of the guests armed them
selves with revolvers and started IN pur-
| suit on horseback, Steam launches and
small boats guarded every avenue of escape
| by water. Every steamer that left was obhg
| ed to show up its passengers. 1t was all in
| vain.
| There are wild places on that island-as
| all who have taken 1.-The "a mile drive will
remember. Solemn priaeval woods, noun
| tain after mountain, and any number of hid
ing places and spots for putting off in boat
| to the main land, only three or four miles
| distant. Indeed, the island at point is
| SO near the main land that it is connected by
| a bridge.
Guests at the fashionable hotels promptly
mad, up subscription of So 600 to aid in
hunting down the robber. The Messrs How
are among the most popular of the summer
guests, and are both New Workers. Mr.. How
says:
1.-The fellow perfectly cool, and was
undoubtedly an expert. l shall not easily
forget those cold steel blue eyes. l should
know them again among thousand. We
lost several hundred dollars, but don't care
SO much for that as for the fact that such a
cold bsooded and outrageous act should have
been committed at Mount Desert. 1 have
always laughed at those people who were
afraid to walk alone in the mountains or after
nightfall. Now, I'm the first victim of my
own credulity.'
The guests all go armed now when they
drive up to Eagle Lake, take the long
twenty four mile drive.
The island is fifteen miles long and eight
or nine wide.