The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-07-12

4 BOLD Ro1D1RY.
Road Aeo0ts Abroad.
II 8olooo and Butte Coach
Stopped and tho Treasure
Do8 IAkon.
Aboat halEpast nve O'Clock yester.
day afternoon - Hank Estes, the
driver Of the Helena and Butte
coaeh, was slowly vending his way
over the rocky piece ~ read between
The two saw mills on Bison creek, he
espisd . man, just ahead Of him,
plant himself behind . large pine
tee about fifteen or twenty feet
from and or the LEFT hand side Of the
read. Sitting upon the boot with
Hark were M. George Hart and Al.
Dougiass. InAide Of the ccach were
i've other passengers, Including Cap
tain Shepherd and Mrs. Lavenberg,
Of this city. One passenger was
walking behind the coach. A. Hark
saw the stranger place himself BE-
hind. the tree, hiding In his
hands . f,rmidal,ls looking double
barrreled shotgun, he simply
remarked to Georgr. "What the
devil IL that son-oEa-gun doing
there7'' The ''son."f.a-gun" didn't
jeave Hark in doubt long, for, ~ he
drove opposite to him, the stranger
called out ''halt:" Hark, who
thought he was joking, let his horses
walk slowly on, wien the stranger
br,ught his gun to Ls.r directly upon
him, and with IN oath again cont
n,anded him to stop. A slight move
ment among the willows on the right
Of the road revealed to the now thor.
oughly startled passengers y couple
more men on their knees leveling
dOuble-barreled shot guns at them.
The situation was becoming serious.
Mrs. Lavenberg screamed and faint
ed; George, who didn't relish the
idea Of carrying In his anatomy a
load Of buckshot to Butte, called out
10 Hark to stop. Hank finally took
In the surroundings and con.
cluied the best thing he could
do was to obey orders. The
stranger now demanded the treasure
box. Al Douglas reached down will
the intention OF throwing It out when
the gentleman behind the shotgun
commanded him and the rest Of the
passengers to throw up their hands.
As there was not pistol In the crowd
the order was Immediately obeyed
by all with the exception of Capt.
shepherd who was intently engaged
In measuring the length Of the shot
guns with his eye. The captain
thought they were ut leust fifteen feet
long and In his establishment forgot
all about his hands. Hark was
again ordered to throw out the
treasure 0ox. The cool, and aplMr-
emily uucou ccrne.l Jchu looked
down under the seat and, after MAX
ing what appeared to be thorough
search, told the stranger there was
none there. With an oath full Of
meaning aud an eye sparkling with
u dangerous gleanl the road agent re-
peated his command. This time
Hark reluctantly obeyed and threw
It out. As it struck the ground the
stranger ordered Hark to Hope nd
that id quick" When the coach
moved on one Of the three gathered
up the box and all Of them disappear
ed In the dense timber alove the
rad.
The man who acted - spokesman
for the highwayn,en IL described as
being about five feet, six or seven
inches In height, and weighing about
100 pounds. He had large blue eyes,
ford complexion and light hair. The
low er portion Of Ills face was con-
cealed by false whtskers made from
buffalo or hear skin. 1t Is not known
here what amount Of money was In
the treasure tox. Inquiry was made
Of the hank officials and express
agent, but neither Of them knew
whether 1t contained money or not.
AZ the coach passed through the Park
Sheriff Easter!y. Of Jefferson county,
was met, to whom The facts Of the
robbery were given. The passengers
were not molested nor asked to ct'n-
tributv to the agents. 1t seems they
wanted the treasure box and nothing
more. This fact gives rise to the sus-
picion that they we're under the i;n-
preston 1t contained large amount
of money. 1t was q bold rDblery,
well planned aud successfully exc
cuted, but the agents are go"d ones
il they ''get away" with it.
A New Enterprise.