The Butler weekly times., 1882-08-23
p0RBER AT MT. DESERT.
, aishwayman Appear at a Snnl-
mer Resort.
-, he Frank James Who CooIlv
Robs a Co%ohlng 7arty7

Rar HarD0r- NC nc Wholc VII
= has been in whirl of excite
=, for the last three days. Mount
ns.srt r,s the island that has heretofore
lsrne reputation tor peace and
sa,,sty. has Just been treated to a
ess,.class highway robbery. Rob
...;as have never before been known
Rar Harbor until this summer. A
.,,ies of petty thefts have already
fused the fears of the summer
.ssts. Several parties have had
ss;r silverware stolen. Others have
=. articles of smaller value, but no
s ,,e beyond the parties interested
.,ve the matter serious thought until
Wednesday noon, when the climax
! thefts was suddenly reached by an
- : Of the most daring and at the
.,me - time open character that would
s.re done credit even to the West.
. Green Mountain is the lottlest up
:, the island. a carriage road leads
- ~ rhe summit, upon which is a small
mounta,n = house. Buck-boards and
ether carriages are constantly ascend
;,o and descending this road. At
times they pass over rocky and steep
l.dges, and at times enter woods that
crow thickly on either hand and meet
over . head. 1t was near the opening
Il one of these leaty avenues that this
daring deed was committed. The
fine OF day was about a quarter to
o'clock. All the buckboards save
that containing Mr.. Isaac How and
his party had LETT the summit Of the
mountain and taken their passengers
70 dinner in the village. On this
buckboard were six people-Chauncy
Ioy. the driver; Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
How, Miss Kate simmons OF "Rac-
ouet Galop" fame and another lady
and gentleman. About two-thirds
Of the way down. perhaps two miles
rom the village. while they were all
earnestly engaged in discussing some
topic or other, they were startled by
i man springing out from behind a
thick growth of bushes beside the
way. He was dressed in loose over
als, his head was entirely enveloped
in mask that hung loosely over his
breast. and he was armed to the
teeth. Quickly presenting a revolver
at the drivers head, he commanded
him to stop. On seeing this appa-
ration leap from the bushes, 10y had
grasped his whip and was on the
point oflashing up his horses. ''But,"
said he. "when saw that pistol
pointln' dead at my head and them
gray eyes O. his, l Just KEN down
offn' that seat mecker'n a lamb
'sHold these horses heads, >, said
the robbe,. Joy obediently held
them. Leaving the driver complete
ly subdued he approached the oc-
cupants of the carriage, most OF whom
had taken in the state of affairs by
this time. Of course all this trans
PRED in moment.
"Now," said he to the gentlemen,
''I'll take what money you've got.
He spoke in a clear, calm tone
and acted in the old time, sterotyped
Dick Turpin style. Miss Simmons,
thinking the affair a huge joke on
the part OF some enterprlsing 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 fighwayman. "Give me that
roll of bills in your inside vest pock-
ct"
The bills were handed over.
''But," said Miss Simmons, who
with the other ladies preserved great
coolness, ''you don't want those pa
pers in the wallet?''
certainly not and selecting
them calmly and deliberately tron
the wallet he handed them to MIR
How.
"Now," said he, "your keepers
please"
One of the ladies told him she hae
no watch.
madam, we never trouble
LADIES', was the answer, with pol1t'
bow.
During all this interview the robbie
kept his pistol pointed at the heat
OF one of the gentlemen, keeping HI
eve on the other meanwhile. Atte
the valuabies had been given up
with tragic wave OF the hand
''pass on" he said. and 'remaine'
Standing in the road, covering tn
party with his pistol until they wer
out of sigat.
Driving rapidly into the village tn
victims of the robbery notified tn
authorities. The story spread lik