The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-08-03

and exposing sandy hair under his hat.
he then asked Lamson what he had on
board. "Boot and shoe samples" was the
answer. "well, we don't want any of them;
| they all come odd. Take another drink"
And they did Mike drew roll of bills and
the diamond ring from his pocket and said:
IAN honest man has hard time making n
living these days." and appeared to think
he had not been fairly rewarded as a men,
Der Of the Deer Lodge and Helena Road
| Relief Committee. His spirits rallied how
ever, and he chaffed with Lamson, merrily
| calling him "son" and regretting that his
facilities for transportation would not enable
him to relieve him of part of his load. Lam
son finally said: "If youdon't want anything
of me why can't drive on?" Gust wait q
minute or two longer, son, until that coach
gets over the hill; take another drink and
n cigar~ Presently Mike said: CAN right,
drive on" and as Lamson started up his
horses the robbers seized the treasure box
and mail sacks and started off with them
toward the brush.
Demas Taillon's coach and private team
which came along soon after knew nothing
of the occurrence, did not see any one in
sight, and had no intimation of the robbery
until they overlook the Others at Dog creek.
Messrs s. r. Hauser aud Granville Stuart
came over the same day and about two hours
ahead of the coach. Mr.. Hauser recollects
seeing man lying near the roadside at the
point where the robbery occurred.
We are indebted to Messrs. Robbins and
Lamson for details of the above incident.
There are also some matters of interest
from the passengers point of view. The
robber mike" is described as large framed
man, apparently spare in flesh, with blue
eyes looking sore or infiamed brown hair and
reported by one of the passengers to have a
scar on his nose. He is very cool, has a pc
culiar voice, and walked with slow, swing
ing stride. He had on n cheviot shirt, brown
SLOUGH hat, brown overalls, and moccasins.
The shotgun man is reported to have
looked like boy, was in shirt sleeves, had
on brown overalls and shoes or boots.
The man with the rife who kept back was
tall and slim, wore dark clothes and round
cap, had on boots and shoes, and was also in
his shirt sleeves. He kept more concealed
than the others.
or an old rubber coat, and all wore spurs.
Notwithstanding Mike" was not satisfied
with his cleanup, remarked that "he knew
there was more money in the crowd than he
found" and went back and re-searched the
stage, he still did not get as much rs he left.
The passengers had been talking "road
agents." and probably each one had thought
what to do. Robbins, who jumped out first,
pushed roll of greenbacks amounting to
500 into the curtain as he passed out. He
looked for it on his return and thought it
gone. At Dog Creek station Mrs. Bradley
found it in the bottom of the coach. Another
passenger, who probably carried valuable
pocketbook, slipped it under the seat as he
rose and il was not disturbed. Mr.. Pennoyer
tore his $3.50 watch from the chain, and
dropped it behind the seat. He then loosed
the chain and dropped it. Mike found the
chain but missed the watch. 1t was recov-
cred all right. Henry Sizer had $50 in his
pocket but Mike did not get his nippers on
it. VIM. Lamson had si5 in greenbacks on
his person, but as Mike did not ask for it he
brought it on into town.
The size of that shotgun was n matter of
some inquiry and fun in town. One pas
senger asserted there would be no trouble
whatever in driving pan of mules down the
barrels, and another says the mu;:Zle of the
gun seemed to occupy the entire landscape
in that direction.
All joking aside, the robbers hsd the dead
wood on the crowd from the turn loose, and
all there was left to do was to submit grace
fully and save as much of the wreck as posi-
BILE. There was one gun aboard and one man
had bean flip" pocket pistol.
The stage mar who was aboard gave Mike
chin music about robhing
women and children, etc, bat Mike kept his
temper, admitted the point, and excused his
party on the grounds that " that times are
mighty hard
One of the ladies, doubtless speaking more
from grateful recollections of the forbear-
ance manifested toward them tRan from an
unprciudiceh and judicial standpoint, re-
marked after they got started: We'll! He
acted the perfect gentleman, anyhow"
Two leather mail pouches were taken and
slit open. Except one registered package of
fourth. class matter, merchandise, from Gin
ciunati to Fort Missoula, there is no evil
dence anything was taken. Four letters had
the ends torn off and replaced. One of these
was an official letter from the ii elena Rand
Office to Frank LaRdon, Esq, Dillon, NJ r.,
and came in to Deer Lodge mark ed: "Opened
by mistake by three highwayme n. tSigned)
Posse" We are inclined to til ink this was
one of McTague's jokes. Two registered
letter packages were untouched. The robbers
were evidently not so well cup" in postal
matters as in the boot and shoe business.
The treasure box also came in Monday.
The bottom of it was crushed in with rocks.
1t is proper specimen to depo sit IN the His
torical Society as relic of prol 'ably the last
stage coach robbery on the line of the " orth.
srn Pacific road. There were three pack ages
opened and the contents distracted, w.:
l - Buigquist, Helena, to Hill da Buigquist,
MINI, containing 500.
g. NJ. +. Gibbons, Helena, to L. Mclean,
Heron Station, Mont, containing s2J.
3. John j. Fallon, Helena, to a. J. Patter-
son, Ogden, So.
Some smaller articles and q valuable book
to the editor of the NEW Non TIL.
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