The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-27
TERRIBLE OUTRAGE.


 Yes" said the ssAee-co.ch driser, lighting his cigar. with an expression of savage exAsperation. you are r,gh,. or all the mean and brutal road agents l ever me; since I've been in the business the ones that stopped our stage on the Dutch Flat roAd last night were the worst
 Exactly said the delighted reporter, who had come up on ,he frs, train 10 ge, the particulars. usi ~ait uIl ge, these other s~o pencils sharpened. Now. thea all set
 I've been m many stand up. con- ,inued the dryer. IeuospcciNesy. dus- ing the siN.een years I've handled the ne5ons on the high ,rails. bu, this lets me plum out. Why. thA, tune Tn - when kodoy the Weasel and his gang showed both leaders over the ciif. au& made the Wells Fargo messenger swat low his eigar whole, wasn', a marker 70 |;
 Don't say replied the newspaper man. growing more excited. ",sIve me ;he fail details. please"
 remember once up on the Hogs Back. n Amadoor." wen, on the skin. handler, after sloomily ordering another ho, Scotch. " that was dlising d whole stage full of legislators down toward Sac ramento. There were i've senators and nine members. b'lIeve when Black BliI-used 10 be ughthand man of as. qaez. you knoS-lumped Us righ, on top ot Inc grade with hls gang. They un- hitched the traces and stood he passen- fA rn uavh At-f Pretty soon the fellows as were se.tre hing the pockets be gan Ia swear.
 Well. l'ii be darned.n says one of them. II l ever see such an internal To, of paupers ln my lie. I'm d d If there IS Inc pnoe of square meal among them
 "Aou're dead rlsht. boys says one of the passengers, with grin. You've made liitle mistake Tn robblng us jus, now. You snosld have waited until the sessicn vas over and then we'll be well iiNed. We're all new members. you see, and has en', had tune ye, to ge, in.r
 = Do you mean to say you're all members oi the legislature = sad Black Bill
 The same
 Then. says BiIl. :. l apologize. Gne 'em back everything a, once. boys. Honor among thle,es. and he c, them al %.
 ," es. yes sad he reporter. impa- ;ien,iy l remember abon, that. Ne published the occurrence al the ,mc. ba; how abou, las, nights affair =
 was only gong io show how square and de cni some oi these highwayhen are. and how all-tlrcd mean and ,tucl others an ae;. Why. these fellows VIC struck las; night were the most internally, outrageous. blood but eant even new bear ;o ,hnk of IL and the s,al.art frame ot the dtsvcI shuddered wiih emotion.
 Try ant brace up long enough ;o gsse me the facts. pleaded tho journalist. 4 lof of reporters from the other papers will be here on the next tram. and l want 10 wire a full account before ~e go to press. Let's see, II was abou; one clock this morning, wasn't II ,''
 Yes said the driver m husky voiee ." II was, and about sixteen miles from here just where the road turns into Big Bear bottom. There wasn't any moon. and the first thing l knew six masked men jumped out of the chaparral and covered the stage with shoicuns knew they wasn't regular road agents they acted too rough and savage for that. There were iust fodrtecn passengers all told. and Inc sooundrels stood them up in a TOW women and all. Then a couple of them took lamp and wen, down the line. with their revolvers. and
 Cleaned 'em out - sad the reporter, sna,ching up another pencil.
 Worse than that groaned the drver . they held their cooked pistols to the passengers heads and"
 Blew their brains out 7" gasped the writer.
 Worse than that-worse than tha, - >obbed the driver; they compelled every mothers son of 'em ,o subscribe for the new democratic .fM me. too !"
 And with a dull, sickcning ,hud. the poor man fell senseless 10 the floor