, 1883-08-25

The Matil.ted and Cory Remainst:t Of
One Of the Pendletsn stage Krobbers
Forwarded 10 This City for ldentinea-
tion-..A Hoax that /" Took In /" the Cute
Ones of the City.

Oues cA INC my
On yesterday Afternoons overland stage
the Wells, Fargo & Co. officials, In this city,
received large. suspicious locking box,
forwarded from the Pendle.on office. and be
iieyed to be shipped by the Pendleton agent
Livermore, and Lewiston agent, Barger.
Upon opening the box, Mr.. Whitman was
horri6ed to find the CORY remains Of a mu-
tilated human being; but upon further in
vestigation, the same proved to be re-
markably well gotten up danny, with
pistol clasped in its miniature hands, and
labled. Zone of the late Pendleton stage
robbers; sent to Walla Walia for identi-
fcatlon." Whitman at once determined to
have some fun, and after arranging the box
in an obscure corner of the office, quietly set
the story aAoat that one of the stage robbers
had been shot, and sent here sor identified.
ton.
One of the first to bite was the pompous
managing editor Of our morning cotempo-
rary, xho was willing to bet SIX to one that
ne could identity the man. and started of
post-haste to the express office. In about
a minute he quietly stole out and disap-
peared .round the corner. All OF the news
paper reporters in town Except the STATES
NAM fell victims to the hoax; one of them
even regretting that the deceased could not
be interviewed
Tom Quinn lost $50 customer in his
anxiety to view the remains; and Tex Au-
berry hardly stopped to put his hat On.
When he left the express office he COM
menced a quiet search for the man that
''gsve him the business"
Officer Ames "got on and rode, and i'm
mediately started for Chadsey's and told ex-
Marshal Justice that one of the stage rob-
bers had been killed, and was at the express
office. He wasn't quite sure, but believed
he was man that gave the police much
trouble last winter. Wouldn't John come
up and take look? Certainly John would,
and he started post-haste for the office.
Poor John. he fell awful hard.
One or two prominent physicians wanted
the corpse Ter post mortem, but changed
their minds on viewing the remains. Off.
cials in the land office, headed by the val
liant Rooney, "wept over the poor unfortn.
mates untimely end. but changed their
minds alter viewing the ghostly (?l specta-
Gle. Postmaster Bill Slime /" joined the regu-
lar army. oh, and then took position on
the street corner and laughed himself trans
parent, as each disgusted spectator silently
stole from the shades Of the express office.
And SO the fun went on. 1t was notice
able that every victim was most Jealous to
have company. Charley DAVIS got so
worked up that he forgot the price of water
melons; and even offered premium to par
ties who would go over to the express ettice.
1t is estimated that over 400 people visited
the office during the afternoon, among whom
were ladies, merchants, bankers, ministers,
lawyers, in fact representatives from every
class Of our people.
The sell was a good one, and had the
.'remaius " bten removed to Picards un-
dertaking rooms it would have met with un-
bounded success. A few were little dubl-
Gus about dead man being left at the ex-
press office, consequently thay did not bite
so readily. But the express boys had lots
of Joy out Of the reacket, which they de-
serve, as there was $50 charges on the
box