The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-04
"HANDs Ue!"
II Robbery Of the Helsna and
Benton Coach Tuesday
Afternoon.
The Passengers Give I'm s360
and their Watches and
JACK Kulves-The u 8.
Mall Sacks R,fed
Of their Con
tents.
sun River Sun. Nav % I

we are Indebted to Charles
Cooper for the following particulars
OF q most daring highway robbery
committed by two road agents.
Tuesday afternoon, near Mitc6eil;s'
in the canyon:
1--WE had just had dinner" said
u informant, land it seemed ne
though we were scarcely out of
sight of the station when the coach
suddenly stopped. Myself and
Chas. f.. Dudley was on the inside.
The right side curtain was down.
and q moment after the stoppage of
the coach it was pulled aside and a
man showed q six-shooter inside and
said:
"Ncw, then, you fellows get out
here. lively"
1--WE did not appreciate the situation
at once, and the order was repeated
in q tone that caused us to realize that
it was no joke, and we got out. We
were then ordered to throw up
our hands and march up In front of
the horses, and told to look down the
road and not to move. One of the
robbers held a six-shooter in each
hand ; one Of us three passengers
standing in front Of the horses and
the other on the driver. The other
then went through us, from the
ground I'M, taking everything that
he found-pocket-boOks, knives.
pines. tobacco. jewelry, watches
and about $3.50. After they had
got all that we had. they
rulled out the mail sacks and
cut them open and took all the val
uah,es they contained. They then
ordered us to helm gather up the
scattered mail and throw it into the
coach lonse, after which We were
told to get in ourselves: and the
driver was ordered to drive on and
not look back"
Word was sent back by a Mr.
Nicholann whom they met, to-.
Mitchell's to have the stock tender
On to Silver City and telephone to
Helena.
The robbers were small sized men.
one apparently about 20 veal old
and the other about 80. They wore
black cloth I'VE the upper part of
their faces Thew appeared to under
stand their business thoroughly and
were perfectly cool.
On Mr.. Cooper's watch chain he
wore q small locket containing his
wife's picture, which he asked the
road agents IT, allow him to keep.
"Can't do 1t young man, we're too
hard np." vas the reply.
+. II Bradley. a young man direct
from the State of Connecticut, was
the passenger who occupied the seat
alongside the driver. From him the
robbers only got seven dollars and
his jewelrv, watch, etc. at their fret
search. hut after they were through
one said, II believe that fellow has
some more money!" 81 they went
through him again, and found the
remainder of his cash in an inside
vest rocket.
they did not rob the driver natur-
aliy surprising that he was broke,
which was fortunate for him as he
had about $500 in his pocket.
1t Is impossible to tell how much
booty tie robbers obtained from the
mail sacks, and the postmaster here
il unable to say how much registered
matter there was.
This is the first stage robbery cOm-
mitted on this road for q number of
years.
The names of the passengers were
C. E. Dudley and g. Coopar 1T Rel
knap, F. T. Bradley Of New Haven,
Conn. The driver goes by the name
of ''Scattering Tom"