The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-08
GLANDS UP! F"
Helena and Benton Coach
Robbery.

r,o Sun River CMont maj Sun, Of
nov 29th, publishes the following
'a of a daring highway rob-
Sorv on the Helena and Benton
ot,oe coach, committed by two road
srants near place called Mitchell's,
&c the canyon. on the Tuesday a.
.arncon preceding the above da' e.
THE Suns informant was Mr.. Cha
Conner. His account runs as fol"
lows: :.
1--WE had just had dinner, and it
sosmed az Lnou we were scarcely
ont OF sight of the station when the
coach suddenly stopped. Myseif ana
Charles E. Dudley were on the IN
eide fhe right side curtain was
down. and moment sfter tue stop"
nsge of the coach it WAS Iulle d as lde
md man showed q sjx-shooter In
side ard sad: j..
GNow, then, you fellows get out
here, lively"
ave did not appreciate the situa-
ton at once, and tie order was re-
neated in a tone that caused US to
FeaIize that it was no joke, and We
got ont, We were then ordered to
Throw I'D our hands and march up
in front of the horses, and told to
iook down the road and not to move.
One Of the robbers held six-shooter
in each hand, one on us three pas
eengers standing i'll front OF the
horses, and the other on the driver
The other then went through US,
from the ground up, taking every
thing that he found - pocket books
kniver, pipes, tbscco, JeWelry, wat
ehes. and about $3.50. After they
had got all we had, they pulled out
the mail sacks and cut them open
and took all the valuables they c'n-
tanned. They then ordered us to
help gather up the scattered mall
ana throw it into the coach loose,
after which We were told t. get in
ourselves, and the driver was or
ordered to drive on and not look
back"
Word was cent back by a MI
Nicholson, whom they met, to Nit
chell's, TO have the stock tender q
to Silver City and telephone tt
Helena.
The robbers were small sized men
one apparently about % years Oh
and the other about go. They wOr
black cloth over the upper part O.
their faces. They appeared to un
deretand their business thoroughly
and were perfectly cool.
On Mr.. Cooper's watchchain he
wore a small locket containing his
wife's picture, which be asked the
road agents to allow him to keep.
Cant do it, young man, we're toe
hard up" was the reply.
T. T. Bradley, q young man direct
from the State of Connecticut. wal
the passenger who occupied the. seal
alongside the driver. From him
the robbers only got 81 and his
jeweIry, watch, etc., at their
first search, but after they
were through one said, 81 believe
That fellow has some more money,
so they went through him again ane
found the remainder of his cash il
an inside vest pocket.
They did not rob the driver. IA
turally EuppOsing that he was broke
which was fortunate for him, as III
had about 5000 in his pocket.
1t is impossible to tell how mucl
booty the robbers obtained fl ON tn
mail sacks, ard the postmaster her
is unable 10 say how much regis
tered matter there was.
This is the first stage robbery com
mitted on this road fer a namber o
years
The names Of the passengers wer
G. E. Dudley and G.. Cooper, O
Belknap, F. 7. Bradley, of New
Haven, COnn. TIE driver goes b,
the name 0: Scattering Tom"