Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1884-06-14

Charles Cooper, n Of the victims,
gives the following details of the stage
robbery near Helena: "We had just
had dinner, and it seemed az though we
were scarcely out Of sight of the station
when the coach suddenly stopped. My
self and Charles Z. Dudley were on the
inside. The right side curtain was
down, and a moment after the stoppage
Of the coach 1t was pulled aside and a
man showed a six shooter inside and
said: Nov then, you fellows get out
here, lively We did not appreciate the
situation ut once, and thu order was re-
peated in a tone that caused US to real
ixe 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-shoo.er in each hand one on
us three passengers standing in front Of
the horses and the other on the driver.
The other then went through us, from
the ground up, taking everything that
he found-pocketbooks, knives, pipes
tobacco, jewelry, watches and about $3.50.
After they had got all that we had, they
pulled out the mail sacks and cut them
open and took all the ~yaluables they
contained. They then ordered us 70
gather up the scattered mail and throw
it into the coach loose, 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.. Nicholson, whom they met, to.
Mitchell's TO have the stock tender go to
Silver City and telephone to Helena.
The robbers were small-sized men, one
apparently twenty-five years old and
the other about thirty. They wore
black cloth over the upper part Of their
faces They appeared to understand
their business thoroughly and were per-
fectly cool. On Mr.. Cooper's watch
chain he wore a small locket, containing
his wife's picture, which he asked the
road agents to allow him to keep. Can't
do it young man we're too hard up"
was the reply. F. I. Bradley, a young
man direct from the state of Connecti-
cut, was the passengerswho occupied the
the seat alongside the driver From
him the robbers only got S. and his
jewelry, watch, ETC., at their. first search.
but after they were through, one said:
II believe that fellow has some more
money" so they went through him
again, and found the remainder of his
cash in an inside vest pocket, They did
not rob the driver, naturally supposing
he was broker which was fortunate f
him, as he had about 500 i'm his pocket.
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Decatur Republican: Carrie Burdette,
wife Of Robert !. B~nrle.te. died at Ard
more, Pa, Monday. She was an invalid
from her marriage, and the great huuor-
list cared for her a he would q babe,
giving her every possible comfort. Mrs.
Burdette was the daughter Of Auren
Garrett Of Peoria, and was married to
Burdette some fifteen years ago.. Her
father was opposed to Bob, and he made
the course OF true love of the young
couple anything but smooth. Bob was
q clerk in the ~postefice at that time,
and Carrie vac = bcssutiiui young iaiy,
but with a will Of her own that more
than matched that Of her father. One
day the GILMAN commanded her to dis.
card Bob. She refused and q violent al
tercation ensaeas Carrie had an unde.
fined trouble With her heart that this
precip;tated. She was stricken down
with q spasm. They sent for Bob, and
he found her pale and l~ifsless on the
sofa. Here she managed to express q
wish that they might. be married before
she died, and . clergyman was sen for.
The marriaae. Of the great humorist was
celebrated amid tears and signs. the
orange blossoma absent. and ,only the
pallor Of q dying face looking out from
the heap ofpillows. , Strange TO say. she
immediately began to recover. and she
soon -egained her former strength with
IT. however. was ~ rnaccountahls
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