The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-05-25
ROBBING STAGES OUT, WEST.
a 1o/D AGENT TELLS Tow EAsILY
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Invariably sss Badly Scared - Asrnur.
LADKRA, CAL. May 1.-Two stage robbers
In jail here for operations In the Yosemite VAL
10y have been visited By many people and
questioned - to their career on the road
Both men are fully Identified ~ the individuals
who stopped . coach last fall and relieved the
passengers OF thoir vnluabcs. Both claim that
this IL tho only robbery OF the kind they ever
participated In. but under the influence OF free
cigars they confessed that they had certain
friends and acQuain.ances who had had some
very queer experiences NJ road agents. some Of
them on the Yosemite trail.
For man who wants real good business
and An easy sort OF life." said Tolman Tor
hume. ono OF the prisoners. II would advise
him to 60 to work on the Yosemite route. Liv-
ing IL comparatively cheap and good In that
vicinity. and stages are just plenty enough
not too plenty. but Just enough. You don't
want 70 tackle every stage that comes along.
for that would spoil the whole thing. People
would not ride. and after while there would
be no stage at all. You must let the rscolec-
tion Of one hold up kinder fade out OF mind
before you spring another on them. Whom
months drivers get kinder careless and pas
sengers take greater risks.
My observations have convinced me that
there Isn't anything In this world that the ma
iorlty OF people fear more than . road agent.
Its all noonshine. but II 10 q fact. nevertheless
o 70 ns very
stage. can tell YOU. Your mind must b. on
things present und things prospective. You
must work 4 SO KEW can cat your caks. or
on caser.s soad lis va. aa Ss
TOOK T. The result was that bsiors many W." Weeks
Two. and the drivers d them used to 60 90 over 3.
the route nlone very often. One time my friend
To hroW E his hsnd Which s d
Then my friend went around to the side Of the
coach to interview the passengers and found
horses. and. noticing that the driver was smll.
-. What trick p says the driver.
boavW sbss didSs you tel me you hadn't any
e" Wsli. what have YOU got = said my friend
driver dian hsSs s sny6ine blu, little
whisksSy and he nave the agent some and took
after a while my frlSnd got up on the box and and
rode i've or ten miles with tie driver. just TO
Keep hiT me and to bear what he had
f, and he gave the agent some good ad.
YOU SaG Esy ns tina b.,ns,. a, ,b,. rad
ruined yourself, and ruined the company.
s here 70,
R You restore eondsaess nYs oS snH
work a stage line without confidence any more
clear out Of hero and stay out. and when the
arteries OF trade open up once more then you
Si Il "S %a SS' Sp
FTsnalsH0 ,, for !, few weeks and sn;Gy your
Then s.s! Shsa yca feel ike il come out and lake
when my friend lsit him-Ss Enew sTs good a Sa
more than hs did before and have heard that
10 profitsd BY Il to some extent. At any rate
-. Now. there is no danger in stopping coach.
S 's ss Sesn Oh o' !Rs
coast for thirty years. Nobody kills road
IL the s the .Ssx
that they DO not think Of anything but comply
as safe y business as preaching. and safer than
as sssiS ss nsfsln SaS
whom he invited to shell out, made him feel
that he would never have Thought 81 asking i
for. One man. remember, he told me about IL
Sands up snd lis sssS Il ma
o. his vest pocket . little xad q money. not
dire punisSmens Would Be- inicseS upon sH Si%
In case he did not pan out a. we'll Is the others.
16 as s: ~ Gs ks
,Sss ,s tick . tdS put ounS .xSs xhsss
ranF but Se SSd toa .hs
ssd ha have
know dozens Of just such experienced.
ea %Ps Mas as Vie f ss
o. s Of hns
10 would take the former; every time. Now.
no danger IN It. Hs Was an s1pe M man.
and knew that the thing was safe: I honestly
believe that Il: when be wa. going THROUGH .
you'd have tainted. away. not 80 much from
fright as from surprise.
IN dsS IL had an .Soas
him. ttu and voice that could b. heard mile IA
Deg when he heard him rsm eSs S Sss
he was downed once. and By woman, too. He
land. and there was se6oolma'am In The
crowd who wore .pectacles and was . good
deal more angular than any Of the women they
raise out here When be ordered hands
up he didn't notice that she refused
the limo. and be didn't pay much attention to
her anyway. AS he proceeded along the line.
working the different victims as he went along,
he noticed that her arms were behind her. and
that she WAS Q slender old girl. 30 he said
nothing until he came to her. Then throwing
all his power into his lungs he yelled, Hands
upp Well. she put her hands up. She had
one ofthose Cape Cod umbrellas with whalebone
ribs as big as your finger. and when she raised
her hands she cutched that umbrella with the
head. He told me he saw double for week
knocked out.
1T was /. mighty tickllsh moment. As
have said. you work a coach load easily by ter
rifying them and getting away before they re-
cover their self possssslon., Now, here was, a
woman who had not lost hers ut all, and II the
men at the other end OF the line had had an OPP
Portuntty to think for moment they would
my cousin-before he could get out Of the way.
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