Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-15

Dr.. Yarrow's Experience I'm Arizona
A Very Vulgar and UnrOmantic
Crowd OF Thteves-The Danger from
Nervousness ON the Part Of the Road
Agent.


DR.. Yarrow, of this city, was "stood up" by
''road agents" during his recent trip out west
1.-The real thing" he says, "is not like what you
read about. The robbers aren't at all polite
They don't walk up to you with their hats in
their hands, in that chivalrous way you read
about, and tell you they are very sorry to dis
turb you, &c. At least, the ones who took my
gold watch and all my money, out in the wilds
of Arizona, didn't do anything of that
sort. They may have been amateurs.
They were in a great hurry and were very
rough and brutal, cursng at and abusing us in
the worst sort of way while they robbed u.s. 1
had sort OF presentiment when we started out
that we would meet with some adventure.
When asked the stage-driver if there was not
danger of being stopped by road agents and
robbed, he laughed at the idea and assured me
that was just as safe In his stage for that trip
never robbed he declared. But said 1, sone
about two years ago. He les:' was the S1asqas
we went Off contenled. Ny revolver
was safely slowed away In my va
h lise: We were just nearing WV. two
ii we are stopped Ii will be ut one of two places
One Is right here and the other --@. At
this this point was cut short. The stage came to a
man stood with Winchester repeating rifle
covering us while another covered the driver.
Two others stood in the road, one in front and
lance holding the horses. They wore these long
yellow oilcloth coats, buttoned high about their
necks and coming almost to the ground, and
had broad white sombreros pulled down over
their eyes, and each had big red handker-
chief tied over his face SO as to cover ali below
the eyes. They cursed and abused us roundly
and told us to jump out, and be quick about it,
which we did. Then they stood us up in a line
and made us hold our hands up. One kept us
covered with his Winchester while the other,
with cooked revolver in his right hand went
through us for money and valuabes. He kept
the pistol pointed at the head of each as he
searching. All the time they poured
forth .volley of abuse and made them
selves altogether as dfsagreeable possible.
They seemed very much excited, and the
fellows hand trembled SO that held the pistol
that / feared it would go off accidentally.
called his attention to this danger when he was
searching me. Look here, my men, said,
might go off. You've got the drop on us. We
aren't fools enough to show fight. There's our
money. and goods. Ia Ike them, but be u little
civil about it. He only cursed me roundly for
my advice, and said if didn't keep still he'd
blow the d.n top. of my d-n head of. So
kept still. They took all our money and every
thing of any value we had, besides the mail
pouch. Then they let us go. After we got about
four miles away they changed their minds and
came after us again. don't know what they
wanted unless 1t was to kill U.S. But we didn't
care to wait and find out We put our mules
on dead run and raced them for our lives 1t
was about as exciting O race as ever had. 1t
was very nervous business. They were gaining
on us all the time, but we ran them until our
mules gave out. BY that time We had reached
the IN ules dropped / jumped from the stage and
ran for the ranch, waving my hat over my head
I'm hopes ofattracting the attention of some OF
the cowboys. The robbers knew assistance was
impression of them was that they were a blus-
tertng brutal set of fellows"