The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-24
rHK POINT IN STAGE RoBrINu

s'NN' tAtTe hNe NO ANSNtiShtNs
TEE POINT IN STAGE ROBGING.
4 valuable Lessen, but R..asr Too
Late for Practical Use.
FRESNO. CAL, Nov. 9-When the
young men, Prescott and Nyers, coz
victed here Of robbiDg the Yosemite
stage last winter, were ssssd if they
had any thug to say why sentsDcs
should not be passed upon them, they
looked at each other . moment, aud
then Prescott, after eaugning oncs or
twice, said he was not prepared to
make speech, but he would sly they
wont into the bns., ess for fan, were
mora than satisfied with their expert
ence, ann hoped the judge would lot
tseh Oh easy. The court addressed
~ m brh H. on The grsvity OF sheir
unsnse, and the Nv csseity which eX-
isteO tor breaking up tho read agents.
OPERATE ms, amt then sentenced them
Va 20 years Imprisonment in tAe State
penitentiary.
:" h. judge took my breath sway"
said PrencutE a ilt,la later, when he
aDu his companion hau returned o tbs
Jail, "for had hoped all along that We
would get ouS If lhis thing I, little
ess'Sr than thai. Now, 10 ia you tbs
ttufh sbon tbc mater, vs. got int the
scrspe IL juht tina way: About yesr
sgc, now, read in newspaper the
sCnIy OF Al old stegs robber VINO wac
telling how easily 10 could BIS done, He
@aa up III Cioverdale, and was sood
deal ~ q lion. The newspaper article
vent on to say thaJ anybody oould do
ap stage, and tbst IL mnds little DIFF
ference wnetner lhs rObber WAS qyn,sd
or not. Myers SID / worked in Tho
cosntiy up hero, sid ] showed linn
she article. Ha bic at once, and
after WI had thikea the matter over
tor while we cGctus1 10 20 up To
Cluverc ia auu req tho rubOer, last fJr
he sas o OF seeing 4 he had hsru c,y-
recDly reported. Whsu va glg there
10 WAS dYuDb, aud il took us two or
tbreu days 10 Sel hin suher enough to
talk. Th6a show d bin the pawspa
ger ar icls, 81 q gttYr hs mad iesd u he
sHid u wa 81 true, though lie didn't
Is msul Der meoc'ng the gentleman who
wtoieiE. We talked with him an hour
cT t~O and iouud kisl mine OF infor-
nation. He gave w a detailed account
o' al bin sxploiie, t0ld ns jutt what to
do at ,vsry stags Of The gene, aud
taen said very mysleriOusly:
The most ifoooriaut thiGg shout
the business is som ethiug that eest me-
. beap Of time aud iaoncy, and ] can't
give IL M wiihont soms com pengstlop
SOME c0llslSral.'
meyers and l talked about this
branch OF ths inquiry, snd doeioed
not TO invest unless IL could b. had
cheap. The ola rohbsr wanted 500,
and We refused 10 psy 1t. Las. sum
mer W. talked the matter over several
timc', aud finally, hearing the. sn
Eastern party was going into the
Yosemite, we agreed u try g hold mp
once for luck. We got eysrythipr
ready ss the vetersn had told uc and
robbed the stage. Then We II, ont,
and about month later we were
caugnt, and here We are.
"Afitr we hgd bson la jail here for a
week TOR 80 Myers said 90 mo one iav
"'Thts all comes from not loArnit O
tso business. ThSt Clovsrdale caa1
SAID That tho most meortant thing
ablu the profession would cost 500.
Sni II wa hadU's been 90 siRighty
.sungy we might just Us well nave
learned Sll that there was 70 b.
learDed.'
ThAPs So said I, and then wo
dropped it.
"a few days later the Clovorisle
chap called 90 US. He was smiling all
over and seemed 10 ieel mighty good.
"'Sorry,' says he, sorry TO se9 you
hNuu har.. xryA II
s'iuction, you nsedn't have bsen hero
81 all. Bat IT can't be helped nov.
About 20 years, 'Aposs. ThEt'a what
they always get here In this State. Tue
reason Tor that 10 ia. 70 yoars is the
Limit. May BIS | womb be here when
you get out. came West In 81, and
lm getting rather old. With good
tune and other allowances you fvuerp
may get out OF Ssn Quentin perhaps
IN the yesr 1902 l can't say where I'll
os thsn' IL would be pity Tor my
knowledge to die with me, and SIS YOU
boys are youn,g rnd msy live good
while, aud ~ | take t,thsrly inter.
est in You, I'll sell you all I know
about tho pruisssion fer $50. Thst's n
big discount"
ave told you we'd think about H..
'hN AOiAf NnNiua No Wuuiu V0o
next day. Neither OF US had any idea
Of going int the business again, buI
somshUw our curiosity Yves aroused,
aud NJ We had little money We
thought we'd fad ont Just why 1t was
that We had had NO better success.
"When the veteran called saaip /
told him We had agreed to give him
$50 for The most important sec :et abou,
stage robbins, and his eyes sparkled
win delight Il called the jsiler and
tod him oweo tho man 50, and It was
paid To him. Then the vetsrsn said
he would 70 into the jail Office and
write IL down. An hour later thn
uler handed me a sealed letter, and
opening Is found on big sheet o,
paper In q bad serawi ths woroa
"Ths great s"cyet OF staging, nv
dcsr bows, ~; DON'T e.. caught"
"Won, should SMILE" says /, and
Myers said he would TO. Il thar old
reptile Ia on osrtn when wn get ont
hell get eau. 1t, and don't you forge,
IL. Ha gnt awsy from town bsfors ihs
police could get their hands on him.
Both OF tho prisoners are country
boys, and though their guilt - un mis-.
taxable, II is thought that, under ali
tho circumstsro COS, they havs baen
q. vxlt