The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-16
.,pIya HIGHwAFMEN.
,,teupt to Stop the Mendo-
Gpey ~, A' Stage, But are Feiled.

Post has the following account OF
I I1s'ns stage robbery:
dail ststemps was again madeiastnight
40 W. W. Nendocino stage, which left
tofOO ale s after the arrival Of the even
co, ,r'in, and was only frustrated by
sg u1r -ace of Henry c. Ward, Wells,
thseOus Co. IS shotgun messenger, who,
f' 1sO risk i of his life, stood the robbers
81 tnS Ths stage left there at 8 o'clock,
Of, hon about nine miles out, and a
80 distance from the Mountain tain
snor' two men were seen
House, in the road, armed
SANDING es One of the men was
ath me- On an elevation, which
stannlps him on a Level " tn the driver,
nongnsS ~ other had taken his station in
shlle "a when the stage got abreast
tbe roaut The man on the raise called out,
o. men sI Eslt | say!" and at the same
Hail. stc char his rife full at the mes
Bme u Tho was not slow in returning
sngeai, .a Init. unfortunately. without
BE MT The robber standing in the road
efeclsc Sd the shot taking effect IL the
ben l ~ tbe messenger, Ward, who was
lss me act of cooking his gun for the
D l. rd shot. When the cry OF halt. was
ssf cOddu Ward told the driver. James
9 9an,sne. to pull up, as he would IKE
hoI Interview the gentleman. probably
% thinking that shooting would occur
lo t1 I'm The driver endeavored to do
sos ~ tbe shooting scared the horses
% ~ Il was impossible to stop them,
y 1N sbav continued to run down the
anu VI The robbers fired no more shots
TOaI, DFv thinking they had found
eliuo one on the stage this time that it
g infd not do to trife with. The mes
s ."nar Henry C. Ward. is well known
sg n 90 the coast, having been con-
al with Wells, Fargo & Co. for over
iIso,Sty years. He has been placed in
49, Iositions of trust, where his
laarsoe and daring have been severely
tested before, and always proved true
~ IN his trust. This was the drivers sec
and trip over the road, and Mr.: Ward
Oavs him the compliment that his
foolness. bravery and skillful handling
II his team in case of emergency, he
never saw eXcelled.
" later account says: The stage con-
aimed at the time three passengers
i f.r' men and one woman. The first in
tmsiion of trouble was the order,
Halt Halt, l say!" Ward ordered
The driver to stop the horses, which
vas done. The messenger, with one
notion of his right hand, quick as a
Ash. almost, showed back the cocks
4 bis double-barreled shotgun,
aden with buckshot, and leveled
he weapon at the man on the bank
,stEeen whom and the heads OF the
NO on the stage there was about three
ards difference. The road agent had
ardly uttered the last two words of his
ommand when he let drive at Ward,
nd fred his Winchester rife, the bull.
Il blowing through the inner side OF
be left sleeves of the overcoat and coat,
lrowing across the breast of the over
1stand chipping off piece from the
pper edge of the button. Ward had
most at the same moment discharged
ne of the barrels of his shotgun
his assailant. The nearness OF the
70 shooters to each other was the
use that from the conclusion an"
G powder smoke Ward was CO.
ateiy blinded, the driver had his hat
lWn of. while his face was so black
st he would have been taken for
gro rather than a white man. While
deavorlng to cock the second barrel.
ard was shot at again by a second
ad agent, who was in the roadway
low his companion on the bank, and
whose direction Ward had partially
med himself. The three shots fright
ed off the horses, and in the confusion |
ey sped from the scene down the
.ep grade, under the admirable con.
d of the driver. Ward found himself
,unded in the right hand, the fore
ger being shattered and several buck
OF entering the hand. The female
ssenger says she saw the man on the
NIX rop.-Eureka Leader, 18th.