The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-10-28

D -stnnd over there" Each Que W,
: disarmed the same way, aud u
y pistols Of all fang under tue coac
: While no ono could say tho driv,
= stood in with the ageut, he certainl
, acted q contemptible part. lie ba
= stopped tue coach at gesture. an
, now sat on his seat with his face en-
, tireiy free from anxiety. Hs wa
armed With two revolvers. and d
: could have easily shot the ayeu
through tho hosd, as the latter gay
him no attention whatever. Vel
there stood the five men in line, an,
tho agent surveyed them aud said /:
II must have $4,000 out of thi
crowd, Captain place your none,
on the ground. Watches aud rings
don't care for, and none OF yol
seem to have any diamonie."
One threw his wallet down in con
totnp', and the others followed suit
The agent picked them up, collected
tho greenbac'Ss, and upon counting
mp the sum total, he laughed morri
ly aud observed:
This crowd must no looking for
a poorhonso. Now, geUts, no NOR,
foollng. Thero's money here aud
am going to have it, II it isn't in
yonr pockets it's in tho coach, II il
ism I iu the coach the Indies have it
Shell out OF Iii search every one OF
you.'
"lou have my last dollar,and may
the bills burn you" said tho Captain
as the agent stood waiting for him
to haud over somo moro.
mo bard feelings, Captain" re-
piled he, as he turned to the next
Every man in the line denied that he
had any more money, aud for q mo-
ment the agent seemed nonplnssed.
Then ne backed up to the open door
OF the stage, leaving them abont ten
feet away, aud still covered with his
revolver.
Ladies'" he said, iu O voice az
soft "a n girls, II didn't mean to
trouble you. I've had such poor luck
outside that l mnst request a con-
tributiou. Pleas -hs-.' ~, .ha -,c.
men"
The women ware terribly trighten-
cd, aud both started at once to com
ply with The order. The husbands
saw ruin staring them in the faces
and the one next to the Captain,
whose name was Traverse, breathed
so hard that all could hear him
Suddenly, as if shot from a cannon,
and with tho agent still covering
them, Traverse sprang forwrrd. lie
made just two jumps to cover the
distance. The revolver cracked, and
the bullet cut a lock OF hair
from his head, bat the next instant
he had seized the barrel with his
left hand and the mans throat with
his right, aud was crying for help.
All gave it fast enough, and inside
Of ten minutes the fellow was dis
armed and bound.
1t was wonder some OF them
were not killed, for he fired every
chamber in the revolver. His strug
giles, too, we're terrific, but it wat
not until the artist picked up one Of
the weapons, and belabored him
over the head with the butt of il
that he grew quiet. The first move
was to search him and get the mon
ey, aud divide it according as the,
had contributed. He took matters
very cooley when he realized that h'
was hopeless, saying that they wer'
no gentlemen to use him so roughly
and calling attention to the fact tha
he could have shot every one o
them. They were binding him NOR
securely, when detachment OF cav
airy came up and he was turne
over to them as prisoner. He wa
I taken over to camp near Julesbure
bat within q week he made brea
a and secured his freedom. He oam
v within an ace Of securing the bigge'
q haul of the year. The women ha'
q as has been related, $15, 800 hidde
q away aud every dollar Of this We
" ready to be passed out to him wht
Traverse interrupted the program
@ me.
10 81 have said the Captain, in Col
clusion. "fought Indians. skirmish'
It with grizzlies. hunted down outlaw
m aud had my share Of adventures wi
ID rattlesnakes, but this was the on