St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26

81 was stopped a second time near
Bangor, in this county, while driving
between Marysville and Laporte. In
this instance there were two of the stage
agents. | was driving through a little
gully, and just as the team came up out
of it two men sprang out from the
bushes and cried 'Stop!' They had
THE DROP
on me, and stopped instantly. Two
passengers were on board. The robbers
took some stage money had and S5 that
a man at Bangor had given me to take
his wife and daughter from down the
road further, to Marysville, to see cir
Gus. | had about S25 in back pocket,
and this the fellows did not find. They
took my watch, but | said. You better
give that back; you don't want it,
SO one of the men handed
it back. The two passengers
hands. One Of them only held up one
hand. When the footpad poked him in
the breast with the cooked pistol and
cried: Up with that other hand!' it
went up in hurry. The passenger
said: L haven't anything that you
want;' but the fellow searched him and
pulled out a purse that looked as
though it had large amount of money.
That is sOmething,' said the robber.
They went through the wagon, shook
the mail sacks, but did not cut them
open, and took what change they found
on the other passenger. This done, they
said: Now drive on and | struck out
in a hurry. The man with the big
purse didn't seem to feel bad, and finally
told me that he only had $3.50
in silver, and the purse was
filled up with some quartz
specimens of no value. The fOotpads
obtained from us all less than $40. We
found out shortly afterward that it was
Red Antoine and one of his men, as they
were captured, tried and sent to the
state prison within three weeks from
the time of the robbery"
Said Frank Morse: II have during
the past sixteen years been stopped by
stage robbers no less than ten times.
In these robberies only upon one occa-
sion did the footpads trouble me or the
passengers or rob the mail. The men
generally had flour sack masks or some
thing of that kind, with holes cut in the
same to see through, and they were not
inclined TO talk any more than was alb
Solutely necessary. In almost every
instance they sprang out into the road
from behind convenient rock or bunch
of bushes and cried 'Haltp in terms that
were not to be disregarded, especially
as long as the command was backed up
BY sHoTGUNs
leveled directly upOn.uS.
''Once a man near Miners ranch
stopped me with rifle and cried:
Throw out that boXp l did not work
quite fast enough to suit him, and he
yelled out: - you, hurry up, or 1
will blow the top of your head off, l
replied: Don't be in hurry; / will
get the box in good time.' On one oc-
casion was robbed by four Mexicans,
and another time by one Indian; but
| the other times it was white men who
stopped the stage. The biggest haul
was $4,000.
Upon one occasion, when George
| Hackett, the express messenger, was
on board, we saw man hide behind a
tree, with a gun in his hands. Both he
| and Hackett. fired at the same minute,
and Hackett was struck in the face
with some of the shots. The
thick brush it was impossible
to find him. This was the second time
that Hackett had been interviewed
that day, and on the upper end of the
| line the noted Black Bart had attempt
| ed to stop the stage, but was slightly
wounded by Hackett; at least 90 Bart
| afterward told the detectives"
Enough nave been driving most of
the time since 1872" said James Parker,
81 have never been stopped but once,
and that was OH the fourth day OF De-
cember, 1856, in the Bidwell Bar canon,
near where the Gassoway family robbed
the Quincy stage many years ago. had
expected George Hackett, Wells, Fargo
| d Co.'s messenger, to come down on
this trip, but he did not reach Quincy in
time. The only passenger was
Mr.. N. d. Plum, former sheriff
of Butte county. l was letting the
team walk up pretty sharp pitch In a
narrow canon, when man jumped
into the road with gun in his hand,
and cried: Hold up, therep pointing
the gun at me. Tell those passengers
inside to get OUT said he. There are
no inside passengers 1 answered
Get down off there, old man, was his
next command to Mr.. Plum. Plum
started, but moved rather slow on ac
count of rheumatism. Hurry up!
| cried the robber. He replied. Il will
but give me little time,' . you
hurry up there say! Get move OIL
you.' As Plum started to climb down
noticed for the first time a second MAJ