The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-31
HELD Up By ROAD AGENTS
VETERAN KNIGHTS OF TIC BOX
TELL, HOW 1T WAS DINE.

The Summary Methods of Jack Bart
Talk Between Robbers al Roboed
The Man With Bea on the
Driver-A Constable in he Same
Box.
From the San Francisco Eiminer.
''One summer afternoon, 'said Stage
Driver John Holmes, while irving down
Berry Creek Hill, on the roviile and
Quincy road, with two passegers--D. w.
Banks, a lawyer of Modoccounty, and
Mrs. Jacob Millar, now of 81 Francisco
a tall man with a white 9th ever his
face sprang into the road finn behind a
bunch of mapzanita, and. psing a shot
gun right up toward me- criec Hold upr
81 held up mighty sudden. and when he
said, Hand out that box, boy didn't lose
any time but handed out tht box sorter
spry and cheerful, as though Twas anxious
to accommodate him. He dlI not modest
me or the two passengers, or canine us to
see whether we had any moneYor not, but
took the express box and carrsd it out of
the road to a low point where, IS we after
ward found, he opened it, fe obtained
about $3.50 in cash, watch, an diamond
ring, valued by the shipper to be company
at only 300, but which was rally worth
$3.50. The lady passenger pt off very
luckily, as she was carrying down from
Quincy about 81, 100 in gold con, and this,
of course, the robber missed
1.-The tall man was none otter than the
famous Black Bart, as he left lis usual note
in the empty box, with his name signed to
it. The diamond ring man tied t. hold
the express company for the fill value of
his ring, but received, of coure, only the
$780,
II was stopped second time near BAN
gor, in thisE county, while driving between
Marysville and Laporte. In tlis Instance
there were two of the stage agents. l was
driving through little gully, and just as
the team came up out of it twomen sprang
out from the bushes and cried, "Stop!"
They had the drop on me, and stopped in
stantly. Two passengers were on board.
The no bers took some stage money / had
and S. that a man at Bangor had given me
to take his wife and daughter from down
the road further, to Marysvile, to see
circus | had abont SOS in q back pocket.
and this the fellows did not find. They
took my watch, but l said: You better
give that back ;you don't wantit;' so one Of
the men handedit back The two passen-
gers were made q get out and hold up their
hands. One of item only held up one hand.
When the foOtpaG poked him in the breast
with the cooked PISTOL and cried, up with
that other handr { went up III a hurry.
The passenger said: I haven't anything
you want but tie fellow searched him,
and pulled out 6 purse that looked as
though it had large amount of money.
That is something's said the robber.
They went though the wagon, shook the
mail sacks, butlid not cut them open, and
took what change they found on the other
passenger. tbs done, they said, Now
drive on, and struck out in a hurry
The man with tie big purse didn't seem to
feel bad, and finally told me that he only
had 50 80 in silvr, and the purse was filled
up with some quartz specimens of no value.
The fOotpads Obhlned from us all less than
$40 We foun,, dlt shortly afterward that
it was Red Anton and one of his men, as
they were capturd, tried, and sent to the
state prison within three weeks from the
time of the robbey."
SAID Frank Mbrse: 81 have during the
past sixteen yeas been stopped by stage
robbersno less tlAn ten times. In these rob-
berries only upOnone occasion did the foot
pads trouble ne or the passengers or rob
the mail. Th men generally had Hour
sack masks orBomething of that kind, with
holes cut in he same to see through, and
than was absolutely necessary. In almost
every instane they sprang out into the road
from behine convenient rock or bunch of
bushes and cried 'Haltr in terms that were
not to be dsregarded, especially as long as
the command was backed up by shotguns
levelled directly upon us.
"Once man near a miners ranch stopped
me with a rifle and cried: Throw out
that boxP l did not work quito fast
enough to suit him and he yelled out: -
you, hurry up, or l will blow the top of
your head Off l replied; Don't be in a
hurry: will get the box in good time
On one occasion was robbed by four Mexi-
cans, and another time by one Indian; but
the other times 1t was white men who
stopped the stage The biggest haul was
$500.
Upon one occasion, when George Hack
EFT, the express messenger, was on board,
we saw a man hide behind a tree, with
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 man broke and ran, and in 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 at
tempted to stop the stage, but was slightly
wounded by Hackett at least, so Bart after
ward told the detectives"
Though l have been driving most of the
time since 1872, " said James Parker, II have
never been stopped but once, and that was
on Dec 4, 1886, in the Bidwell Bar canyon,
near where the Gassoway family robbed
the Quincy stage many years ago. / had
expected George Hackett, Wells, Fargo 81
Co. S messenger, to come down ON this trip.
but he did not reach Quincy in time. The
only passenger was N. d. Plum, a for
mer sheriff of Butte county. l was letting
the team walk up a pretty sharp pitch
in narrow canyon, when a man jumped
into the road with a gun in his hand
and cried: Hold up, theren point
ing the gun at me- Tell those passen-
gers inside to get out said he. There
are no inside passengers | answered. Get
down off there, old man. was his next COM
mand to Mr. Plum Plum started, but
moved rather slowly on account of rheu-
matism. Hurry upp cried the robber. lie
replied, Il will. but give me little time. >
'-y you'll hurry up there, | say Get
move on YOU AS Plum started to climb
down noticed for the first time second
mau in little gully to the left, with shot
gun pointed at me and resting ON top of the
stump. The first man now called to this
one to come out, and asked me if my team
would get scared if there was any excite
ment
81 don't know replied, Il never tried
them He said: wind your lines round