Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-01
THE HOLD UP.
Arrest oft the Supposed EObber---some sf his Strange MOvements---Hei is held to Await the Action of the
 Grand JurY.

In last weeks ENTERPRISE a brief mention was made Of the latest stage robbery on the Casa Grande road, from the meagre details at that time avail able. The particulars of the affair are about as follows
 Last Friday Mir. J. M. Hurley, of San Bernandino, Cal, who had been visiting Florence to look after his property interests along the Florence Canal, started for Casa Grande ill his buggy about eleven o'clock. He was followed little later by MT. E. A. Sake who drove one of his old stage coaches, and still later the regular stage left here for Casa Grande, car rying the mail and express, but had no passengers.
 Upon reaching Oneida station, an abandoned ruin where the overland road crosses the present Casa Grande road, about two miles south of the Halfway house, MT. Hurley was stop ped by the highwayman and relieved of about fifty dollars in money. The enterprising robber wore mask cut from an old blanket, with holes to look through. He covered MT. Hur- ley's head with piece of blanket and kept him until his job was completed. Mir. Hurley talked with the man and carefully noted the peculiarities of his voice and speech.
 In due course oi. .ti1he MT. Sake came along and he too was held a 1 prisonet, but was hot robbed, until the stage drove up. The driver was order ed to throw out the mail sacks and ex- press box which were opened by the highwayman and the money found in them taken. He then made Dr. Hur- ley gather up the mutilated letters, return them to the sacks and throw them into the stage, when he bade them go on and he disappeared in the brush.
 So soon as Casa Grande was reach. ed word was telegraphed back of the robbery, and Under Sheriff Thomas immediately dispatched two trusty men to the place to trail, if possible the robber. The night proved to be g stormy one and it was found to be i'm l pTdCtlCdDlc UO IOllOW A lIdll WhiCu Wal soon obliterated by the falling rain.
 The same night a stranger walked into Casa Grande and remained there all night. He had been an object o suspicion there 8 few days before anc when he was pointed out to MT. Saxt he was at once positively identified by him as the robber, by reason of tn, clothes he wore being identical witf those worn by the thief. The stran ger was thereupon arrested. In on, pocket was found $35 in gold and silver in the lining of his hat number o greenbacks were discovered, and il the pocket of his vest number of golC coins were found. He gave his nsm' as Henry Miller and said he had wife in Texas. At his examination Monday morning both Mr. Sake ant MT Hurley fully identified him as tn guilty party, and Justice Marshal held him to appear before the gran' jury. He arrived at the county jai safely on Monday night in the custod Of Messrs. J. P. Gabriel, A. Price an, D. w. Cummins. .es
 The man has been recognized as tn same party that came up from Gas Grande on Wednesdays stage waybille as Henry Brown. He got out of tn stage at the stage office, took his TO- of blankets and disappeared. O. Thursday evening he visited Sam Bol ties 5ssser sbop and wss- shsSed al ter which no one seems to have see him until he again reached Gas Grande, unless he was the party tho robbed the stage. He says he wake all the way from Florence to Gas Graude, which no well-halanced ma with over hundred dollars in hi pocket would do.
 There is scarcely the shadow of
 doubt that the right party has bee secured and it is believed the evidenc is sufficiently strong to give him good, long term behind the bars.