New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-15

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Opsnsd an embroidssed jacket revealing t6s term
q > wonss, sn1 cried cut WIN snesF' lou
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declared that his partner had been killed By an
rudy, narrow and thin, ending in . lit&le shad-
owy heard; that he had reached into the eoecn,
and shot Yorlte in the back through tbs epsn door
the gang and that as he withdrew. his hand. his
beard dropped from hts chin, and she had secured H.
At 10 O'clock that morning, be went to the Eng
sh Bank with the woman and sS enneT
he saw the little wsd Of beard on the ccun asd
picked it up. and looking ut II curlouSy' sald
discovered that his companion trcmbled violently
aud was becoming alarrningy pale, and lost no
time in leaving the bank
The woman was sure Of the identity, OF the man.
and would listen TO no possibility OF her mistake:
As for Mr.. Edgar Wood, he was cOnfounded, pup
he did the customary thing and set an In Engn,sh
tseS Of t Se English fSs Bank Of Mexico
The next payment went to the line In chafge
of o paymaster and q mounted guard, OF whom inc
chief was one of the most successful ladrones Q,
which he was well paid. "a,
Two months passed. No outward sign indi'
Gated any depravity on the part OF Mr VAULTS.
stsd nSeS man Ills soie dissipation was bis horse
back ride caCh morning unu iukhe
The time had come for another payment 70 the
men of the contractor and again Wood deter
mined to go in person with the money, ana ny
stage; This time he selected day when , laaf
relations with Vera Cruz, would travel, ana wenp
accompanied also by two Americans armed WIN
rifles and revOlvers. -,
well-armed, rode out in the same direction nall
hour after the stage left. The road had not peen
50 sSe n enssr Of e. a ey Mefe exposed in
transportation Of treasure, and made their ois1o-
sitions accordingly. Mr.. Wood and one compan-
the rear; the third man OF the party sat with inc
driver being a crack shot with q Winchester rifle.
When they stopped for coffee, at o'clock, no
one had appeared TO modest the stage, or create
suspicion. As they left the little inn the detec-
tive appeared in sight but the stage made no delay,
and the party were again on their way. A.,
effort Of the driver to stop his cumbrous team,
and heard the voice of the American by his side
s shS tya h STOP rife and
shout as he passed down his rifle, and called Tor
fresh one which he received at once.
Mr.. Wood and his companions, looking from
the coach, saw they were pursued by eight horse
men, who were now within two hundred yards at at
the rear Leaning from the coach window he
cried out 70 the sf 9Srca tod WONDER
fully on the speed Of the team.
Meanwhile the band approached, and the three
Americans fired together throwing the ladrones
lied at once, and six horsemen OF the elght were
drawing near when the drivers companion by an
other shot brought man to the ground AT this
moment the detective AMI his guard appeared IN
the rear Of the band, and Mr.; Wood ordered the
driver to slow down. The robbers discovered tho
trick, for, turning, they SAW the reinforcement IN
their rear, and lost time in leaving the road,
and making off across the valley toward the noun
tains.
Wood was able to return to Mexico in week.
The afternoon of his arrival he accompanied the
English Bank manager and the detective TO me
hospital of Guadalupe and found there, to the
surprise of the manager the teller. Mr. Carlos
Watfils suffering from shattered leg.
If Watils were tried in Mexico, it is by no
means certain that a conviction could be secured
under those laws 1t was indeed, chance IL the
Americans might not be made to suffer for killing
men who had not attacked them. In this view or
the case. Mr.. Watlls was sent across the water
with the English officer, and having been convicted
in London of the crime of counterfeltng was SEN
fenced to twenty years penal serVltude'-Ooan
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