Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-10-05
The Stnce Held Up.

Wednesdays down stage for Casa Grande was hell up by two MeXicans six miles this side of it's destination and all the mail and express matter taken, The robbers cut two of the traces, but the driver. Nelson Caplett managed to improvise substitutes for them and, being without passengers or load, he dashed into Casa Grande at the top of the horses speed to give the alarm. The news was at once telegraph ed to Florence and pursuit was organiz- ed at each place that from Casa Grande found the empty express box and mail sacks on the trail of the robb CTS.
 The guilty parties are well known here and at Tempe, in which direction they went, and the officers of the lat ter place were communicated with by telegraph to look out for their arrival there, where they have relatives liv- ing.
 It is not known how much money was taken. There was no registered mail from Florence and but one pack age from Pinal. It is not known what the through Globe pouch con tained. The express box was not a bonanza, but several packages of mer- chandise were taken. It Is estimated that they obtained about $500 in money.
 This robbery occurred just one year from the first of a series of similar crimes, the stage on Tuesday, October 2, 1888, having been robbed by three Mexicans who were never caught. On Thursday, November g, 1888, the stage was again robbed, it is believed by the same parties, and on the fol lowing day it was again robbed, thIs time by an American who gave the name of Henry Miller, and is now serving term of twelve years in the penitentiary for his crime.
 The present instance possesses the same features as the former robberies by Mexicans, and their flight towards Tempe suggests that they belong to band of outlaws that ply their nefar- ious calling in various portions of southern Arizona.
 The government offers standing IcWdIu Ol P1OOO lOI tllt dIlSoI anu OOil' viction of mail robbers, in addition to which the express company offers a reward and the territory will probably offer an additional bounty for theil apprehension-suificient 10 induce the most determined search for them.
 THE DRIVERS STORY.
 Nelson Caplett, the driver, says he had got beyond the dry lake and saw in the distance two horseman coming toward the road at right angles, from the left or southeast direction. Ht intuitively concluded that he was 1T for trouble, but there was no escape and he kept on his course. They reached the road as he drove uI and the oldest Mexican dropped hi, rifle and the younger one his revolver Nelson told them not to shoot as h, was not armed, and he held up hi hands. The rifle was then lowered but the young Mexican kept him GOV cred with the pistol. They took ou the mail sacks and express box anC thoroughly searced the sage for valu ables, not forgetting to go througl the drivers pockets, which experience had taught him to keep empty. The. also demanded something with whicl to break open the express box ant were given an extra king-bolt whicl seemed to satisfy their demands. The, then rode off to the northwest, ant when they disappeared over the ridg surrounding the dry lake, and he hear' their blows in breaking open the box Nels got out and lashed the single trees to the double-tree, the outsid traces having been cut, and in thu condition he made Casa Grande il about twenty minutes.
 Deputy Sheriff Hickey and J. c Loss at once made ready and return ed with Caplett to the scene of tn, robbery. They followed the trai found the empty box and further o at the same point where the pouche were found on a previous occasion they found the mail sacks, ripped opel and empty. From this point thei trail went in the direction of Walker butte.
 The youngest Of the robbers was on of the party that robbed the stage year ago, and neither wore masks. Tn young outlaw used all the vile Ian guage at his command in abusing tn driver and threatened him with dir vengeance if he dared to inform tn authorities.