Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-11-06
HoLo-UPs WITH VARIATIONS.
The Troublous Experience of Road Agents
la Mexico.

The Troublous Experience of Road Agents
Ia Mexico.
About a week has elapsed since three
bandits attacked a diligence in the
state of Vera Cruz. Among its pas
sengers were a number of Americans.
The driver. at the command of the
highwaymCn. who were backed by
three revolyers which fully covered
him, brought his horses to a stand.
still. He was made TO dismount, and
in the usual style was made TO stand
at one side Of the roadway with his
hands pointing heavenward. The pas.
sengcrs were then requested to step
out Of the coach and fall in line with
the driver. One of the Americans
was one Of the first TO obey the man.
date of the hold-ups. He. however,
on diSmounting did not leave his
Winchester behind, and had hardly
touched mother earth when he com
menced 10 pump cold lead into the
highwaymen with skill that put them
20 flight.
The day following this episode, and
in the same vicinity, the identical
gang tackled the stage again. They
succeeded in relieving the passengers,
who were all MeXicans, Of everything
of value Oh their person, and left them
doing duty III line with their hands
above their heads. Flushed with the
success that had attended their ex-
plot, the highwaymen had not gone
far before they fell in with two mule
drivers, and at the point Of the revol
yer proceeded to despoil them Of
everything they had packed upon their
animals One of the mule drivers,
not rclishing the treatment remon.
strated, aud he fell a victim 10 the
wrath Of the hold-ups. He was tied,
thrown 10 the ground, and Lis nose
buried IL the sand. His companion
kept discreet silence during the dis
position Of his goods and was not mo
Tested.
For some reason or other after the
robbers Lad completed their work,
one Of them remained behind. The
mule driver, who had kept quiet, said
10 him:
"Yo teconosco."
swell, ! will fix you so you won't
know me, replied the highwayman,
and he pulled his revolver and com
menced shooting at the driver who
kept dodgIng until the shots in the
revolver had been exhausted. He then
fell upon the hold-up with rock, say
ing TO him:
"Yo me toca, a mi" (now it is my
turn.
The first blow with the missile
knocked the skin off the robbers face.
They then grappled and fell 10 the
earth, polting each other without
mercy. During the struggle the other
driver managed 10 free himself from
the ropes with which he had been tied,
and with IA rock in hand he fell upon
the highwayman, beating him TO a
Jelly. The victorious drivers then took
their prize and tied him 10 one Of the
animals and escorted him 10 an ad-
jacent hamlet, where he was shackled
TO another prisoner. By some means
or other the two men effected their
escape from the room in which they
were confined. A posse went in pur-
suit, and a running fire was opened.
The man shackled 10 the highwayman
was killed by oneof the shots. He
was picked up by the gamy robber,
who made good his escape, notwith-
standing the burden lac was carrying.
Two or three days afterward, about
three miles from where the fight oc-
CURED, the body Of the man who was
shackled TO the hold-up was found in
o hat with his leg cut off, but the rob.
Der was gone. The highwayman, who
was recognized in the hamlet, is
known as a very desperate character.
City Of Mexico Cor. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.