Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-03-01
HoLD-uss WITH VARIATIONS.
Tho TroubIoas ExperI~nse of Road Agents
In Mexico.


About week has elapsed since three
bandits attacked a diligence III the
state of Vera Cruz. Among its pas
scngers were a number of Americans.
The driver, ct the command of the
highwaymen, who were backed by
three reyolvcls 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 heayenward. The pas
sengers 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 10 obey the mali
date of the hold-ups. He. however,
OIL dismounting did not acave his
Winchester behind, and l@ hardly
touched mother Garth when he COM
menced 10 pump cold lead into the
highwaymen with skill that put them
to flight.
The day following this episode, and
in the same vicinity, the Identical
gang tackled tue stage again. They
succeeded in relieving the passengers,
who were all: Mexicans. of everything
of value on their person, and lett them
dNing duty in line with their hands
above their heads Flushed with the
success that he'd attended their ex-
plot, the highwaymen had not gone
far before they fell in with two mule
drivers, and at the point Of the revolt
yer proceeded to dcspoil them Of
everything they had packed upon their
animals. One of the mule drivers,
not relishing the treatment, remon-
strated, and he fell victim to the
wrath Of the hold-ups He was tied,
thrown to the ground, and his nose
buried in the sand. His companion
kepta discreet silence during the dis
position of his goods and vas not mo-
Tested.
For some reason or other, after the
robbers had completed their work,
one of them remained behind. The
mule driver, who had kept quiet, said
to him:
'Yo teconosco."
well, / will fix you SO you won't
know ME, replied the highwayman,
and lie pulled his revolver and conf
menced shooting at the driver, who
kept lodging until the shots in tho
revolver had been exhausted. He then
fell upon the hold-up with rock, say.
ing to him:
'.Yo me toca, mi" tnow it is my
turn).
Tie first blow with the missile
knocked the skin off the robbers face,
They then grappled and fell to the
earth, pelting each other without
mercy. During the struggle the other
driver managed to free himself from
tho ropes with which he had been tied,
and with rock in hand lie fell upon
the highwayman, beating him to a
jelly. The victorious drivers then took
their prize and tied him to one OF the
animals and escorted him to an adj
iacent 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 running fire was opened.
The man shacklcd to the highwayman
was killed by one of the shots. He
was picked up by the gamy robber,
who made good his escape, notwitll-
standing the burden he 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
hut with his leg cut off, but the rob-
Der YVES gone. The highwayman, who
was recognized in the hamlet, is
known as very desperate character.
City Of Mexico Cor. St. Louis Globe
Democrat.