Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-07-11
PERRY DONALDSON'S DASH.
ROBBfNG A MINING PAYMAsTER IN
BROAD DAYLIGHT.

ing Office OF the II. G. Fnck Coke
Company, four miles away from
Upiontown, Pa, at high noon,
yesterday, has created an extraod-
mary commotion all through this
section. lis onll parallel was the
holding up, . dozen We IS ago, OF
SupeuutendentS Paisley, Ot tie
Stewart Iron works, by highway
men who relieved him of $4,000
which he was carrying IN satchel
out from UnIontown to pay of the
men az tie Bison works. lncredi
bic as Is may seem, The robbery
Was coMmi ted Wleu Goz' rs Of The
Comp l5'. bands vce aithin a
,t0uc'- throw, AMI s lhc daring
Aou Z Prr> Donaldson drove be
pU maetrr aud yaid boss OF at The
pistols point, bagged The 81 200
booty, fred $50 shots At those at.
temptIng 70 pursue bin, and ran a
mile through the open before he
passed safely into the mountain
brush.
Paymaster Jacob Atkinson came
to Uulontown IN the morning and
drew out of the local bank $1,000,
placed the money il a salt bag and
drove back TO the works, tour miles
away. He placed the satchel on the
Office safe and ate his dinner. l..
then took the money out and. CO
the assistance q TIE yard DO y
placed proper amounts in the pay
envelope. of tie men, laying them
on the desk before BIN.
When this was done the yard boss
walkd out to the pump, few yards
Oft, Atkinson and a small boy re-
naming IN the office. Just then
there appeared fIom an adjacent
thlcket. in which, waiteing his Op.
portunlty, he had been concealed,
a man wearing a heavy black mask
covering all bis face except the
eyes. The stranger thrnst his hand
IN at tie window and, covering
Paymas'er Atkinson with a revol.
ver called ont: ~
"Give pe that money or pll kill
You"
"Who are you ?" gasped out the
paymaster as he backed away,
trembling with flight.
GLAND me that money or III
shoot you," the intruded insisted.
Atkinson bolted out Of the door
and haStened towards the nearest
house to give the alarm. He then
started back to the Office. The rob-
bcr had i'm The mean while secured
all the money and was starting
towards the mountain. The yard
boss came running down from the
pump 10 join Atkinson in heading
hm cfl Bat he thief dred several
shots at them aud continued his
flight He rapidly crossed the
clearing AID disappeared IN the
mountain brush.
SU.d Mccormick soon after
lett here with a posse, but was un-
able TO find the fugitive. In his
flight he dropped his hat and sever
al envelopes, containing about
500. The hat aided in identifying
| him. and Atklson declared he had
recognized the voice end 2n&G tse5ayufeS
as those Of Jerry Donaldson, a
/ local eighteen-S Sear-old tough, who
had been an employee of the com
pany. He had been a devOurer Of
lurid tales,and Jesse James became
| his ideal hero.
Donaldson yentured back last
night to Oliphant and this morn
ing walter Long cad missed one
at his mules. 1t is supposed that
Donaldson rode this mule last
night towards the west Vlrginis
side. where he has relatives. 1t i;
suspected, too that he had lefI
part of the spoils before his flight
General superintendent Thomas
Lynch, of the Frck Works, arrived
here to day and quietly had q
search warrant issued, and thu
Sheriff will to night search a house
or two where some Of the plundel
IS believed 10 be hidden. Donaldson
is a mere boy in appearance ant
his dare devil feat and the success
with which he escaped. IRON q
thick settlement into the mounta
ms are the tax of every body.
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