The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-06-06

Of our conccalment and poked our
guns right up In the faces OF the driver
and messenger.
Pull up" l cried. cor we will blow
the top OF your heads or"
Pull up they did. and In mighty
short order. for II pitched the passen-
gers almost out OF the stage. and we
could hear them cursing and growing
before they knew what had stopped
them.
Throw up your hands and be id
quick about III" shouted Jim. and in
reply the messenger dropped his gun
aid held up both hands. SAYING,
Boys, you have the drop on me-
The driver did not attempt 10 make
any resistance, so Jim jumped up on
tie box and took away the messengers
gan and the drivers pistols. Gray
and our other men in the meantime
had the passengers well under cover
Now" said Jim. Eve must have
the key TO that box" giving the treas
ure-box a kick. To this the messenger
demurred little, but as the lawyers
say, Jim ovorruled mis- demurrer with
out giving him time To file an answer.
After getting the key he pitched out
the box so we could open IL al our
leisure. The driver was bit shalxy.
looking right down into my gun and
said:
II wish you would raise that thing
n little; IL might GO of accidentally,
and somebody would get hurt"
Certainly" l replied. II like 10
oblige a gentleman when / can. - and |
raised the gun little. so as TO point
just over his head. but where could
make use of it in an instant. II neces-
sary.
While Jim and | were interviewing
those in front Gray and the other fell
low kept their guns trained on those in
the stage. but now that our part was
done they wanted to take what pocket
money the passengers had To this
we objected. for we did not want them
TO get hold OF anything that could be
identified.
Faith. and we be gentlemen" cried
an lrishman on board. "for leaving us
our loose change. but II the rest are In
the same fix as meself. then We would
be losing your time going through our
pockets.
Before we took the treasure box Jim
had unhitched the tugs OF the wheel
horses, and these he now hooked up
again and then started 20 unite the
rope. when the driver said:
You are mighty kind. but haven't
you forgotten something's
IL guess not replied Jim. and kept
untying the knots.
We'll said the driver with a
laugh. II thought you could stand
treat. as you have made pretty good
haul"
IL am --- sorry" said Jim, but
one of our boys drank every drop we
had while waiting for you"
Then we ought TO have got along
a little sooner observed the driver.
''Or n little later when you had
gone. said the Irishman.
But the farmer said he couldn't see
how that would have made any diff
ference with the whisky
Neither do r. laid the Irishman,
after scratching his head for mo-
ment.
AS soon as the rope was loose the
driver gave a yell TO the horses. cried
goodbye 20 ms and away the stage went
with every horse on the keen run. We
hurried OH little distance from the
road broke open the box and rolled
out more gold than ever saw In one
heap before. We divided the money
into four lots right on the spot. and
each man took his share. for we could
not tell now soon we might have TO run
from the officers. We did not lose much
time but mounted our horses and rode
down Butte creek few miles and then
struck across the bottoms for the Sac
ramento river, and che next day got
away over into the Coast range. where
we were safe. Gray and the other fell
low were not satisfied 10 hide a little
while. but wanted TO get back 10 some
little town SO as 20 have good time
Jim and struck out for Oregon as
soon rs they were gone. for we were
afraid they might get caught and blow
on us. Sure enough. they did get
picked up. but were true blue and
never gave us away. though each OF
them was sent 90 the state prison.
Jim and had good luck for long
time and robbed many stage together
but we never made the haul that we
did with our first one.
II we had saved the money we took
we would have been rich. but we lost
most OF II ut faro and on horse races.
We travelled through Oregon and
Washington and then got into Idaho.
Here we fixed up job and got away
with IL In fine shape. but fellow we
hal with us got into the hands OF the
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