The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-09-24
prisoner. Of Clay county, Mo- So the

prisoners Of Clay county, Mo- So the
matter rests"
The Denver man had the door. "You
remember, don't you, the way Senator
Tabor's gold bricks from the Vulture
mine in Arizona were stolen? He got
the property along in the sos. The
output in the form of brick left the
mine every two weeks One OF these
bricks was worth about eight thousand
dollars. The foreman thought he could
carry the treasure himself, but lone
highwayman fooled him; got away with
the game, too He was afterward caught
in the City of Mexico and the brick re-
covered. The foreman took some as
sistants with him next time, and on
THIS trip ran into an ambush. One as
sistant was killed and the other wound
ed One of the robbers was hurt, and
caught later nursing his wound in .
hut. The other robber was picked up
in q lonely canyon, dead, a bullet
through his head, . revolver in his
hand, and the brick on his breast.
Must have been q grimly sarcastic cuss-
II notice you are having good many
stage robberies here. Used to have
them in Colorado. Abolished the rob
berries first and afterward the stage
But speaking of robberies reminds mo
of one highwayman who could give
your Black Bart points He had held
mp stage after stage in southern Colo
RADIO; taken everything in sight He
always gave orders as though he had .
whole posse in his gang. When he was
captured it was found that he was 3
cripple weighing about one hundred
pounds, and never had any confederates
except dummies armed with broom
sticks. He's in the government pen at
Detroit now.
whats the use of resisting when =
man has the drop on you?" This from
. fierce-lool<ing individual whose pierre
ing eyes would have scared the ordinary
highwayman. "All nonsense, l say.
Now in the Redding robbery Messenger
Montgomery resisted. What did he get?
Why, a system full of lead. He didn't
save the treasure. Hedidn't do himself
any service, aud the good opinion of the
company is nothing to dead man.
say it's all right to give mp when a gun
is ut your head. There's nothing else
to do Shoot your highwayman when
he runs if you can, but look out foI
your own hide. You'll never get an
other"
Are the authorities severe upon
stage-robbers in Californian queried q
Philadelphian.
''Oh. not very" answered the fierce
looking one. I'm the first place, they
usually do not catch them. Two boys,
frightened half to death, stopped q
stage near Cazadero the other day.
They trembled SO that they couldn't
get the quaver out of their voices
for a week, and this gave them
away. They were sentenced to two
years each. As to the Redding robbery
the comparatively innocent lad who
was led into it was captured. His elder
brother, the one who killed Mont4om
cry and got the booty, is still at large
The San Andreas murderer, who shot in
to q stage few weeks ago and riddlet
young lady passenger, has never come
to light No. California is not partic
ularly hard on stage-robbers"
s'Coming back to the Berkeley case,
remarked the quietest member of tn
loungers, ''the pair of brigands wer
audacious enough to have trained unde
Jesse James. 1 do not blame the mel
for yielding. When robbers are 30 des
: perate as to make such an attack il
daylight, and in the midst Of q crowd
they are desperate enough for any
: thing. i was in the big Blue Cat hold
up on the Rock Island railroad year
ago. 1t was done by the James crowd
and want to say that the barrel of tn
, six-shooter gazed into looked bigge
than joint of stove pipe Some of u
had been boasting the night befor
what we would do in just such q
emergency, but we didn't do it We a
tempted to crawl under seats an
through windows, and many forgot
hide their watches and money. Oh, 1t
: easy enough to sit around hotel an
braR, but the man who refuses
!. acknowledge the potency OF the dro
. the other fellow has on him is bigge
. fool than am. But don't mean to
! personal, no indeed"
And the quiet man looked apologies
: ally about to see If he had hurt an
. ones feelingA-San Francisco Exam
liner.
- DESPERATE YOUNG MAN.