The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-31
A TALE OF BLOOD AND GOLD.
BUT NO AFEIDAvYTs AND DIAGRAMS
GO WITH 1T
II Tells How Robinson, Assisted By ApAsr.
son and Perhaps ny srsith. brown. aua
JoNes, Got Away with oSo0,O0O Worth
or Gold nust from Robbers Cache.
Fiom NE Rocky Noun,ain No,a

yIoyun NE norLu Ma ~, Nx,rs
,, %
Ia =, A., ia""o o"". ,.'.., s'oi' .ae oeen
.oia OF inc strange adventures OF the pros
pector Robinson. who recently arrived in .
Crur d,Alene town Il, J,,nto with b,a ~ vu..
,,nn,s n."e I'M ,,,, ~ nun"o WIZ. me c"yuse
ioadea down with enough gold dust to start
ho o na mn'in ,s great nnantt' OF aust that
suitable guard 10 at ,nsc e' sst on" nnt ,nto ths
wilderness Of the Clearwater country Is bring
out the rest OF the treasure. about $685.
600. The expedition. after passing through
safely at Lewiston. Idaho and the money is in
oSn tNs sa,e Une o, , ,no men Mno sSeomps-
MED the expedition whom .,, we sns call Anaer-
n n,r, adventures that befeli tho narty:
WHEN 7 was ,sl cd to ,oin tho nartv I, ..,d
Anderson with With a" s air Of 81 @ s S prd.
wns.od Tim, only men Of tried nerve. nnous..
tionn,,r INTEGRITY. md un,inchina conr.r.
should compose the guard. Tho wages were
large and the dangers very great. Each man
on Of, tn" force received $50 day and expenses.
We had fourteen guards. armed to the teeth
AM, well W.. m9un,eu twenty-five pack mu|es.
ann "'s ,'a'ae' lmeAers' ."e Mnole easacue
.s m ,hs .ns man
TINS guard was necessary ,' as We anticipated
"As the snow was ALREADY too deept to 40 in.
to the e"untrv oy vs." Way u f Montana and tbe IL
sEs r"sE e Ste 10 tns SSsshs
ths S S.I Il Washnston. insn: passing throash
Of Clearwater at its junction with the south
fork. on the ,Ncz, Perez rsseryation, and en-.
t %gs up9n the historic 10 Lo ss which
ance 81 v.rifaSie fortiication. Martial law
on duty while their associates slert. We were
ali in a strange state Of excitement. and as we
ptsSd M Yd kr rw9n s a the nr,
and began to meet OH tile lonely trails Indians
for u one nesan !" Wish an t come
Well; our trir int; the mountains was un-
than within twenty niles u The &c cache ri" 80 VIZ
mem to war lie a." amas we set of or Il"
cache. Snow was falling ropousiy. Our camp
hs ans spp 81 srun NOT %e Ss
cns Ss
w cd not S1sT tSoss eu
eH' Wit%et an" suspcon Of impending ca.m
ny eSesp, on ihs rsr, Of oar leader: hs b:
party i Of twenty masked men n' swooped down
po ve ." Of the premises .% and tere ag
wait for our return. Meanwhile we proceeded
the % to To- o sssne .n Wv
ners. nron, which we PROPOSED to load the
tnor%aeRly hai Robinson %arked tie ,spS
shovels we cleared away six feet OF snow. made
sa and ,th h S"dy Cd buck
fore nS S;nnn M . roturp iron, fhic far,;hio nv
ssStsn SSs &
We looked upon that colossal 5fH'' FORUM.
in, that lonely mountain glen; with the
no noon one to take note 81 our EXPLOITS. no ears to
hear the death cry OF the, victims suddenly
Seh"ld poss be deed 81 Serror and ininsfcs
each man Giared horribly at lis, neiehbor:s
%ne oo one made some S
blood iroze: iactuaily thought for An instaa,
that he proposed to butcher US all IN order te
EASILY ss we e.Gas the Motives Of &:
very spot IL order to SEIZE tRs hear q
fhe hoI Of ef that TRAGEDY some n %a1
seemeI iessened: We were ali under the same
With crime For few moments we ali looked
Of %'t our nl Sai expectne that MURDER
and treason would he done Hut soon orr
Senses returnsJ We remem bcred the peris Of
termination to do our duty wiped out the
Tie yellow stuff 70 stout canvas sacfs' Wa
loaded tie :i.iHW pounds on our sled and lost
b.E sr lea " 6Me spoe through
And now the Ginning caneralshin Of our
leader hern,nr annarent@ Always on fhe alert
he Seemed er now tncapable Of taxing rest or
camn when Robinson halted the PROCESSION
and caIied II c"unci Of war. Wv ''o'e''''A
~" Gentiemen'' said Robinson, III We have
heen foiinwad IL ia mora than IiLaiv that fhe
enemy has CAPTURED the camp and is iyine In
w wancr ror VI nt rnmte Which iii
ieara Tho cn'nn ~ faw miies n the riohf Nnw
wa viii rolaw ths r"pta 90 into hidnn In cer,
tain cave thai Know CITIZEN Send man back to
nrnneed homewnr ri wifi nj sneaG WI n IA not
rri1hf hut n ii wrong wn can hid the Tort IN fSs
cave for have Ibid in n large sfock ~ ann.
nIies. ammMnition and arms and there We can
sstsnd ~ iii the ,iesnnradmes in The conntry
s sayng ths ouinso1 turned ED to The left
from fha trail W.. had tollowed and verv aeon
came to to "a" prodicioasIy long and steep hili.
fhiniy wo"dei: Tie snow had ceased falling
valley Of one Of the numerous unexplored