St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-24

Y PARISH, La, SA'
priso.eEs a Clay county. No So u
matter restA"
The Denver man had the Aooc. "Yo,
remember, don't you, the way Seusto
Tabor's gold brieks from the vultur,
mine In Arizona were stolen? He 70
the property along in the - Tn
output in the form Of . brick LETT th,
mine every two weekA One Of thess
bricks was worth about eight thousand
dollarA The foreman thought he could
carry the treasure himself. but lone
highwsymaa fooled him; got away with
the game, too He was afterward caught
In the City of Mexico and the brick rc.
| covered The foreman took some a.
ststants with him next time, and On
tbs trip ran into an ambwh. One a.
sistant WAS killed and the other wound
ed O0e of the robbers was hurt, aud
caught later nursing his wound in .
hut The other robber was picked mp
In lonely canyon, dead. . bullet
through his head, . revolver in his
hand, and the brick o. his breast
Must have been . grimN sarcastic cuss.
Il notice you are having . good many
stage robberies here. Used to have
them in Colorado Abolished the rob.
berries drst and afterward the staRa
hut speaking Of robberies reminds No
Of one highwayman who could rive
your Black Bart points. He had held
up stage after stage In southern Colo
rsdo; taken everything In sight He
always gave orders ~ Though he had .
whole posse in his gang. When he was
captured IL was found that he was .
cripple weighing about one hundred
pounds. and never had any conseder.tes
except dummies AIMED with broom.
sticks He's In the government pen 1t
Detroit now"
Whats the use Of resisting when q
man has the drop On your This from
. 6erce-looking individual whose pierc-
ing eyes would have scared the ordinary
"Al nonsense, l say.
Now in the Redding robbery Messenger
Montgomery resisted What did he set9
Why, . system fall of lead. He didn't
Ave the treasure Hedidn't do himself
any service, and the good opinion of the
IN nothing TO . dead man. I /
ny it's all right 70 give up when . gun
b at your head There's nothing else
70 do Shoot your highwsyman when
be runs II you can, but look out for
Tour own hide. You'll never get an
,ther."
Are the authorities severe upou
in Californian queried .
'Oh. not very" answered the fierce
ooling one. I'm the first place, they
lsually do not catch them. Two boyI
frightened half TO death, stopped q
tage near Caxadero the other day.
They trembled % that they couldn't
ct the quaver out of their voices
Or . week, aud this gave them
way. They were sentenced 70 two
ears each. Az 70 the Redding robbery,
he comparatively innocent lad who
RS led into It was captured. His elder
rother, the one who killed Mout9om-
~ and got the booty. Il still at large.
he San Andreas murderer. who shot in.
, . stage few weeks ago and riddled |
young lady passenger. has never como
, light No California IL not partic-
larly hard On stage-robberl" |,
Coming back 70 the Berkeley case,~
emariEed tho quietest member Of the
''the pair Of brigande were
enough to have trained under
ease James I do not blame the men
y yielding. When robbers are % des-
er1te ~ 70 mako such IN attack in
lylight, and In the midst Of . crowd
'ey are desperate enough for any
ing. was In the big Blue Cot hold
? on the Rock Island railroad years
% IL was done BY the James crowd.
ID ] want 70 ssy that the barrel Of the {
x-shooter gszed into looked bigser
an Joint Of stove pipe. Some Of NJ
ld been bossting the night before
hat We would do In Just such an Z
but We didn't do Il We At {
mpted 10 crawl under seats and
rough Window, and many forgot TO q
De their watches and money. Oh, it's
~ enough 70 ait around . hotel and
e, bat the man who refuses to q
the potency Of the drop Y
E other fellow has on him n . biRRer A
81 than am. But don't mean to b .
rsonal no indeed" s'
And the quiet man looked apoloRetic. u
y about 70 SEQ II he had hurt snv a
es feelingA-San Francisco Exam. q
sr. In