Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-12-03
STORIES OF HoLo-uPs.


vIously Fancisa They Would.
"a group OF men were lolling in tho
loungers' corner of San Francisco
hotel says the Examiner. Each was
reading morning paper. Each had
his paper open at the page describing
a robbery that startled the country.
Il can not help having an admiration
for such bold thieves said a very
respectable looking member OF the
gathering. Not. /" he added mot
that approve stealing in any form.
but if one is bound to loot Il strong
box it is more manly to do it at the
point OF pistol than to sneak into
the victims confidence and then be-
tray it E"
One by one the readers threw their
papers aside. and without difficulty
disposed OF bandits and plumber in
the remarkably short order that al
ways prevails on such occasions,
Then they grew reminiscent.
The pluekiest robber ever heard
1 OF, said a Denverite was the one
who made Dan Moifat give up S2L
OJO about three years ago. The story
became familiar enough, but the Sc
quel has been generally squelched. 4.
young fellow walked into Motfats prl.
vate Office at the First National
bank. covering Moffat with pistol
displaying bottle OF harness oil that
he said was nitro glycerne. made
Moffat fill out check and then get it
cashed and hand him the money. He
specified just what he wanted. de-
mandlng 81. 900 in gold, ten-thous-
and dollar bill. and smaller bills
When Moffat went to the paying
teller the visitor was just behind him
with the revolver close to his ribs.
but hidden by an oyercoat Having
secured the money the robber backed
out the door and disappeared.
Ibid they ever catch him9 Well.
now, that is hard to state. There is
some mystery about it. Some people
did not think that Motfat wanted him
caught But a big row was made
about it and rewards offered. In per-
haps a year after numerous arrests
and releases it was announced that a
prisoner in Jail in Clay county. Mo.
charged with horse stealing had con-
fessed to being Moffa"s robber. The
bank teller went there and identified
him. The Denver chief OF police told
me. however that the prisoner was a
pretendeE and that he did not believe
he had ever been in the state of Col.
orado. Then the chap went crazy.
You can't try lunatic for robbery.
and the public does not keep track o.
the crazy prisoners OF Clay county
Mo. So the matter rests.
The Denver man had the floor
You remember don't you, the way
Senator, Tabor's gold bricks from tn,
Yulture mine in Arizona were stolen.
He got the property along in tn
eighties The output in the form o
a brick left the mine every two weeks
One OF these bricks was worth abou
So. 600. The foreman thought h.
could carry the treasure himself bu
a lone highwayman fooled him. go
away with the game. too. He wa.
! afterward caught in the City 0
Mexico and the brick recovered
The foreman took some assistant
with him next time, and on the tril
ran into an ambush. One assistan
!, was killed and tho other wounded
i, One of the robbers was hurt AM
! caught later nursing his wound in
: nut The other robber was picked Vi
J in a lonely canon, dead a bullet through
his mead. revolver in his hand. am
the brick on his breast Must hav
been grlmly sarcastic cuss
Il notice you are having a goo
: many stage robberies out here Use
: to have them in Colorado. Abolishe
the robbcries first and then tn
], stage. But speaking Of robberies re
!, minds me OF one highwayman VIII
: could give your Black Bart point:
:, He had held up stage after stage /
/. Southern Colorado; taken everythin
in sight. He always gaze orders a
,, though he had whole posse in hi
! gang When he was captured it wa
found that he was a cripple. weighin
!, about 100 pounds and never had an
: confederates except dummies arme
!, with broomsticks. He's in the govern
! ment pen at Detroit now"
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