The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-11
THE MAN WITH A PLAN.
The Other Passengers Dfstrusted Him,
but His Scheme Worked.

| Dut HIs Scheme worked.
There were five of US in the stage, and
! a sixth man had seat with the driver.
| Thers was a second lieutenant of cav
! airy, a civil engineer, and the rest of Us
were only common folks who had been
out in the hills prospecting and were re-
| turning broken in homes and busted"
/ in pocket. The engineer was a little
man of feminine appearance, and we
hadn't been together an hour when he
| confessed that the bare thoughts OF the
stage being held up made him tremble
| all over. The officer was quiet sort Of
/ chap, who seemed TO have plenty OF
/ nerve, and though none of us had much
to lose, we by and by agreed that in
case the stage was stopped we would
make a fight for it. All were new to a
hold up, but we decided that if we had
any show at all we could make it hot
for the road agents.
The little man at first agreed with our
plan as formed, but later on he preached
| one of his own. The driver told Us that
the point most likely to be selected by
| the hiGhwavmen would be at a rough
| spot in the road, just before it reached a
certain hill, and we were about five miles
from the spot, and darkness had fully
descended when the little man unfolded
his plan. When within a mile of the
spot he was to get out and follow the
stage on foot. In case it was stopped ne
would be in position to sight the robbers
and open fire at once.
We jumped ON MIN at once for funk
It was simply scheme On his part 10
bolt and save his dollars IN case the
agents appeared, and each one gave him
his opinion of such conduct in very
vigorous English. In his soft, gentle
way he replied:
Gentlemen, you do me injustice
Please suspend judgment until you see
how my plan works. do assure You
that firmly expect TO kill robber and
save hne stage
We were too Disguised 70 argue with
him, and when ne finally got out in &C
cordance with his plan. the army officer
was fam 70 make a kick at him. We
couldn't tell whether he had bolted back
down the road or was following on, bat
we got all ready for a hold up. Every
one Of Us had a revolver in hand. and
every one was on the watch, and vet II
came about before we knew = The
horses were stiIl at a walk when man
appeared az either door Of the stage AMI
covered g.
A. the same moment third stopped
the leaders and covered the driver and
passenger with shotgun. It was SIM
Pr dead CInch on Is. and we were no.
over ten seconds realizing Il We had
Just COZ the order 20 hand up our guns
and step ont when there vas pop, pop,
pop, from outside. The brlgand a. tbs
right hand window cried ont and fell
the one az the left hand window disap
peared without a sound There were
three shots more from TIE front - he
stage. and half a minute later. and b
fore any of Us had moved. we heard the
little man saving
-Geu-leIaea, rs al over, and yoa cal
come out
What had ha.I-znesis There vas 4
dead man ca enc side Of the eoach AMI
a seriously wounded man on the ether.
AMI tlla thirI brigand had been driven
ayray. probably hit by az least oEe bal !
L. Al, TINS had been doue by fLe lItfle
man and MS little gsIn, according 70 hs
plan. and what made Il TIA ~ors- for L.