Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-04-09

the elder daughter, who was studying
medicine, here in Chicago. Not long
after this, the hold-ups on the different
lines of the L. aud A. began. For the
first few times there was only one road
agent-a little chap, but a nervy one,
VINO got talked about by the papers
good deal; but pretty soon there were
others, until band of about eight or
nine had organized, under the little
fellows leadership, and they made life
burden to the L. and A. people. 1t
made no difference what precautions the
company took. or how many guards it
employed; the road agents were too
sharp, and the boldest kind of hold.ups
were successfully made-and. by Jove!
it busted the company's brsi Tess. The
l.. and A. wasn't heavy concern, of
course, but had always made good deal
of money. The frequent hol1-ups on its
lines, though, proved settler. 1t
wasn't long before nobody would ship or
travel over any of the L. and A. Com
panys lines unless actually obliged to,
and the company was kept pretty busy
settling the losses of its customers. Then
came the crash, and somehow people be-
gan to suspect that the Robinsons had
not Iuu things as they should have been
handled, and the stockholders investi.
gated. Old Robinson died in disgrace
shortly afterward. The young man took
all he could lay hands on and skipped,
but was caught at Santa Fe. He's
where he should beat Canon City.
Twecdy got off on tcchnieality.
About seven or eight months after we
we're held up, stage full of fello VS., in
Guiding myself, were stopped and re-
lieved one afternoon, about ten miles
from Milliken, on the old Mule shoe
Trail. The young fellow was one of the
robbers-I knew him in spite of his mask.
There were only four of the road agents
on this occasion.
"They pulled out, leaving us orders
not to touch our arms (Which they had
stacked on the ground) for twenty mlu-
utes, under penalty of getting shot. But
one of our party was a devil-may caro-
chap, and no sooner were the bandits
gone than he walked right over to the
pile of guns and picked his out, remark
ing that he didn't believe there were any
road agents around Just them And
there weren't.
"Well, the result of this fellows fool
hardness was that we concluded it would
be money in our pockets to get on the
trail of those four road agents, so we
started after them, separating little dis
lance from eaca other. We followed
them all the afternoon, but couldn't find
a trace.
"You know how the old Mue-Shoe
Trail isl Well, the driver had gone on,
agreeing to meet us on the other side of
the Shoot is only three or four miles
across.
81 was just about making up my mind
to join the other fellows, and had stopped
to think of the best way to cross the
creek, when l heard queer sound, like
a woman sobbing. l looked cautiously
around, and there, within two rods of
me, was the young road 5ent, crying as
If his heart would break. There was
nobody else there, it was plain to be
seen, so quietly sneaked up and re-
9uested him to throw up his hands.
"Did you ever hear a woman scream
at the sight of mouse2 That's Just
the way this young fellow screamed
when he saw the muzzie of my gun
and /, as soon as | saw the scared, tear
full face turned to mine, knew as well as
l know now, that the famous bandit
known as 'Foxey' was only a woman.
She seemed to trust me, somehow, and
pretty soon had the whole story from
her. Then | sat down and talked to
her like brother: and the result was
that next dry the road agents missed
their leader, and, inside of fortnight,
NJ So Jean Wilson was back here in Chi
cago, at her studies again.
"I Gced not say that this gentle ban
dit, who ruined the business of the L.
aud A. Company, took not one cent of
the proceeds, and never permitted any
of the band to interfere with Uncle
Sans mail. The latter fact accounts, in
a measure, for their success, for Uncle
Sam is bad man to interfere with. Tho
former fact, think, had to do, to some
extent, with the strong hold which
'Foxey' had over his subordinateq, al
though they must have had good deal
of faith in his demonstrated ability as an
executive. The band was broken up
not long after 'Foxey's' disappearance,
and three of the men were caught, but
they didn't know any more concerning
their mysterious ex-chief than did the
public at large"
'And-and Miss Wilson is"
Hallegan's eyes twinkled: ais wait
ing for us. Let us join her" he said.
-Argonaut.