Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-15

Tie gthrr Passengers Difirustod Him,
bst nis scheme worked.
There we've five OF as IN the stage, and
sikh. man hnd u scat with the driver
There was q second lieutenant of cav
airy. % ciyil engineer. and ilio rest OF ms
were ouly common folks who had been
ont In Che hin PROJECTING aud wcto 80.
turning broken IN homcs aud 'buatci'
in pocket The engineer was "a little
man Of feminine appearance, and We
hadnt bcu together an hour WHEN he
comic cd that the bare thoughts oi the
stage being held MP mnde him truinblo
IN over The officer was quiet sort OF
Chap. who seemed 20 have plenty OF
nerve. and though none Of us lad much
10 lose. we by and By agreed that in
ease tho Stage wa8 stopped we would
make IL iient FOR 10. Al were new TO 4
hold up. but wo decided that if we had
ans show az all wo could make Il hot
Tor the road agents
The uulo man al Gfst agreed with our
plan Us formed. but lAtlr un hD preached
ono Ut bis own. The dciNer told ~ thut
the point most liktly.to DO solicited by
the highwaymcn would DO at q rough
spot in the. road. just before It reached a
certain MlI. aud we were about ivcnilos
from the spot. and darkness had fully
descended whom the lttlu man uufoldcd
his plan. when within "a milo Of the
SPOT he was To crt out aud follow the
stage on foot In case Il was stopped De
would be- IN position 10 sight the robbsr
aud open fire ut once.
We jumped on him at once fornHuuk
II WAS simply scheme on h,4 plrt tH
bolt and ave bis dollar IN case a.
agents appeared, aud each ono gave him
his opinion ~ sGch couiuct In ynv
vigorous English. In his soft. FoutI.
sway he replicl.
"Gcn,loman. you do mo injustice
Please suspend Judgment until yUu Pen,
how my plan works. do assure you
that firmly expect to Kill % iuDucr aud
save the stago.'
We were to, di5gustpl 90 nrgVe with
him. aud wlon he finally got ont IN uc.
cordaucc with hi plan, the army Officer
wus fain 20 make % Kick 40 him W,
couldn't tell whether b. had boltcd back
down the road or WAS following on, bui
We got M ready Tor hold up. Every
one Of us had revolver iu hand. and
every one was 0p the watch, aud set II
came about before we know IL. IN,
horses were still o. walk when n man
appeared a. either door ct the stage auf
covered us.
Al the sluc moment a third stopped
Il.
passenger witha shotgun. II wis sim
ply a dead c'uch ON us, md wo wo,o not
over ten seconds realizing IT, We bad
just got Che order 60 hHnl up uur gun,
and step ont when there was pop' pop
pop. from outside The brIHud at thr
right hand window ciied 0ul and fell,
tho one az the lot hnnd window dilI.
pclrcd without q sound. There were
three shot. more from the front Of ID,
s,ngc. and hull minute la,eg, aud D..
fore any Of a. had moved, we heard The
little man siyiup
"Gcn,leiuen, IT'S all over, and you cat
comr ont"
What had happonedg There was a
dead nan On one side OF the coach and
70 seriously wounded man on tho other
and the third btslnd Ind heen driven
away. probably hit 10y at least one bul
l,t All this had bocn done by the ltll,
nam and his li,tlc gun, according 10 nj,
plan, and what made It the worsc for "
he didn't appear 10 have doLp anything
10 feel proud over. We triod TO spar,
our elves with him, but 1t couldn't h,
done. While he seemed TO forgive as
we realized what his rel private opinion
Of five such chnup7 must be, aud ",
got away from HIM at the frat stop
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