Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-11-11
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FRANCISCO EXAMINER f'acn was rsaa'ns
morning paper Each nea ms paper open
at the page describing this robbery that
startled Berkeley. II cannot help having
admiration for such bold thieves" said q
very respectable looking member Of the
gathering. Not he added. that an
nroye ssealinr In aay form, but II ono 10
bound Ia loot a strong box Il In more
manly to do 1t at the point OF pistol than
20 sneak into the victims confidence and
then betfay IT.
One by one the readers threw their
papers aside, and without difficulty dis
posed Of bandits and plumber In the re-
markedly short order that always prevails
on such occasions Then they grew rem
iniscent
"The pinekiest robber | ever heard Of"
sAid Danverite, was the one who made
Dan Mntfatt give up SELL 900 about three
yeAn ago. The story became familiss
enough, but the sequel has been generally
squelched. A young fellow walked into
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tlonal bank, covered Moffatt with a pistol,
displaying r h0stis al harmless oil that he
said was nitru8lycerine. made MoffAtt MI
ont check and then get II cashed and
hand him the money. He specified just
what be wanted. demanding q, Do0 In gold,
. $4,000 bill and smaller BILLS When
M0ffatt went to the paying teller for the
cash the visitor was just behind him with
the revolver close to his ribs, but hidden
by an overcast. Having secured the money.
the ru6ber backed out the door and disep-
peared.
did they ever catch hims Well now,
that Ii hard to state. There Ii some mys-
terry about Il. Some people did not think
that Moifatt wanted him caught. But .
big row was made about 1t, and rewards
offered. In perhaps 4 year, after numer-
Gus arrests and releases. It was announced
that prisoner in jail In Clay county, Mo,
charged with horse stealing, had confessed
10 being Mosfatt's rohber. The bank teller
went there aud identified him. Then Moi
fatt went and identified him. The Denver
chief OF police told me, however, that the
prisoner was prctender, and that he did
not believe he had ever been In the state Of
Colorado Then tho chap rent crazy.
you can't try = lnnaiic for robbery, and
tAG fNg Ntsts noN hctR LINEN VI TIC crazy
prisoners Of Clay county, Mo. So the mat.
ter rests"
The Denver man had the floor "You
remember. don't you, the way Senator
Tabor's gold bricks from the vulture mine
In Arizona were stolenf He get the prop
erty along In the eighties The output Ia
the form OF 8 brick left the mine every two
weeks Ono Of these bricks was worth
about 5000. The foreman thought he
1onld carry the treasure himself, but .
icne highwRyman fooled him; got away
with the game, too. He was sfterward
caught In the city OF Mexico and the
brick recovered. The foreman took some
assistants with him next time. and on this
trip ran Into an ambush. One assistant
was killed and the other wounded One OF
the robbers was hurt, and was caught later
nursing his wound In a hut. The other
rpbber was picked up in lonely canyon.
dead, "A bullet through bis head, revolver
In his hand and the brick ON his breast.
Must have been grimIy sarcastic cuss.
II notice yon are having n good many
stage robberies out here. Used to have
them In Colorado Abolished the rob
berries first and afterward the stage. But
speaking OF rohberies reminds me Of the
highwayman who could give your Black
Bart points. He had held up stage after
stage In southern Colorado; taken every
thing Ia sight. He always gave orders a.
though be had whole posse in his gang.
When he was captured 1t was found that
he WAS cripple weighing about one
hundred pounds, and never had any con
federates except dummies armed with
broomstieks- He's In the government pen
~ Detroit now"
whats the use Of resist ing when n man
has the drop ON your This from fierce
booking Individual whose piercing eyes
would have scared the ordinary highway
man. "Ail nonsense, | say. Now In the
Redding robbery Messenger Montgomery
resisted. What did be gett Why a sys
TEN full Of lead. He didn't save the treas
nre BE didn't do himself any service. and
the good opinion OF the company In nothing
TO dead man. say it's all right To give
up when gun II at your head There's
nothing else to do. Shoot your highway
man as be runs II you can, but look out for
your own hide. You'll never get another. =
Are the authorities severe upon stage
robbers in California; qaeried a Philadel
phian.
Oh, not very answered the fierce look
ing one In the first place they usually
do not catch them. Two boys. frightened
bali TO death, stopped "A stage near GAIA.
dero the other day, They trembled so that
they couldn't get the quaver out OF their
voices for week, and this gave them
away. They were sentenced To two years
saeh- As TO the Redding robbery. the
comparatively innocent lad who was led
into 70 was captured. His elder brother,
the one who killed Montgomery and got
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