Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-17
ONE OF THEM SHOT
One Of the Three Who Held
Up the Redding Stage
RIDDLED WITH BIG BUcKSHoT
He Il Discovered and Tells the Story oi
the Remarkable Crime-The Passen-
gers Were Very Gritty.

Stage oatuIuay night WAS captured, or
rather found. Tuesday near the scene
of the robbery. He evidently is the
man at whom pIueky Messenger Mont
gomery fired, for he is riddled with
buckshot oil the way from his knees to
his eyes. Ten shot were scattered over
his lower body. three entered the left
breast and two pierced his face on each
side OF his nose. Three of his teeth
were shot away and his mouth Was SO
badly lacerated that ii was almost i'm
possible for him to make himself un.
derstood. HIS existence is . surprise,
and is probably due 10 his clear grit.
When first discovered he gave the name
OF "Arizona Charley" but he Was rec
ognlzed as George Shaw, alias Charles
Howard, young fellow well known at
Rodding and Shasta, in each of which
places he had worked ~ an iron mold
er. The prisoner was hurried OF to
the jail here, for the sentlment
in favor of lynching Was very
strong and the sheriff confidently ex-
pected that the prisoner would be
taken from HIM. The desire to hang
the man disappeared when it Was
known that he could not possibly re-
cover and that death was expected at
almost any minute.
He Fell Early.
Arizona Charley. - he styled him.
self, told two stories of the robbery.
First he said that he and one pal did
the work. This story be subsequently
denied, saying that the robbers were
three in number. He fell early in the
brief but hot engagement, and seeing
that he could not escape begged his
partners in crime to take the plunder
and save themselves, and to let him re-
main wher he fell. He crawled to .
ditch and lay there until discovered.
His confederates, he says, were Arlzo-
ma Pete and Arizona Jim, but he re-
fuses to divulge their real names. 1t
ls expected that when the end draws
near the prisoner will tell all be knows.
1t is also expected that the two
other hlghwaymen will be caught.
The robbery has stirred up the
Wells-Fargo Express company and
it has sent Detective hume to the
scene of the crime. Hume il regarded
~ the bes: trailer of robbers on the
coast and he proposes to use blood
hounds to rundown the men should they
not be captured tonight. The country
through which the fugitaves are travel
ing is wild, broken by mountains, and
settled only by an occasional pros
pector or ranchcr. If the two men had
. route Of Hight mapped out and any
secret place of refuge in mountain
canons they may escape, - they we're
greatly aided by = heavy. rain which
made their trail indistin0t, and which
will be apt to baffle the saRacity Of
oven . bloodhound.
Scene Of Many Robbsriss.
afis country has been the scene of
many highway robberies. and. among
the knights of the roads who robbed
stages on this same Weaverville stage
line was Black Bart, the highwayman
who puzzled the detectives for years,
leaving bits of rhyme in empty treasure
boxes poking fun at their vain pursuit
of him. As this is the third stage rob-
berry within two weeks. the express
company will move heaven and earth
to run the robbers down. Just
| two weeks ago yesterday q single
masked bandit stopped the San
Andreas stage between that town and
Sheep Ranch, fired his gun without
warning at Driver "Bsbe" Raggio, &C.
verely wounded the latter and killed
Johanna Rodeseno, . woman passen-
ger. He then fed without attempting
to secure any booty and 10 still at large.
Four days ago the Redding and
Weaverville stage was successfully held
up by two masked men, who secured
the Wells, Fargo h Co.'s box without
resorting to firearms or other violence.
They, too, are still At large and are be-
lieved to be the men who perpetrated
last nights robbery. The red calico
masks of the fugitivcs were found last
night by the empty treasure box.
Shot Him Three Times.
One box contained gold bullion val
ued At $4500. The robbers dragged it
to lonely gulch not far from the road
and broke il open with an axe. One
mask Was smeared with blood and
holes in it showed that Messenger
Montgomery had shot the highway
man three times, once in the right eye,
once in the lip and the third time in
the right breast. AZ the gun was
loaded with bucksbot these wounds are
serious. The man. bled terribly. Soon
after breaking open the box thetwo rob
bers separated, thewouuded man ford
ing the creek and going east, while the
uninjured man struck south. Full de.
tails of the robbery show that all hands
on the STAGE displayed good nerve.
The messenger had his gun out and
shot the robber before he could grab
the treasure boz. but his companion
gave the messenger his death wound.
The driver, WHO WAS hit in the knee,
will be crippled for life, but. though
bleeding terribly. he handed the reins
10 passenger beside him and worked
the stage brake with his hands until the
horses were under control. The pae.
senger on the box eest Was painfully
hurt, but not dangerously.
Mrs. stevenssnr Fearless Ride.
The first news of the crime wal
brought 10 Redding by the wife of DIR.
Stevenson. She Was driving along the
| road With her husband when they came
upon the disabled stage company. She
| immediately had the doctor attend The
injured. while she drove FIVE miles at Q
full gallop over q dangerous mountain
road TO ReddIng, where she warned thu
| sheriff and secured another doctor, re
turning TO the scene st full speed. A
great crowd, which gathered In
the street. cheered the plucky woman
"a size drove away. Buck Montgomer,
was an old shotgun messengel
who had served for many years
having previously been stage driver
lie MAS 4 fearless man and q dead
ssSot. lie died IN seony with his wife
AID two children weeping over him. Il
- geAret that the wife will lose hel
miaa. as she - about 20 become Z
snatAef for fhc third time. Detsot, "
Ilnnls is coatldent that when h