The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-08-11

ed Ono OF the robbers Mas hurt, and
taught later nursing His wound in d
hut. The other fbbbeF Was picked up
In d lonely canyon, dead, bdilef
through his head d revolver Id his
hand, and the brick On his, breast<
Must have been grimly sarcastic ciiss:
II notice you are having good many
stage robberics here. Used to have
them in Colorado. Abolished the rob-
berries first and afterward the stage
But speaking of robberies reminds me
of one highwayman who could give
your Black Bart points. He had held
up stage after stage in southern Colo
RADIO; taken everything in sight He
always gave orders as though he had
whole posse in his gang. When he was
captured it was found that he was
cripple weighing about one hundred
pounds, and never had any confedera ties
except dummies armed with broom
sticks. He's in the government pen at
Detroit now"
What's the use of resisting when a
man has the drop on you?" This from
fierce-looking individual whose pierre
ing eyes would have scared the ordinary
highwayman. "All nonsense, / say.
Now in the Redding robbery Messenger
Montgomery resisted. What did he get?
Why, system full Of lead. He didn't
| save the treasure. He didn't do himself
any service, and the good opinion of the
company is nothing to dead man. I
say it's all right to give up when gun
is at your head There's nothing else
to do. Shoot your highwayman when
he runs if you can, but look out for
your own hide. You'll never get an.
other.
Are the authorities severe upon
stage-robbers in Californian queried
Philadelphia.
''Oh, not very answered the fierce
looking one in the first place, they
usually do not catch them. Two boys,
frightened half to, death, stopped
stage near Cazadero the other day.
They trembled so that they couldn't
get the quaver out of their voices
for a week, and this gave them
away. They were sentenced to two
years each. As to the Redding robbery,
the comparatively innocent lad who
was led into it-was captured. His elder
brother, the one who killed Montgom-
cry and got the booty, is still at large.
The San Andreas murderer, who shot in
to astage few weeks ago and riddled
ayoung lady passenger, has never come
-koaight No California is not par tic
ularly hard on stage-robbers. y
Coming back to the Berkeley case"
remarked the quietest member of the
loungers, 1.-THE pair of brigands were
audacious enough to have trained under
Jesse James. / do not blame the men
for yielding. when robbers are.-so des-
perate as to make such an attack in
daylight, and in the midst of a crowd,
they are desperate enough for any
thing. l was in the big Blue Cut hold
up on the Rock Island railroad years
ago. 1t was done by the James crowd,
and / want to say that the barrel of the
six-shootcr ] gazed into looked bigger
than a joint of stove pipe. Some of MS
had been boasting the night before
what we would do in just such an
emergency, but we didn't do it. We at
tempted to crawl under seats and
through windows, and many forgot to
hide their watches and money. Oh, it's
easy enough to sit around hotel and
brag, but the man who refuses to
acknowledge the potency of the drop
the other fellow has on him is bigger
| fool than am. But don't mean to be
personal, no indeed"
And the quiet man looked apologetic-
ally about to see if he had hurt any
ones feelings. Francisco Exam
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