Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-16
COST HIM HIS LIFE.
A Wells-Fargo Messenger Re-
sists Road Agents.
ONE OF TIE ROBBERS PEPPBRBD

But the Faithful Employe Loses His Life
in the Fight-A Notable Case of Grit
on the Highway-The Driver and a Pas
senger, Though Wounded, Manage the
Frightened Horses - Capture of the
Wounded Robber-Death of Buck Mont
gomery.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 16-Near Redding
Saturday evening the Shasta stage was
robbed and one man-Messenger Buck
Montgomery-killed, while Driver John
Boyce and man named George Suhr were
wounded by the robbers One robber was
wounded by Montgomery and has been
captured. The robbers got the Wells
Fargo box with, some say, 10000. Full
details Of the robbery show that all hands
on the stage displayed good nerve The
messenger had his gun out and shot one
robber before he could grab the treasure
box, but his companion hidden by the road
side gavethe messenger his death wound.
The driver, who was hit in the knee, will be
crippled for life, but, though bleeding ter
ribly, he handed the reins to the passen-
ger beside him and worked the stage brake
with his hands until the horses were under
control The passenger on the box seat
was painfully hurt, but not dangerously.
Capture of ARIZONA Charley"
The robber captured gave his name as
ARIZONA Charley" He was found yester-
day lying in a ditch almost exhausted not
400 yards from the scene of the crime He
says there were three in the gang. and
that his pards robbed him and ran off and
left him to die He says their names are
ARIZONA PeJen and sAriZona jim" He
would have surrendered Saturday night if
anybody had come after him He is shot
in five places all the way from knee to eye
Two shots entered on either side of his
nose just below the eyes, another in the
upper lip, and still another in the left
cheek almost in the mouth. He may live,
owing to his great nerve.
Description of the Fight.
When the stage was stopped by the
robbers, Buck Montgomery, the messen-
ger, was on the back seat inside. A man
armed with a shotgun, with red bandana
mask, ordered the stage to stop and the
passenger on the box to throw up his
hands. Then he ordered the boxes thrown
out. The driver complied, but about this
time the messenger inside opened fired up
on the highwayman, who dropped to his
knees, and then his partner, hid in the
bush, returned the fire with a rifle. giving
the messenger his death wound, bullet
in the navel. The passenger received
three buckshot in the calf of the right leg
and the driver got five buckshot in the
right knee. The robbers then disappear
ed with the boxes
Brave Work by a Woman.
The team started to run, but was con-
trolled by the two wounded men on the
box. The first news of the crime was
brought to Redding by the wife of DR.
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 in
Jured, while she drove five miles at full
gallop over a dangerous mountain road to
Redding, where she warned the sheriff
and secured another doctor, returning to
the scene at full speed. a great crowd
which gathered in the street cheered the
plucky woman rs she drove away.