Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-07-19

I sharp, and tho boldest kind OF hold.ups
were successfully made-and, by Joye
It 'busted' the company's business. The
L. and A. wasn't heavy concern, of
course, but had always made good deal
| Of money. The frequent hold-ups on its
lines, though, proved a settler. Z
wasn't long before nobody would ship OF
,ravel over any of the L. and A. Com.
pany's lines unless actually obliged to,
aud the company was kept pretty busy
settling the losses of its customers. Then
came the crash, and somehow people be.
gan to suspect that the Robinsons had
not run things as they should have been
handled, and the stockholders investi.
gated. Old Robinson died in disgrace
shortly afterward. The young man took
all be could lay hands on and skipped,
but was caught at Santa Fe. Hes
where he should beat Canon City.
Twecdy got off on a tcchhicality.
About seven or eight months after W,
were held up, stage fall Of fellows, in
cluding myself, wefs stopped and re-
Iieved one afternoon, about ten miles
from Milliken, on the old Mule-shoe
Trail. The young fellow was one of the
robbers-I knew him in spite of his mask.
There were only four of the road agents
on this occasion.
"They pulled out, leaving Us orden
dot to touch our arms (Which they had
stacked on the Sround) for twenty min
utes, under penalty of getting shot. But
one OF our party was a devil-may care
chap, and no sooner were the bandits
gone than he walked right over to tho
pile OF guns and picked his out, remark
ing that he didn't believe there were any
road agents around just them And
there weren't.
swell, the result of this fellows fool
hardness was that we concluded it would
be money in our pockets to get on the
trail of those four road agents, SO we
started after them, separating little dis
lance from each other. We followed
them all the afternoon, but couldn't fnd'
4 trace.
"You know how the old Mule. Shoe
Trail Isl Well, the driver had gone on,
agreeing to meet Us on the other side of
the shoe-it is only three or four miles
across.
"I was just about making up my mind
ini" sb. athaE fAlla'p~ and had stnnr4d
TO think OF the best way to cross me
creek, when heard qaeo; sound, Ike
q woman sobbing. l looked cautiously
around, and there, within two rods of
me, was the young road ;cnt, crying as
II his heart would break. There was
nobody else there, 1t was plain to be
seen, so quietly sneaked up aud re-
quested him to throw up his hands.
"Did you ever hear woman scream
at the sight of mousel That's just
the way this young fellow screamed
when he saw the muzzle Of my gun
and I, as soon as I saw the scared, tear
ful face turned to mine, knew as well as
I know now, that the famous bandit
known as 'Foxey' was only woman.
She seemed to trust me, somehow, and
pretty soon had the whole story from
her. Then I sat down and talked to
her like brother and the result was
that next dry the road agents missed
their leader, and, inside OF fortnight,
Mss Jean Wilson was back here in Chi
:ago, at her studies again.
~ need not say that this gentle ban
lit, who ruined the business of the L.
and A. Company, took not one cent Of
the proceeds, and never permitted any
OF the band to interfere with Uncle
Sans mail. The latter fact accounts, in
a measure, for their success, for Uncle
Sam is bad man to interfere with. The
former fact, think, had TO do, to some
with tho strong hold which
'Foxey' had over his subordinate:, al
though they must have had good deal
OF faith in his demonstrated ability as al
executive. The band was broken up
not long after 'Foxey's' disappearance,
and three of the men were caught, but
they didn't know any more concerning
their mysterious cx-chief than did the
public at large"
"Aud-and Miss Wilson is"
Hallegan's eyes twinkled "Is wait.
ing for US. Let Us join her." he said