The herald., 1893-06-16
THE LONE HIGHWAYMAN,
Attempted Stage Robbery
Near Jackson, Cal.
A Wells-FargO Messenger Shot
and Killed.
The Driver of the Stage and Two
Horses Wounded.
The Frightened Animals Ran Aawy with
The Frightened Animals Ran Aawy with
the Vehicle and Thus the Robber
Secured No Booty-Paesen-
gers Escape Unhurt.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JACKSON, CAL, June 15.-An attempt
was made to rob the mail stage on the
way from lone to jackson about 5
O'Clock this evening by lone highway
man, at the foot of Morrow grade, about
four miles from here The stage had
four passengers inside, two of them la
dies, and one on the outside, besides the
driver, Clint Radcliffe, and the Wells
Fargo guard, Michael Tovey, who sat on
the box by the driver. The point se-
lected for the crime was the identical
spot where. some five months ago, the
same guard, then walking ahead of the
stage, found the way barricaded by a
strand of barbed wire cut from alongside
the road and stretched across the road
way. On the present occasion the rob-
Der was concealed behind rocks on the
right side of the road. He wore no
mask, except that his face was black
ened.
NO WORD TO HALT.
The driver says no word to halt was
given. Some of the passengers say they
heard call.
When opposite the place of conceal
ment, without the least intimation of
the bloody work about to be CONSUME
mated, the discharge of weapon was
heard and Tovey instantly fell forward
off his seat, dead. Radcliffe grasped
the roadway. The ball struck Tovey
behind the right shoulder, and is sup-
posed to have pierced his heart.
Six horses were attached to the stage
and the crack of the rife frightened
them into a gallop. The robber
seeing that he was likely to
| be foiled in his design to
capture the booty, fred again. This
time the ball grazed Radcliffe's back,
producing slight flesh wound. The
horses still continued to run and the
highwaymen, now standing in full view
in the road, fred twice again at the
horses. wounding one each time. The
atege wat .swaht along by the impetus Of
the uninlured horses for 200 or 800
yards. when the driver halted and
turned the two injured animals into q
held and came on, bringing the body of
the murdered messenger to Jackson.
reaching here about O'Clock.
THE RoBBER ESCAPES.
The robber made no effort to follow
the stage to the hating place. The
double-barreled shotgun belonging to
the messenger was kept on board, and
this fact probably deferred the assassin
from following up his scheme. Besides
this the firing was heard by several
farmers working in bayfield, near by,
and they came running to ascertain the
cause. The robber escaped into thu
thick brush on the south side Of the
road, making toward Sunny creek. He
is described as a short man, about five
and one-half feet tall
There WAS treasure on board the etage
for both Amador city and jackson, Il
is remembered that when the wire was
strung across the road on the previous
occasion there was considerable coin on
board bound for Amador city to paw off
the employees of mine there.
THE Numbered MESSENGER.
Tovey, the victim of the tragedy was
single man between 40 and 30 years OF
age. He had been messenger for
Wells, Fargo & Co., for 20 years. He
had been wounded three times before by
road agents. He was messenger on
the lone road for six years. There is
much excitement over the affair. Sheriff
Gregory and posse started at once in
pursuit on hearing of the tragedy.
In undressing the body it was found
that Tovey was shot twice the first shot
went clear through his body, passing
through the heart; another ball entered
his right side below the arm pit and
lodged in the back of the left shoulder,
whence the ball, 44-calibre Winches-
ter, tell out while undressing the body.