The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-11-09
WOMEN ROAD AGENTS,

WOMEN ROAD AGENTS,
Disguised as Men They Held up an.
Robbed Many Persons,
In the last six weeks there hav
been a number of highway robbel
les in Wayne county, W, Va, Mos
of the persons we're held up on tn.
ridge between Twelve Pole an
Toms Creek. There were two rob
bers. They were described as beint
masked, small, businesslike aud YER,
expeditions. The other night VII
liam Ballingee was riding over tn
ridge route with 500 in his posses
sion, Suddenly he confronted d
rifle in the hands of a figure at the
roadside, who ordered hands up,
3allingee, while obeying orders
made up his mind that the robbie
with the gun was a girl, When the
other one stepped up to take hi
cash he was dead sure he was right
But the lass with the gun got hi
roll, Ballingee came in and report
ed that the mysterious masked rot'
0ers were women Detectives tn
next night caught the robbers, VIII
are Misses Ella and Tira GORE
daughters of respectable farmer,
Their own people we're thunder
struck when the charge was brough
home, but it is a clear case. Th
girls have no particular mania fot
money, but they had a powerful
poor opinion Of men, and they mas
queraded in male attire and corr.
cred a lot of cash just for the ful
Of it.
THE FIRST WOMAN BANDIT,
Nell Prescott lived and died befor
the war in Virginia, She was tn
pretty daughter of old Job Pres
cott, who lived at the foot of OIL
Bald Top mountain, AS a schoc
girl she was bright, intelligent an
5tudious, and it is generally beliey
ed that it was the extreme popertl
of her parents that drove her to th,
highway,
Early in the spring of '53 cattl,
buyer named Jennings reported t
Sheriff Mulcahey that while cross
ing Bald Top, and when near tn.
county line, he caught up with
prepossessing, boyish looking fello'
on the trail, who said he had wall
ed from Linwood and was going
Deeriug, a little settlement mir
miles this way from the mountain
Jennings offered the wayfarer sea
behind him on the horse, which o
fer was thankfully accepted, Thu
mounted the pair rode merrily o.
their way, chatting pleasantly a,
they proceeded. Jennings though
his companion was very enter
tanning fellow, and was all uncor
scious of danger until, whilepassin
through narrow de6le, he felt tn
muz2le of a pistol pressed againf
his head, and a voice exclaimed
from behind;
"Giveme your money or else T.
shoot
Jennings was dumfounded by tb.
sudden and unexpected turn {
affairs, but, as he heard the pisto
click, knew there was nothing els
to do but to comply with the d,
mand, and he at once drew out
roll Of bills amounting to S3C
which was Immediately snatchee
from his hand by his boyish con
panion who leaped lightly from HI
horse to the ground, and ther
said
Stranger, you're broke now, anc
as took the pistol from your belt
to do the job, I'll give you $50 so az
to get another" "
Then the robber disappeared, ano
Jennings went disconsolately on hi
way to Huntley, where he fourt
the Sheriff, Mulcahey at once dia.
patched a posse Of officers In pur
suit OF the highwayman, and al
though they secured the noun
tains for three days, could Obta.I
no trace Of him. Three weeks al
terward a peddler was held up anC
robbed of $63 near the same spo
where Jennings had been despoiltD
of his money on the Linwood trail
This deed was done by small, BE-
whiskered desperate, From theme
robbeues were frequent on tn
mountains.
The inhabitants Of the sparse