Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-12-20

"eie be,d find out: No. 3s head
I;rht inst coming around bullalo
DE The soldiers had gone out 10
meet the lieutenant as soon as ass',eu
that the dispatch had been dehVereu -
No and they were now watering
1T, horses at the creek. 1t was just
light enough to see them out tnere.
TIan No reached Minden, was duly
,.enorted in and out, and then the wires
,ve,t down. No. came into buIte-
Liz Of breakfast on time and all right.
The division superintendent asAeu
what was the matter at Alkah statioh'
and the conductor replied, nothing
that he knew of. They had come i've
" down Antelope grade and struck 1ne
Mini Ska valley, running forty-hve
miles an hour, which they didn cnecA'
&c Mai. Graves telegram said: Come
=, ~ Ninden." Had he seen the dls-
natch? Why, certainly. 1t was an
ripht. signed by some heutenant or
ether commanding escort. had ne
soon no fire at Arxali? Oh, yes over
On the bank of the stream five hundred
,,ards or SO from the station there was
some fire. Thought it was only camp
FIRE or two. There were two or three
mon soldiers. he thought, on the ola
platform, but it was barely dawn anu
The engine left such trail OF smoke
and steam that the men were enVei-
oDed in II. and he couldn't make them
o,,t distinctly. No dropped the major
ond his clerk at Minden, where other
soldiars met him. and then hurried on
ssyvbat,s the trouble?" "Wen, said the
srnerintendent. "since the moment
,rot, nnlled out from Minden to this
moment. Mr.. Hart, we have been cut
off. Not word can we get from the
east"
Rv the time the express pushed on
! for the west again couple OF manu-
cars had been dispatched eastward IN
the vain hope of finding the break near
town. and these were overhauied ten
niles ont by the engine and caboose
sent scouting down the valley MOI
,nt;t thew were within a mile of Min
den did they find the gap, and along
there the wires had been clipped In
half dozen places. The superlntend-
emit gathered the particulars while his
men were patching. Here at the sta
ton. surrounded by knot of excited
ranchmen and settlers were Maj.
Graves and his clerk, but all they had
to show was the telegram. 1t read
plainly enough;
"MrNpEN STATION, June 3, 3;05 q. m Maj
Graves IT, S. army. on No Q, Pawnee station.
Bridge down at Alsan Cannot cross Mini SKA
Come on to Minden; escort meet you there
EDWARDS Lieutenant Commanding
Never suspecting anything wrong,
Mai. Graves sent his clerk to notify the
conductor and show him the dispatch
The porter made them coffee and
light breakfast at the buffet
SO as to enable them to start al
once for the longer ride that their go
ing on to Minden would neeessitate
They were met as they jumped off Tho
car by couple of troopers in over
coats, thimble belts and the SLOUGH ha
tLen much affected by the cavalry OF
campaigns. "This way. sir, said one
'the lieutenant says the escorts read,
to start the moment the major is" II
made move to take the valise, but in
stinctively the major held on. tn
train pulled out as they stepped aroun
to the rear Of the depot. Graves eoui
see a little knot of horscmen close {
the stream. The boys will be glad {
see You, sir, and we've a long rid
ahead of us" said his conductor, an
in another moment Graves was trippeC
thrown heavily to the ground. boun
and gagged, and there he lay helpless
while his clerk was similarly HANDLED
and away went the valise with I
precious thousands, he had no ide
whittier. He saw only three or for
men Ia all, but they were all in ca
S airy overcoats. and the horses an
e equipments, so far as he could judge
n the light and distance looked like tho'
lie of the regulars-not cowboys or roa
r agents They vanished in the twin
n ling of an eye. and not until they hi
Ie been gone fifteen minutes or more d
W the station agent discover the pligl
lc of the paymaster and release hin
ST Meantime the wires had been cut. Pu
IF suit was useless No one knew wi
D. the robbers were. or which way tn,
T. had gone after crossing the bridg
ir But an early bird around the state
Of said he saw two soldiers galloping we
" along the north bank of the streal
Il. and all Milden-what there was of ii
v was ready to swear that soldiers we
ut at the bottom of the whole affair.
" II was ten o'clock before they cou
re send dispatch to Butte. 1t was ban
II ly 4:45 when the robbery took pla,
IS 1t was noon, as we have seen, when t
n news reached the fort, and one o'clo
ia when the sheriff got there.
vo ''Cowboys Road-agentsl' said
GO Indignantly. mo, sir. We hung t
N. last Of them two months ago. The
ne isn't a road-agent' left in Latin
70 county. Those robbers We're soldiers
ol. cavalrymen, deserters from Col. w
m throp's command. Fisk, the operat
les at Minden, will swear to their identi
vo at least of the two who came in W
pa the dispatch. of course he sent it WI
lrc he saw Lieut.. Edwards name sigr
no and they told him so straight sto
1t? You send couriers after Col. Wlnthr
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