The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-29
Ager-Klamath Falls Bandit
Robs Two More Stages.
ALL THE WORK OF ONE MAN.
Oregon-Washington Fisheries Juris-
dietion Case Comes Up Today.
Return OF the Columbine With Admi-
raj walker-The Tacoma Rolling
Mil Company Alleged to BE InSoi-
veut-Mormon President Woodruff
To Be Here Today.

Ashland, Or. June 2s-The lone high
wayman who has been industrlously psy-
Ing his vocation on the stage route from
Ager. Cal. just over the Oregon line, TO
klamath Falls. in a series OF robberies,
now has five aoid-ups to his credit. exc
cufed during the past three months, hav-
ing made a double play last night. rob
bing both the east and west-bound stages.
The east-bound stage left Ager In the
afternoon at the usual time. and when
the drivers were changed at Klamath no.
springs Ii was 90 o'clock and a shower
Of rain nad fallen. One passenger was
aboard, RI. V Gates, a member Of the Or
egon legislature from Washington coun-
iy. bound for Klamath Falls on business.
Nothing happened until the stage had
climbed a hong and tortuouS grade and got
nearly a mile beyond. when at quarter
10 O'Clock a command came from behind
a tree at the side of the road. TO halt and
ffhrow out the mail sacks. The robber
did not ask for the express box, showing
that he knew of Wells-Fargo having re-
Gently withdrawn their service over the
road. The driver and the passenger were
ordered out. and the passenger instructed
to cut open the mail sacks. Gates said he
had no knife, but was furnished with one
by the driver. who stood at the horses
heads. while the passenger emptied the
mail in the road. During this time the
roEJber kept In the shadow OF tree. The
passenger and driver then turned their
pockets inside out and we're marched forty
feet up the road. while the robber remain
ed and went through the nlah. They were
then ordered back TO load up the stage.
After the rofber had put out the stage
candles and retired under his tree the
passenger and the driver were ordered 10
remain with their stage until the down
stage came. During the hour and half
intervening the rotsber swapped stories
and Jokes with the driver and passenger.
and remarked that he had made poor
haul tonight.
When the down stage came along II was
halted within three feet OF the other stage.
and the same process was gone Through
with There were no passengers in the
second stage. The robber had a Horse
close at hand: but seemed TO have no con-
federate He wore a cloth mask, and
talked without any attempt TO disguise
himself. He was OF medium height. He
was careful TO keep out of sight. though
IL is said he could have been shot several
times If the passenger or driver had had
a pistol Only g was secured from Gates
and Is cents from the driver There is no
doubt that all the recent robberies of this
stage were committed by this same man.
who is certainly resident of that sec
ton. The country Surrounding is wild
with settlements Ear between. and pecu-
LARRY adapted TO the escape of highway
men. though heavily timbered and rocky
Amateur detectives have worked on the
case some time. but so far have been un-
able 10 get strong enough evidence to con-
meet the man whom they suspect with the
crimes.
The stage route from Ager to Klamath
Falls rs ffty-six miles long. and passes
through a country that has been the scene
Of many murders and rohberies in the
past A series of robberies several years
ago resulted In Wells Fargo Withdrawing
their express business from IL. They re-
established the service 10 klamath Falls
again, but repeated robberies during the
past few months resulted in their with
drawal. and the last express went over the
road June Is. The company say they will
never do business over II again.