The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-28
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AS the Coos Bay stage was coming up
Samas Mountain en- route from Myrtle
Point 20 ROseburg, between ? and 2-O
O'Clock this afternoon, says a ROseburg,
Or. dispatch to the Portland Oregonian.
Dan Cardwell and Barney Matthews of
Roseburg were riding on the box seat with
Driver George Lainger. The driver re-
marked:
Here is the place we were held up last
He pointed to a log by the roadside and
said:
There he stood, one foot resting on the
log, with a pistol in each hand. In the
right he held an old fashioned long bar
dog"
After having driven on nearly quarter
OF a mile, where the grade was heavier and
where many small scrub oaks grew. with
a large fr standing on either side Of the
road short distance apart, an ideal spot
marked:
Would it not be a joke if a robber
should appear from behind that tree, on
Almost before he had finished speaking
a slight sound, as OF twigs being broken,
was heard from the upper side of the road.
Lainger said
My God, here ne comes"
At the same instant a man sprang from
He was quickly recognized as the one pre-
viously described by the driver and carried
himself in the same manner as at the last
hOld-up. He wore a mask made from the
leg of an old pair of knit drawers Holes
were cut for his eyes, which appeared to
be of light blue or gray color. The cloth
was tied with a string to form a tassel
on the top of his head, and hung well over
his breast. He had on a yellow gum coat,
reaching to his ankles, and gray socks
drawn over the tops of shoes. His hands
were blackened as if with burnt wood
He cried out:
Hold up! hold upl"
The driver put on the brake and stopped.
The robber next commanded all hands up
and said
Put ,em up high and stand up" and
repeated. stand up" several times. No
one made a move. and Mr.. Cardwell asked:
To whom are you speaking?
He replied, ITO you, and throw out your
money"
He gave up 81 more He had on the
first alarm thrown another purse, con-
tanning $685. on a seat beside him, which
he saved. Mr.. Matthews was next com
manded to stand up and deliver He
stood up and threw on the spot designated
$3.50 saying:
Il can't help you much. partner; times
yes, know" replied the robber, that's
why L m in this business"
Matthews carried several hundred dol
lars in gold and greenbaeks, which he
threw on back seat and into the boot
of the stage. Maj. Pond, lighthouse in
spector, and Miss Myrtle Ban were inside
The robber addressed the major, saying:
dig up, old man."
He was told the major could not give
much, and the latter took $l.50 from his
but was not disturbed. The driver was
then told to stand up, but said that he
could not. The road was so steep that it
was a difficult matter to stand erect, and
he was allowed to remain seated. Had
he arisen, the money thrown on the seat
by the passengers would have been in plain
view of the robber. He was asked IL he
had any mail, and said:
I've only a way sack, and anybody
who would take that would rob his grand
mother"
The robber didn't want that. Mr.. Lain
ger then asked: why don't you hold
up some one else and not always me?" to
which he received no reply, but was told
to drive on and for no one to look back
The driver bid the robber goodby, but he
replied:
"Goodby. but you will see me again in a
day or two"
The passengers looked back and saw
him disappear behind the tree from which
he had come.
Mr.. Lainger is confident 1t is the same
fellow who held up the stage last week.