Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-10-21
RECEPTION DAY.
|Ne STAGE RoBBER WHO TAKES
 IcerrRlNGs ON TUESDAYS.

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 to He Doing Thriving Business.
 a. Not .Want the Earth" but scts the Passengers small Change. uetant Obedience.
 tba Coos Bay stage was coming up @ @roonntain, en route from Myrtle
 +o Roseburg, between ? and 2:ao | the other afternoon, Dan Cardwell parney Matthews of Roseburg were % nn the box seat with Driver George or The driver remarked:
 "a ;s the place we were held up last %lay" bere he stood, one foot resting on the Uith pistol in each hand. In the hs held an old fashioned long bar rolt;s pistol and in the left bull er having driven on nearly quarter ,n;le where the grade was heavier vhere many small scrub oaks grew, large fir standing on either side Of sod . short distance apart, an ideal for a stage holdup, Mir. Cardwell re- Fon,d z, not be 8 joke if a robber j. annear from behind that tree on <ide of the road?''
 most before he had finished speaking sbt sound, as of twigs being broken, beard from the upper side of the road. |nger said
 Fy God, here he comesH'
 tbe same instant a man sprang from Id the tree with pistol in each hand. as quickly recognized as the one pre- v describcd by the driver and carried plf in the same manner as at the last .n He wore mask made from the an old pair of knit drawers. Holes cut for his eyes, which appeared to a lieht blue or gray color. The cloth jed with string to form tassel on hn of his head and hung well over his t He had on yellow gum coat, linz to his ankles, and gray socks n over the tops of shoes. His hands blackened as if with burned wood.
 
 lied out:
 fold up! Hold up!'
 e driver put on the brake and stopped. robber next commanded all hands up 8aid;
 7put 'em up high and stand up" and ted stand up several times No z,,ade a move, and MT. Cardwell asked: 10 whom are you speakings"
 replied, 'To you, and throw out money.
 Cardwell stood up and threw s2 to round, but was told to dig up the rest not give all small stuff. Y gave up S2 more He had, on the 7Falarm, thrown another purse, contain Tk19S, on seat behind him, which he zm. Mir Matthews was next command stand up and deliver, He stood up IF threw on the spot designated s2. 50, =ng:
 can help you much, partner. Times Zoo hard"
 es, I know replied the robber. Eats why I'm In this business. htthews carried several hundred dol % in gold and greenbacks, which he N on back seat and into the boot of stage. Major Pond, lighthouse in- or, and Miss Myrtle Ban were inside. robber addressed the major, saying: Dig up, old man. :"
 e was told tho major could not give h, and the latter took si.50 from his 8pocket Miss Ban carried about Sl34, Eas not disturbed. The driver was # told to stand up, but said that he 70 not. The road was so steep that 1t Ia difficult matter to stand erect, and las allowed to remain seated Had he n the money thrown on the seat by Passengers would have been in plain of the robber. He was asked if he any mail and said:
 ye only way sack, and anybody who Id take that would rob his grand her"
 De robber didn't want that. Mr. ger then asked Why don't you hold pme one else and not always mel" To n he received no reply, but was told i've on and for no one to look back driyer bid the robber goodby, and he led:
 Foodby, but you will see me again in y or two "
 be passengers looked back and saw disappear behind the tree from which ad come.
 Lainger is confident it is the same M who held up the stage last week. sonian.