Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-27
HE RECEIVES ON TUESDAYS.

| A Lone Stage Robbcr Who Devotes
That Day to Taking Offerings.
| From the Morning Oregonian.
! As the Coos Bay stage was coming up
Camas mountain, en- route from Myrtle
point to Roseburg. between and $50
o'clock this afternoon. Dan Cardwell ard
Barney Matthews of Roseburg were riding
| on the box seat with Driver George Lain
ger. The driver remarked:
Here is the place we were held up last
Tuesday"
He pointed to 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-
relied Colts pistol and in the left bull
dog"
of mile, where the grade was heavier and
where many small scrub oaks grew, with
large fir standing either side of the
road a short distance apart, an ideal spot
for a stage hold-up, Mr.. Cardwell remark
ed
would 1t not be joke If robber should
| appear from behind that tree. on this side
of the road?'
Almost before he had finished speaking a
slight sound Of twigs being broken. was
heard from the upper side of the road.
Lainger said:
MY God, here he comes"
At the same instant man sprang from
behind the rec. with pistol in each hand.
He was quickly recognized as the one
previously described by the driver and car
ried himself in the same manner as at the
last hold-up. He wore mask made from
the leg of an old pair O. knit drawers.
Holes We're cut for his eyes which ,; Sp-
The cloth was tied with string 10 form
a tassel on the top Of his mead. and hung
well over his breast. He had on yellow
gum coat. reaching to his ankles. and gray
socks drawn over the tops of shoes. His
hands were blackened, as II with burnt
wood. He cried OUT
Hold up! hold up!''.
The driver put the brake and stopped.
The robber next commanded all hands up,
and said:
Put 'em up high and stand up" and re-
made a move, and Mr. Cardwell asked:
ITO whom are you speaking?"
He replied. ITO you, and throw out your
money"
Mr.. Cardwell stood up and threw 81 to
the ground, but was told to dig up the rest
and not give all small stuff"
He gave up - more. He had, on the
first alarm, thrown another purse. contain
Ing sl9S. on "a seat behind 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:
II can't help you much, partner; times
are too hard
Yes. know" replied the robber; that's
why I'm in this business
Matthews carried several hundred dollars
| In gold and greenbacks. which he threw
on a back seat and into the boot of the
stage. Major Pond. light house inspector.
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 s1.50 from his
vest pocket. Miss Ban carried about s134.
but was not disturbed. The driver was
then told to stand up. but said that he
could not. The road was 50 steep that
| 1t 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 If he
| had any mail, and said:
I've only 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 one to look back.
| The driver bid the robber goodbye, and he
| replied:
Goodbye. 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.