The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-07-09
THE FIELD OF ADVENTURE.
EXCITING INCIDENTS AND BRAVE
DEEDS ON LAND OR SEA.
An Oregon Stage Held Up By One
NIan-General Naury's Fight With
q lsull-A Coffin But No Corpse

Fargo ana GO. S box were robbed undeI
circumstances that are almost without
parallel for sheer nerve and bravado.
The highvayman stood in ambush
at the side Of the road and did not
once disclose his person, much less his
identity to lis victims. But they
literally obeyed his every command,
which was delivered in firm voice.
The stage left the railroad at Aser
ut three o'clock P. 10, with Ed. Wal.
ters as driver, and two passengers,
John Wells, prominent and wealthy
Klamath s5ockman and Populist
County Commissioner OF klamath
County, and Emanuel Cora, mer-
chant bound home to Picard, Cal.
About 10 o'clock, as the team slowed
down to pull up the narrow Topsy
grade, six miles long, sudden COM
maud came from ambush beside the
road for the driver to hold up, and
throw out the express box and letter
pouches. The command was delivered
IN al imperious voice, and the driver
did not stop to ask questions or wait
fer the robber to come from conceal
ment. The express box and letter
pouches were promptly thrown oat.
The hidden lighwayman then di'
rected his attention to Wells, the
stockman, and he was told to cut open
the letter pouches. Wells demurrsd,
but obeved. He secured q pocket.
knife and began slashing away at Uncle
Sans letter bags. When the robbe1
was satisfied that satisfactory progress
WIS being made by the stockman be
directed Cora, the other passenger,
to break open the box supposed to
contain Wells, Fargo & Co.'S treas
ures. The merchant reluctantly went
to work, but he seems not to have
taken the proper implements of de,
structior, and made so much noise and
confusion that the robber directed him
to desist. Then he bade the driver to
take an az from the stage and make
more successful job and less noise.
Walters did as required.
When these things were done the
highwayman preferred firm request
from his place of concealment IN the
brush for the driver and passengers to
take off their coats and, besides, leave
the contents of their pockets with the
other booty. Again the trio com
piled, but it is believed that they lost
little in that manner. The plucke5
passengers and driver were then al
lowed to get aboard the stage ano
drive on. It is not known whether
any valuables were secured from the
express box or letters.
The robbery took place within a
few hundred feet of similar robbery
| hardly month previously, and there
is little doubt that it was executed by
the same lone highwayman. 1t wa:
carried out in almost tho same man
ner, the robber giving his orders from
the darkness and not being seen by tn;
driver AMI passengers, though his
presence close at hand was as firmly
Impressed upon them as If he hae
stood at the horses heads and covered
them with his gun.
General NIaury's Fight With Bull
Around the Richmond camp-fire'
there is no cheerier face than that OF
General Dabrey H.. Maury, the vet
eran. His favorite tale is this one, o!
his battle with white bull:
"Ithappened when we were stationed
! il Texas upon the banks of the Rlc
Grande, and, being little anxiou:
one day regarding small speck saw
moving in the distance, I determined
to go softly forward to Investigate it.
! did not tell any one Of my move
ments, fearing to be laughed at as :
! false alarmist. AS I crept through thu
brush toward the moving speck it sud
! denly grew much larger, and ] saw j
! was coming straight toward me.
! had no field glass but as enjoyed n
adventure I determined to meet th
enemy, no matter what it was. So
. stood boldly up and waited.
''In minute it was in shooting dis
tance of me. end then saw it was q
! spleudil white ball. Now, l was ne7e,
afraid of Taurus, though I had had
several experiences with him on the
prarieg, sc, staafling my ground, let
! ay ct him with my rife again and
again.
s!I think 7 must have struck him,
for he snorted and charged toward me.
I shot again, the shot taking effect in
his heal. But my shot only aneered
aim and sa7e him fresh strength. With
: terrific below, he lowered his head
anl made ;or me. J. took one look al
his horns, lealizea that there was nc
time to Ere again and dodgel Linn.
Jumped to one side into pile Of IN.
derGrusb, and landed right il the
midst of great cactus bush. Do you
know what q cactus bush is? In its
wild state it is bundle Of rezors,
newly sharpened aul turned blade TO-
ward you, and I fell on top Of twenty
keen knives.
lay there until I could find cour.
age 10 crawl through tue blades, and,
terribly cut, I crepS home. When
lola my story my comrades did moi
believe me. Go over there hall q
mile and you will find d white bull
dead in the brush, l said. He fell as
lay on the cactus points. and il I
had it to do over again I'd take my
chonce with tha hr11l -