, 1896-07-24
TOUCH OF Wild WEST.
THE CRIPPLE CREEK STAGE
HELD UP AND PASSEN-
GERS ROBBED.
Ladies' Were Not Mole5ted-Twelve
Men Relieved of Their Watches
and Valuables-Three Robbers
Did the Business-They Were
Masked and Heavily Armed.

Masked and Heavily Armed.
Cripple Creek, Colo. July 2s.-At s
o'clock this evening The incoming stage
on the Colorado Springs road was held
up about three miles east OF Grassy
station by three masked highwaymen,
and - passengers were forced to hand
over their %valuables.
Driver George Wordon left Colorado
Springs at 1890 this afternoon with IA
men and four women passengers. Il.
was almost dark when the coach had
reached the foot of the long hill, where
it widens out toward Grassy, and had
gone about one-fourth of a mile be-
ycnd the Spinney mill. AS the coach
emerged from the canon and started up
a tall rise in the road. a tallmasked man
stepped from a clump Of quaker asp, a
few feet in advance of the lead team
and threw a Winchester down upon the
driver and called out to stop, following
pull another line I will shoot you"
Driver Worden did as commanded,
and when the coach came to a stop,
,vo ,tbo m.sLad mo, st,rt,3 from
,.bo sho,to-;ro h,shas with drawn 70
volvers. The leader called out I'm
,o,d ,horo and Zinc IN" A. .his tho
n,ssonoors s,o,red o~uio.,v row tho
,ooo, avid a;d &c oommordoa e,u;,r
IN live .t.or tho stv,. ~ , ar,, ,;o,+.n-
ort roriou,;n. his mon ,bor stenrod
mol, ,,d ,,on, ,no n,,os,aor, .ororod
With b;s r;ea orderod bonds nm and
ma.,.,os ~, o;a, -. uou,, rho.a ,,;.h
roro,,,ars ,r.ssod .o,.nst tho n.rsons
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live amntv,na tho nooLo,s - oaoh ono
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b.ooLs hot had hono s,;nnod undor tho
soot bv ,ba;r ,vnors
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h,oh o,d o,,,oa ~, ~ ,uiuou az.
obo,du A. +ho ~,, .h. ,..z
o,,uhed into +bo ooo,h .ho It,
shook o,t +ho ,oi,,o,a ~ &c.. IT,,
to uobtarod nossa, nors m,ros ~ NJ,
robhers s,enned into tho brush o,d
were out y, SIGHT in a morent
Two ~ tho ,sseng ors a, tho ers,
command b,d roo,,z.d uh.t =. oou
inc and ouicl,v tossed brou.b tbo
coach windows tbo wi, ~ monev ,hat
oooh u.s oorr,-,na u,ho, ~ ooo.h
c,ma IN toward cr,,,,o crook ,ho,, 20
m,,nad bebind to search thu biahv.v
for tbo,r d;soordod +r.osrr
The stage was driven On r. cr;nn1e
creak after a de,,v of mot more thor
five minutes reacbing how. ,t q n,o1ocL
Tho word NJ tba robherv was n,ssed
ouick,v around and soon bec,me tho
tonic of all onversarion A few =, tho
nassen pers remarked tbeir n.mov and
losses tn ,Den,tv sberis 1,,ton and
Dr;ver worden bas.aned tn givo tho IT.
Acers a descr;ntion of tho mon who
had held him IN Tho other n,ssen.
pers scattered to tbeir hon,es and ,hoir
names could not he obtained
Junton ,t once called two don,,,,os