Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-10-31
STAGE ROBBERY!
White Oaks Stage Probably Again
Robbed.
Nothing Definite Can Be Learned
OF the Affair.
Death OF the Assistant Secretary Of Agri-
culture q, Detroit.
COUNTY pruocRAric eorvErrIor

san Antonio, Oct. -. ip top. M. not
word has been received from v Wednesday
and Thursday white oaks missing stages.
Very heavy rains In the O-cura and
white mountains may have delayed them
some, but all the indications point W AN
other hold.up.
Albert li0llenbrk, who met the three
armed men four miles east " the noun
tain station yr-,rtia! morning. fearing
10 ~ farther, came back ~ the mountain
station, where he Vt,Hd guard over the
Thursday mail from san Antonio a.
White oaks. The san Antonio Fridays
mail VIA held over lat night nj MontoyA
we'll. twenty live mllrs eAt, ~ here. THIS
VIA gSi precauliun ~ indications
pOlnt,sl that the rOblrl- were coming IT,
meet II near the GAP IN the u-cuta noun.
tain-
p,s-" headed 10y ~ Cattle INSPECTOR
Fowler and Aaron llOllrnb'ck left san
Antonio early this morning, and II the
White oaks stages have hr-n held np. ~
indicated. the, will follow up the trail.
several passenger are here waiting N
20 over on the stage, among the lot being
]. GroTge Huber. n merchant at hhnito
city, hut they fear a. ~ over until they
hear news from the missing stages.
The names of IA" men driving the
mis-ing stages are viii. Butlrr and Hen.
Carpenter
pu-totlirr Inspector 4. T.. Frpirfick-
waa also rxprct,i nn Butler stage YES
terla,.
TC. Brusn. Just IN from \ngal hy
private conveyance, r"pnrt- that -lx
armed masked men attacked the store ni
the III Captain l.aud and Cattle company
nj Richardaon sunday night. but failed
~ get into the store, ~ Edward Me.
laigpr. clerk NJ the store and other en-
plOyrS of the ranch were armed aud on
the lookout for them. aud the robbers
we're driven away withOu, securing any
lhlny.
Richardson p,stntrr - the headluar
ters Ot the ranch NJ the Block cattle TO-.
aud r. loca,ed on the north side Of III
Captain mountains, facing the hig open
plains that lead to Pines Wells. IL l. the
most isolated ps4tOllic" IN the territory
the nearest settlement tu sp'ak ~ -
White oaks ~ Lincoln, bath twenty i've
miles awA,
II II hard Ia get any definite news.
NkW- LN-r NIGHT
Last night at 80, O'Clock. n. v.
l.nmis, chief deputy nited States mar.
-hal. who IL here attending court, recrN
nj the following special telegram,
san Antonio, y. 81. ocl ~. AT u =. III.
the apex Of t,,e Oscura mountains nj :
o'clock this morning. No mail from
White oaks for the past two days, lndi.
cations ARE that the mail has again been
hali.up Robbers were lying III hiding
Tor the san Antonio stage. which w,p'
held back purp~ely until tn. White oaks
arrived al the mountain stage"
Mr.. loOmi- waa seen short time after
he had received the above dispatch. and
hr stated that II United States Marshal
Hall authorized him Ia appoint some one
here to attend court, he would go Ia san
Antonio this morning and leave from
there. with strong parse, after the rob
hers
Capt. 4. Hollrnbeck, owner Of the san
Antonio-White oaks stage line, came IN
from the south last night. and was a,iNls
nj ot the robbery while Oh route IN this
city. lie had u hurried conference with
Mr. l0mi4. AMI returned "a San Antonio
thu morning.