The Saint Paul globe., 1897-08-18
PARTICULARS ABOUT THE ROB-
Berry OF YELLOWSTONE PARK
LAST SATURDAY.
TWO MASKED MEN DID 1T ALL
SIX COACHES AND TWO SURREYS
WERE STOPPED AS THEY
CAME ALONG.
Also Submitted to Having His
Pockets Searched,

The victims of the hold-up in the
Yellowstone park last Saturday are be-
ginning to arrive in st. Paul. A num-
Der of them came in yesterday. The
story they tell about their experience
is much different from the meager tele-
graphic reports sent out about the af-
fair.
Among the men who were robbed by
the two highwaymen was a Toledo
newspaper man. He has spent all the
time he had since the occurrence writ
ing up a detailed and lur1d account of
the affair." Until that is printed or sold
for publication, the Toledo man
wouldn't talk about it.
81 lost everything had said he to
a reporter for the G l o e, "and I must
try and get some Of it back by the
sale of this story. It's a good one
Well, you can guess what it amounts
to. Eight coaches containing f1fty-six
people were held up one after the
other''
But that was all that he would say
about it. He wanted $50 to talk freely.
He left for the East yesterday with
his ''hot story" whicn may find it's
way into Chicago or New York paper.
Other people who were in the party,
however, were willing to tell their eX-
perience. Among them is S. B. jerks,
of Grand Rapids, Mich. Mr.. jerks was
accompanied by Mrs. jerks and Miss
Emma Clapp. Mr.. jerks story of the
affair, as told yesterday, is as follows:
There were about fifty people in our
stage party said Mr.. jerks land we were
half hPfw16n
Norris basin, coming back, when we were
stopped. There were ten conveyances-
surreys and six Concord coaches. Two. of
the surreys, which were in advance, had
passed along the road when two masked
men stepped out of the woods and stopped
the first coach We were back some dis
tance and didn't quite understand the pro-
ceeding. Each coach or surrey was stopped
as it came up, and after its passengers
had Ftat given up was allowed to proceed.
When our turn came, we learned the
method of procedure.
''The two men were masked with -four
bags in which holes had been cut for their
eyes. These bags hung down to their
waists. Their feet were done UP in cloth
so that they left no perceptible track. Each
had a rifle and a revolver and all four of
the weapons were cooked at all stages of
'' Get out of there and give up all your
money, was the command that we got. At
the same time the rifles were stuck in our
faces. 1t was supplemented by a statement
that the women could stay where they were
and that they didn't want the driver either.
I'VE got down to the ground and started
to give them our jewelry, but they said they
weren't out for such things; they wanted the
real stuff
"One man stood guard while the other
took the money. They weren't such foo.s
as to devote their entire attention to get
ting money. That is why they made us
search our own pockets.
cat the first search 1 brought uD 81 in
bills and handed it to the receiving agent.
' That won't do he said you've got to do
better for us than that
''The next time my hand went into my
pocket it brought out So. 1 handed it to
the robber and incidentally remarked that
he ought to leave me enough to pay for lunch
at the next stop. He then generously re-
turned me ST.
I'm our coach the road agents got only
S34. AS soon as they were through with us
they ordered us to move on. We did, too.
The whole party surrendered about $500.
One man lost $120 and the next highest loser
parted with S1OO. Col. Hawkins of the
Seventh regiment, U. S. A., was submitted to
the Indignation of having his pockets
searched. 1t was very annoying to the colonel
to think he. had a large army revolver in
his valise in the coach.
The women in the party were badly
frightened and when a false alarm was given
a short time after the hold-up many of them
run back the road. AS soon we reached
Norris half a dozen soldiers took the trail
and the next day the whole guard of the
park was looking for them. But 1 don't
think they will ever be caught. 1 have an
idea that they were campers.
rule about letting passengers take arms into
the park. The road agents know that the
government does not permit the carrying of
arms, and were sure of a soft snap