The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-01
OF medium height and slias--exeept
Nsfo inclined 20 Re heavier set.
tfoW the Job Was Done.

He~ the .Ioh Was Done.
Conductor r. T. HipkinS and Moto-maa
u. Wlleus Brown were running the ear.
They had sixteen passengers aboard.
among taem being; Miss Carrie Cameron.
| Mss Pike, Mrs Newell. William Hutchin-
/ son and his aons,ksepsr. Doe Waiting
tor, Christian Nelson. Char.ss Noyes,
Henry Lamb. Richard simpson and ~
/ Kennedy. al 81 Columbia City There
| were several strangers in the car. whoss
] names c0nsd goi ID learned.
| car No. = was The last one ran for the
| rigat, aaa sels the foot OF Washington
/ SlEset al lisa Motorman Brown. luss
/ after passing. Valentine station, slowed
| down 20 let of Mr.. Hutchinson and his
t icuseSeepec. who i've tn house that
stands a few hundred rods from the track
! Wa-le the ear stiil had considerable helsl=
M'ay on Rrawn saw three raen standing
eioso by ihe track ahead OF aim,
As Tie car ran past them one
~ TIE three attempted 10 board
The front platform He msscd II.
however. she hand-rail struck him and ne
was aurlesi 10 esie side In falling ha
| knocked down one OF his companions. ES-
'fs one IN the car. though IL was a closed
one heard the th,d and several Jumped TO
taeir feet. thinking sone enc had been
| killed on the track The car stepped with
a Jerk. Hui there was no. dead man about.
There vas another Kind OF tragedy afoot.
Fhree masked men Sprang onto the rear
platform. Conductor Hipl1ins saw the
siouch hats and the black masks. At the
same instant ne saw something, else thai
interested him even more~the muzzles o.
Tour 4f-caiiber Colt royolvers looking hin,
IN the face. Throw up voas hands there
and be quick about IT." The voice was
graf and il-nstared. and tho guns looked
business conductor Hipkins unwillinsly
but promptly obeyed.
The next suggestion made 10 Nr. Hin
kns was that he get inside the car
/ quick" As he stepped through the door
/ way the familiar face Of Motorman Brown
greeted him from the other end of the
car. Mr.. Brown wore a cynical smile
ns OF a man who does not appreciate the
joke. He was guarded by two more guns
IA Smith & Wesson rs and a wicked-iook-
ing English bulldog In the hands az
the third robher. who had gone through
the car TO the front platform whiis his
companions were doing business in the
rear.
All these prelimnaries had occupied less
| than minute. The situation was now
this: At the front end of the aisle enc
man with TWO guns and Moto-man Brown:
al the rear end OF the aisle two men with
four guns and Conductor Hipkins between
the artillery sixteen passengers-1 dozen
men and four women-iB various stages ~
alarm. Again came the orders In a rough
dice from the leader of the gang.v Throw
mp your hands every body. No monkey
! business here
Sixteen pair Of hands went up. few OF
them awkwardiy and aeslfattngfy. bur
| most OF them with pFcmptness and good
/. grace. Then the man who had stood by
the spokesman al the rear OF the car drop
/, ped his pistols into his coat pockets and
started to search the crowd The men
were made TO stand ND while their po<k-
etc We're goae hastily through and watch
es. chains and scarf pins torn OF. Ii ls
/ thought that about $3.50 In money six or
seven watches and several valuable pins
were gotten In the loot. The whole affair
occupied fifteen minutes. The highwaymen
did their work quickly, though the nervous
ness of two of them was evidence that they
were new at the game
Now" said the leader. as hts pal went
through fhe last man. "get out o. this car
as fas, AZ you know how" and the crowd
filed out between double guard When
they were ali on the gang held brief
conference, which resulted In the an
nouncement thst they would run the car
down the road piece. then eat her loose
and let 'er run to HI" This proposi-
ton brought Moiorman Brown to life
again. and he spoke righ. up like man
Look here he suggested "yeu fellows
don't want to turn that loose. You'l
XIII somebody. or else you'll smnsf,
The car You don't want TO do that" A.
a COMPROMISE the gang offered 70 turn
the trolley about. turn the power loose
and send the car bowling back 10 ifs keep-
err Mr. Brown objected TO this hacause.
he sad he didn't think he eou.d catch IL.
The spokesman replied with an oath that
he didn't care whether ne could csffch d,
or not. Then with his companions ne
jumped aboard. and. turning 10 the vic
Tins Of sheir nights work. who stood hud-
died by the track. ne lifted hts hat and
said politely:
Ladies aad Gentle emen~~We're much
obliged fer srouF kind contributions
Wen cah and see you soon again. Good
night
The gang then ran the ear down the
track Ia within few yards OF Valentine
station. threw on the power switch. turned
the car loose and fed Into the darkness Of
the night. Acsarmau Brown had followed
the ear as closely as he dared. He soon
succeeded h catching I aud ran back 70
his passengers. Taking them aboard he
ran back 10 Columbia CITY. turned the ear
into the sheds. and. after dssfasslng rae
adventure for few minutes. the nnlucky
victims of the arrair dispersed to their
slick Stranger.
There was one man in the hola-up Win
proved himself more than equal to the
occasion and thereby saved a bucksksn
bag containing 500 ard SIS bemides. He
was a stranger and bis name could nor
10 learned He had evidently been through
similar adventures. for before the move
10 search began ne saceee5ea In dropping
ma money bag down between she sashes
OF the window, where IL lay snagiy unti;
an danger was past. IN his trourats
pocket he had . SO bin ara q 81
gold piece These hs he'd In his
closed fssss ai0ff shile tb~ robsers vent
through is clothing and found nothing
tie could afford the laugh saas hs laughed