Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-24
STAGE COACH HOLD Up.
Five Thousand IN Gold, Dust Taken
from Travellers in Idaho.


Butte, Mont, Aug. 24.-Herman ].
Reiling and wife of Chicago were the
sole victims Of the stage coach robbery
at Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, on Monday
evening. They arrived in Butte yester-
day afternoon on their way home. Mr..
and Mrs. Reiling were the only passen-
gers in the coach and lost 5000 in gold
dust.
Mr.. Reiling is president Of dredging
company and the robbers evidently ex-
pected to make big haul. as 1t was
supposed that he was bringing out the
seasons cleanup. Mr.. Reiling offered
a reward of $1,000 for the capture Of the
robbers.
In giving the story Of the hold-up last
evening Mr.. Reiling said:
II am president and general manager
of the Pacific Dredging Company. The
company is working at Moose Creek.
On Sunday morning started for Ana
conda to get some machinery which was
needed for the shaft. On Monday at
ternoon at about ] o'clock we were
about three miles west of the Montana
divide in Idaho at a point called Horse
shoe Bend. The road is narrow and the
country in the vicinity is thickly wood
| ed. The curtains of the coach were
down, Tor it was showing heavily out
side.
Suddenly the driver cried out: 'Reil-
ing, it's hold-up.'
II stuck my head out Of the window
and saw four masked men in the road.
l drew my revolver and looked at the
driver to see if he had his gun, but as
his hands We're up and he had no revolt
| yer concluded it was no use making a
stand, SO threw my gun on the floor of
the coach and obeyed the order of the
lhighwaymen, who told me to throw my
hands up and come ont.
When got out the men marched me
down the road and ordered me to I'M
button my coat and vest. They took
my valuables and while one man was
watching me the others went through
| the coach.
They found my three valises. which
| they ordered me to open. When they
4 found the gold dust one of them said:
This is what we're after. Have you
got any more?'
- told them I had no more and one
of the men, who seemed to do all the
talking, said: Here's your watch; we
don't want It, because It's got a mono
gram on it. Get in your coach now and
1 don't try any of your funny business on
/ u.s.
One of the men politely assisted my
/ Wife into the coach and requested her
/ to hand over my revolver, which was
Lying on the floor of the coach. They re-
turned the case, but kept the revolver
During this time one of the men went
through mail pouch in the coach.
When they had taken everything we
had the robbers ordered the driver te
move on. One of the men had a revol-
Yer and the other three Winchesters
They watched us until we reached the
top of the hill and then they disap.
lpeared in the woods.
As soon as we got to a place called
| Midway ] tried to call up the sheriff al
i Leinhai by telephone and found that the
4 robbers had cut the wires When we
4 reached the terminus of the state line
/ at Red Rock / notified the agent and hi
Z in turn notified the sheriff at Dillon
4 who Immediately struck out in search
4 of the robbers.
The same parties have been lyins
around Bannock for four weeks ant
proposed holding up Mr.. Crater, VIII,
!. carries the gold dust for the Bannocl
gold dredging, but they have not as We
succeeded in their attempt
When the robbers approached TIL,
coach Mrs. Reiling looked down Into tn.
\ face of enc of them and through a tori
i spot in the mask noticed scar below
the left eye.
\ Sheriff Pyle and his deputies are OF
the trail of the robbers, but no word ha.
yet been received from the officers.