The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-23
WORK OF THE ROAD AGENTS
Herman j. Reiling Tells of Mon
days Stage Robbery.
HOW HE WAS CLEANED OUT
Highwaymen Took His Five Thousand
Dollars Worth of Gold Dust. but
Gave His Watch Back
to Him.

Herman j. Reiling, who was men
toned in yesterdays Standard as hav-
ing been robbed of $1,000 worth of gold
dust in an Idaho stage hold-up, arrived
in Anaconda yesterday morning and
registered at the Montana. He is ac-
companied by Mrs. Reiling, who was
in the coach when it was robbed.
Sheriff Jack Coney had a short con-
versation with Mr.. Reiling last even
ing in regard to the matter. The Off
Ger was informed that he could obtain
full description of the four men by
communicating with Mr.. Pyle of Dill
lon. Sheriff Conley promised to do all
in his power to capture the men, and
as he took his departure Mr.. Reiling
said:
go ahead and land them and re-
member that it will be worth thous-
and dollars to you"
Mrs. Reiling had partial description
of the men, but a more complete one
than she could give is desired. When
the robbers approached the coach, Mrs.
Reiling looked down into the face of
one of them and through tear in the
mask he wore she noticed a scar below
the left eye.
Mr.. Reling left at 1855 o'clock for
Butte, on his way to his home, where
he will help in the pursuit of the rob-
bers.
Last evening at the Montana he told
the story of the hod-up as follows:
Il am president and general manager
Of the Pacific Dredging company. The
company is working at Moose Creek.
On Sunday morning l started for Ana
conda to get some machinery which
was needed for the shaft On Monday
afternoon at about l o'clock we were
about three miles west of the Montana
divide in Idaho at a point called the
Horseshoe Bend. The road is very mar
row and the country in the vicinity
is thickly wooded. The curtains of the
coach were down, for it was showing
heavily outside. Everything was going
along very nicely when suddenly the
driver cried out:
"Reiing, it's a hold-up.'
Il stuck my head out of the window
and saw four masked men in the road.
] pulled out 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
revolver / concluded it was no use
making a stand so ! threw my gun on
the floor of the coach and obeyed the
order of the highwaymen, who told me
to throw my hands up and come out.
when / got out the men marched
me down the road and ordered me to
unbutton 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 va
Uses, which they ordered me to Open
When they found the gold dust one of
them said:
"'This is what we're after. Have you
got any more?
II 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 monogram on it.
Get in your coach now and don't try
any of your funny business on US
lone of the men assisted my wife
into tho coach and requested her to
hand over my revolver. which was ly-
ing on the floor of the coach. They re-
turned the case, but kept the revolver.
During this time one of the men
went through a mail pouch in the
coach. When they took everything we
had, they ordered the driver to move
on. One of the men had revolver and
the other three had Winchesters. They
watched us until we reached the top
of the hill and then they disappeared
in the woods. We would have given
those fellows a hard fight if we had
had couple of men with us, but there
was only the driver, my wife and my
self.
las soon as we got to a place called
Midway. I tried to call up the sheriff
at Leinhia by phone, and found that
the robbers had cut the wires. When
we reached the terminus of the stage
line at Red Rock. I notified Mr.. Hill.
and he in turn notified the sheriff at
Dillon, who Immediately struck out in
search of the robbers.
1.-THE same parties have been lying
around Bannock for four weeks, and
proposed holding up Mr.. Crater, who
carries the gold dust for the Bannock
Gold Dredging company, but they have
not as yet succeeded in their attempt"