The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-19
COLORADO TRAIN ROBBER .
TOOK A HAND INTHE &
He Didn't Have Any Cards, bat He Brota
Smoking Car Bank at Mirage.

SsH READ rot long ago. said a gen.
oeman connected with the geo.
logical survey, and who does a
coed deal OF travelling for that
organization, 'nn amusing account given
by commercial traveller OF how all OF
the pretty plans he had made TO guide
hts conduct in case of a hotel conaagra-
ton petered out when he found himself
actually mixed up IN the Baldwin hotel
fare In San Francisco. ana how he went
TO pieces just like a majority Of people
without any prearranGed plans do under
similar circumstances He drew q moral
on the difference between promise and
performances from the story. and II set
me TO thinking OF rather parallel ex-
perienee I had a few years ago. nv ex-
perience. however. WASN'T a IRE. i. was
a hoid-sp. II was the same however. in
the fact that had for years thought out
Just exactly what I'd do II, case I ever
happened TO be on . train that was held
up. end the fne. consecutive way with
which ! didn't think OF one OF these plans
when the pinch came was Illuminating.
DC. meant TO throw my hands up. OF
course. when ordered, but 1 had a whole
lot OF careful little details figured out for
saving myself from thu necessity OF civ
ing up my vaIuahlee that firmly intend
ed to work at the nrst opportunity.
In 1873 was travelling on sleeper on
the Union Pacific. bound from Omaha for
Denver II was Pheasant ride. in the
middle OF autumn. and there hadn't been
a hold-up Of any sort on the Union pa
csiic for two or three years a, the time
m speaking Of. Three OF as in the sleep
er got together IN the smoking room for
twenty hours or 80. ana all In all liz was
ABOUT as pleasant a journey as can be
IMAGINED up tn q certain point Al lit
tie place called Mirage in Lincoln county.
Colorado. the train stopped TO permit the
boiler 10 be refiie1. ard our car got a
passenger there. We noticed him when
he stood within the door Of the compar,-
ment and idly watched the game for
while he Was q tall. 9aunt common
psace-iooking man, except that he had a
pair OF peculiarly black. eeep-set. shifsy
eyes He wore rev and very badly MT
ting suit OF store clothes a blue farns,
SHIRT with black string tie. and a black
ssocch hat didn't take In all OF these
details Of his ges-ap q. nrss. for none OF
~ paid any particular attention 10 him A.
he stood leaning against the tanb Of the
door. After white. though. cus of the
fellows asked him IL be cared to Sc IA tn
make up . party 81 sour. and ne smiled
III \ slow kind Of way and said he didn't
mind. Then sized him up. and figured
that he had about the makeup OF a cook
OF rounsssng-up outfit. or q sreixhser
going home 10 see his folks ! noticed.
too. every time I looked up from my
cards. that he was looking pretty hard
az stud wore then. and again at a ring
with GEN in IL that my friend Kountx
had sseaed out for nae.
He wasn't much Of a panochle player.
and ore err shs other OF the original three
OF US Got his silver dollar with consider
able regularity ~ the end Of each game
After . while asked one Of my friend.
u Rs-~ me . Nth fer ser ssf.r~- soysr~.