Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1902-09-25
BOLD, BAD NAN
HELD UP STAGE
Ordered The Fire Travellers 10 Line Up
and Throw OF Their Coats
and Vests.
RoBBER OVERLOOKED 5000 N COLI
Presence Of Hind Of Driver McAvln
Saved Honey for Bank Of
Camas Prairie.

The stage leaving Sites fol
Grangeville was held up last Tues.
day night about s O'Clock just Al
they were pulling up the hill or
this side Of Cottonwood creek
Only one man 90 far as is known
acted - master Of ceremonies. He
came ont Of clump Of pines and
ordered the driver to stop, but
VIM. McAvin, who handled the
ribbons, paid no attention to the
command until brought to q hal,
by the loud roars Of some of the
passengers that they were being
held up, and "for Gods sake to
stop the stage" McAvin there
upon halted the team while the
lone highwayman ordered the pas.
sengers to alight and peel of their
coats and vests and line mp with
their backs to him while he pro-
ceeded to 60 through the discarded
vesiments. The names of the pas
sengers were J. H. Fink, r. Hark-
ness and E. r. Flint, Jr., Of Spo-
kane; ]. M. Ogle of Pierce City
and Arthur w. Bikker, Jr., Of
Lewiston, special agent for the Con-
tinental Casualty Co. The latter
gentleman was the heaviest loser,
he having just cashed q draft for
1858 which, together with q dia-
mond ring, 5000 value, he handed
over to the successor Of the late
lamented Tracy. Mr.. Hardness
also came out loser to the extern,
Of $40 in cash. Mr.. Fink for
feited $50 and the other passenger
coin in quantities the whole Of
which footed up . total of $3.50
together with sundry gold watches.
There was $1,000 in gold con-
signed to the Bank of Camas Prai-
lie in the express box and the rob.
Der ordered McAvin to throw it
down. but Mac was onto his iol
and told the robber the mail and
express came up on the day coach.
and he had nothing aboard excep.
fish and fruit, and il he wanted
that he could help himself. The
roi'ber took the drivers word and
did not bother about the express
box.
The man wore a white handker-
chief over his face, which slid
down while he was rifling the coats,
and all hands are confident that
they could recognize him should
he be captured. He was armed
with q rifle but had no occasion to
use it, as all his commands wer.
promptly obeyed, but were re-
peated by one of the scared pas
sengers, who thus unconsciously
acted as lieutenant for the bold.
bad highwayman.
Fortunately for the criminal
there was no mail aboard. except
\ few letters in the way pocket.
otherwise he would have had your
Uncle Samael's bloodhounds hot
upon his trail, in which event
there is no doubt that he would
speedily be brought to the bar of
justice. Suspicious and surmises
are as various as to the identify OF
The criminal as the individuals
give expression to them, but of
course, there is nothing definite
or tanginble upon which to proceed
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P. w. Taylor arrived out Mon
day from a sojourn of several
months in the Thunder Mountain
country. He came out afoot from
Warren, and says that, while the
walking lie good, he prefers to take
his on horseback. He does not
wish to be quoted at present as
affirming or denying the alleged
mineral wealth of the Thunder
Mountain country further than to
say that about 800 men will winter
there, the majority being employed
by the various mining companies
which are opening up their claims.
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