The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-21
DARING STAGE
ROBBERY IN
CALIFORNIA
"BLACK KID" RELIEVES PAS
SENGERS OF VALUABLES
AND ESCAPES.
HIS FOURTH SUCCESSFUL HAUL
Secures $3.50 in Cash and Several
Articles of Valuable jew
elery

WAWONA, Calf, June 20.-Two
of the regular stages from Raymond
bound for Wawona, and owned by
the Yosemite Stage and Turnpike
company, We're held up and sixteen
passengers relieved of their valu-
ables yesterday by the "Black Kid"
the famous lone bandit Of this sec
ton. News of the hold. up reached
here at 1920 p. m. yesterday and
from Information furnished by Ar
cher Turner, the driver, it occurred
in MADEIRA county, near the Mariposa
line, at p, m. in the same locality
that was selected by the bandit on
his former successful attempts AT
robbery. The presence of the rob
Der was disclosed by the horses, who
ry their actions, called the attention
Cf Turier to q man who stood at
the side of the road with an old rusty
"A Winchester rifle leyeled at his
head. He called upon Turner to
hold up, and then commanded the
passengers to hold up their hands.
he bandit asked Turner where the
other stage was and was told that it
was gone. He displayed considera-
BILE impotence until the second stage
appeared, which he also held up.
Eaton, of SO State street, Boston,
Mass, to pass the hat, demanding
of the frightened passengers their
urSes and watches. After having
made the collection Eaton was COM
PEELED to tie the wealth. consisting
of several articles of jewelry and
$3.50 In a handkerchief, and pass it
over to the robber. While the coli
lecting process was going on the rob7
ber compelled Mrs. Eaton to stand
behind him, thus using her as Il
shield from an attack from the rear.
When Mr.. Eaton was relieved of his
timepiece, which he valued as a
keepsake, he told the bandit that if
he would send it to his Boston adj
dress, that he would send him 5000
to any address he would furnish. To
this proposition, the highwayman re-
piled that he could borrow $25 from,
the driver, Turner Turner could
only supply $40, which the bandit
took and returned the watch While
waiting for the second stage and
when the collection was going on,
the bandit talked pleasantly with the
driver and asked what was the matt
ter with the stages of the day pre-{
vious, stating that he had waited(
stages were delayed in leaving Ray
lnond by a wreck on the railroad
and did not leave until 2 p. IN. in
stead of s a. m. The robber took
some crackers from the stage, re-
marking that he had hard night
efore him. He then ordered the
passengers back into the stages and
commanded the drivers to go on,
which order was somewhat of re-
lief as they had been standing in the
hot road with their hands over their
heads for more than a half hour.
FROM descriptions furnished of the
highwayman, he vas no doubt the {
man who stopped the stages in 1905.
md in July and September of last
year, at which latter time he per-
mitted tourist to photograph him.
He was attired as when photo
graphed, in slouch hat with mask
over his head with eyes in it, and
carried the same old rusty rifle. The
people of this section are much
aroused over the depredations of the
BLACK Kid" as he styles himself,
and at their request Colonel Frank
w. Marston, of the governors staff,
cent the following dispatch to the
governor:
Hon. James N. Gillet. Governor.
Sacramento:
1.-TWO stages of tourists, one mail
stage from Raymond, held up this
afternoon. These are the last of
four consecutive hold-ups by the
same robber. 1t is the general i'm
preston of one hundred and fifty
guests here tonight that If you, as
governor of the state of California.
will offer liberal reward, the rob
ber will be caught. The Yosemite
Stage and Turnpike company offer
reward of $3.50 vii. be here two
days.
(Signed) CRANK W. MARSTON.'
Will F. Hunt, Mrs. w. b. Hunt
and l.. Elliott of San Francisco, were
among those on the stage.