Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-27
P. H. Gaskins, College Youth Who
Fiuured In Yellowstone Hold
up Arrives lnCog.
LOSSES OF SALT LAKE PEOPLE
John Y. Rich Heads the List With
$500 Contributed To the Sack
stories of Robbery.

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versity of Virginia, the boy who passed
the sack for the lone highwayman IN
Yellowstone park on Monday. arrived
In Salt Lake this morning accompanied
by his step father, h Drew of Orlondo'
Florida. Neither is seeking any no
toriety over the affair and spent the
day in dodging reporters ana declining
to be interviewed.
Bright and early after leaving the
train they went to the Western Union
office and wired home for money, as
both were absolutely penniess The
life line connected by p. IN. and
now both are ready for the next hold
up who comes along.
RoBBER GOT $3.50 CASH.
The party which arrived from the
park This morning brings further
details of the holdup. The actual
amount of cash secured by the robber
foots up to $3.50, while watches and
rings secured bring the total up to
over $3.50,
Mr.. Drew, who is a benign looking
gentleman With appropriate grey chin
whlskers. contributed $3.50 The heav-
lest loser was w II. Foster, the New
York sugar man. who was assessed well
up into the hundreds. John y Rich
has the distinction of coming second,
with $500 in cash. while a. T. Hutchln-
son and Joseph Geoghegan, also of salt
Lake. appear in the $50 class.
MODEST MIR. GAsKINs.
p. H. Gasl5ins, the young man who
collected the donations, rs tail. slim
college boy who wears glasses all the
time and panied expression in addi-
ton every time anybody mentions the
| affair. He wishes it to be understood
that he does not desire notorety and
| had hopes of getting out of town on the
Rio Grande this afternoon without be
| ing encountered by newspaper re-
| porter. So careful was he to conceal
| his identity that he did not register
| at the HnutEford where he called for
| his mail this morning.
! MI Drew and Gasklns We're sitting
| beside the driver of the stage when the
| lone highWaymau put in his appear
ance and held up the outfit Several
i stages had passed ahead and not been
! molested From the time Gaskins was
asked to climb Down until the robber
| concluded his work eight mot 49,
| stages were held up and Gaskins took
toll all along the line.
|
STORY OF HOLDUP.
,.t couId see the robber distinctly. -
| said MIR Drew this morning. he wore
! a long black mask which covered the
| lower mari of his face and his chest
| his eyes we're blue and taken all to-
gge(ther the telegrqPhie desc, 1T
son to get out and then threw him a
| sack and told him to go ahead. / was
! the first man to hand over my Valuables
and was reluctantly obliged to drop
! $3.50 into The sack. when man stands
! aud covers you with rifle and at the
! same time revolver In his other hand
| II is no time for argument l believe
that very few raised my ante. one
| amusing incident of the holdup hap
| pened In the last coach when the col
| lection was being taken up We were
/ seltlns more used 10 the gllstenlng
! gun barrel by TINS TIME ana were tax
| ing nouce' MY step son began to get
! inceuous ana sald TO Two young ladies'
| urop III your douhuollN an the olners
| nave contIlputeu' Siler great zeal
vi IusS lus TWO gurus GIoppVu III re-
| spec''NeiN I'VE Genus ana 10 cents
FAREWELL, SHOT.
lhe hollup men hourlshed ms gun
| Shp' over my slePsol head ana bid
! uils us good pNe plunged INTO tnt lln-
oNl
lhIouShout thr ehllre proceedings
the Iopoei ild not seem nll nervous
ana ne adlhohlshed inc drlV0rs 10 90
| as they WeIt tolu ana hot 10 9ielhpl
10 MAKE II se'aWaN HS ne Wouia START
shotihE az the hISt sign OIL tioupie'
GEOGHEGAN GETS WATCH
lootod piIsrins from the BARK this
morning, Joseph dtoBhegan' by e%ef-
! clslnB ms hatlNe Iilsh VII nlaHnb'd 10
get ms Naludple Eold Wat'n pach all'i
convincing inc fopher lhht IL WAS en-
graVed ana me NUMBER was known so
that ii woula pe OF no uHa 10 MN
The stoiS oI lle a'atUl "ls9 ~ some
Mhal dlu'ItH' rom lh"t 'ulu pG 'he
FehhsS YUMA uulekatoh mere o, lueS-
DAY IL appears thdl Nheh tle HIHl
stage was rel|asel party towing y
disabled aulolhnplle was encountered
ahead aud tnth soldier was met
Tho solder caH,d upon me men M inc
auto % go PACK win MN ana CAV"
mem peII'SS Isl. TO Dioak tnt scans On
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me n"lqut NoH l'',,' ulStnni, II 'i' 'ii'
nmd NV the time Ihoy reached II am