Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-09-03
TOURIST ROBBED
IN YELLOW STONE PARK BY
LONE IIGHWAYMAN,
Who Held Up n Number of Stage
Coaches and Went Through the
Passengers.

| Passengers.
The most daring stag, hold-up in
the West in many years occurred
| tuesday within the boundaries Of
the Yellowstone Park. The work
was done by lone highwayman and
the passengers were absolutely helm.
less In his hands as no guns are, nor.
mitted In the park to either drivers
or tourists. From the statements of
passengers. 1t is estimated that an
proximately $4,000 in cash was OH
tanned. drafts worth $4,000 and
other papers and TRANSFORMATION ha.
SIDES a rich haul I'm watches and
jewelry.
In all. twenty-one coaches left the
upper geyser basin. The highwayman
was encountered about five miles
turther on at lonely point along
the banks of Spring creek, tribu-
tary of the Fire river. The creek Is
llned with bushes. The first lot of
coaches, numbering seven and fol.
owing each other closely, passed the
piace unharmed. There was gan
between that and the next lot of
eight following. AS the first of the
eight came along the highwaymap
stepped from the bushes and ordered
the driver to halt. He did not mol
est any OF the drivers.
On the first seat sat b. Drew of
Orlando. Fla. and his stepson. II
Gaskin. Mr.. Drew, with the gun
upon him. was ordered to hand
over" which he did to the extent of
S9o. Young Gaskin was ordered to
iismount and hold the mans sack
thls he did at the point of a gun.
along the eight coaches. Every
drlVer was warned not to start his
team or he would be shot.
In one of the other coaches For
est stevens. of Wilkes Barre. gave
a nervous laugh which seemed TO en-
rage the bandit, and he was ordered
o dismount and also accompany the
highwayman when he got out. He
started to so around the rig, but was
summarily ordered to come back and
got whack over the head with the
oarrel of the rifle for his pains.
When the last of the eight coaches
was reached the highwayman re-
marked that he had a good mind to
Shoot Stevens any way, and did fire
shot over his head. Then both
men were ordered back to their rigs
ana the drivers ordered to move on
These eight coaches had scarcely
gone when three more came along
ana these were robbed in like man
ner. In one of these coaches was NJ
l.. Walker. Oklahoma banker. He
nad $4,000 In drafts In his pocket
BOOK and tried to conceal this under
the seat. The robber saw him and
ordered him to bring it forward Mr.
walker asked for his drafts and tran
sportation. but they was contemn-
tuously thrown into the bushes with
the remark that the bandit would
not have done so If Walker had not
tried to hide his money
The last coach contained five
Young ladies. The highwayman OBJ
tanned very little from them, but
stopped long enough to appropriate
some candy.
In all about 125 people were held
up but not all of these suffered loss
es. When he ordered the drivers to
move the bandit stood a few minutes
with his gun pointed toward then and
then walked down the road AS
1uickly as possible after a telephone
was reached at Thumb station. word
was sent to the soldiers and a detail
started after him.
The man is described as about 5
feet inches high and having blush
grey eyes, bristling grey whiskers and
acted either as a man who was short
or breath or consumptive. He un-
derstood German. as he answered
questions asked him in that langu-
age. He had on blush brown over
alls, brown shirt. soft felt hat and
carried an automatic rife used
smokeless powder.