Evening star., 1909-08-27
the robbery aggregated $1,36S. .a5 cash and
S72o In, MA "a hos. q nd ieuVAlrY-

the TODDcIy dkSISSdlc0 $4.OVO'Oo eoSit am
$780, rs in watchsss and jewelry.
iUpon being liberated the first coach of
those robbed drove rapidly to the camp
of the road sprtnkling crew. located about
two miles east OF. the hold-up point, where
notice was given and messenger dis
patched to Old Faithful Inn-distance six
miles-with news of the robbery.
"All guard stations were warned and
instructed and two scouts present at Man,
moth were dispatched to the scene. They
made the ride. forty-nine miles, In four
hours. Maj. Allen, who was in the park
with Gen. Edgerly. came into Mammoth
the same evening, and on the following
morning reported that he had given the
phone and telegraph from Norris. The
robber was on foot, and disposed Of few
pocketbooks and purses near the scene Of
the robbery, where they were found In q
clump Of bushes. One Of these contained
valuable papers and all were returned to
their respective owners"
Robber Never Found.
The trail could be followed only a short
distance: the robber passed into the woods
and vanished. Although every sheriff,
marshal. constable. policeman and pro-
fessional and amateur detective in all
this section of the country started after
him, not one Of them ever found clue
There has. OF course. been several per-
arrested. There are several plausible
theories, but none has ever been estab-
lished. Although at least three men are
positively known to have committed the
find them, and there is no evidence to
convict them even if they should be
found.
4 few days before the "hold-up'' a
poacher who had been convicted and
sentenced, broke out OF the guardhouse
at Fort Yellowstone and disappeared
Many people think that he was the rob-
ber.
The night before the robbery one of
the victims pulled roll of bills. secured
by a rubber band, from his hip pocket
to pay an account at the Old Faithful
nm He took a twenty-dollar note from
the roll and then restored it to his hip
pocket. In the presence of half dozen
other passengers. all of whom were mere
ly casual acquaintances he received four
teen dollars change from the twenty dol
lar bill, and put it in his pocketbook. The
next morning. when he dropped the
the robber raised his gun threateningly
and said: THAT roll in your hip pocket,
If you please The robber was masked
so that he could not be identified but he
must have been one of the group In the
Old F,avorite Inn the evening before.
a man who served o term in the Mon
tana penitentiary, but has since beer lv-
ing quiet and honest life near Cody.
nifty or sixty miles from the park, reports
that a feIlow-convict who was discharged
from the penitentiary about the same
time as himself, spent several days at
his ranch the week previous to the cpl
sode and endeavored to persuade him to
join what. he insisted would be a very
easy and profitable enterprise. in holding
up the Yellowstone stages. He explain
ed that the government did not permit
any OF the tourists or campers 10 carry
arms into the park. that the man pas
sengers would not dare make any defense
for fear the woman passengers woul6
be injured; that the soldiers We're per-
fectly harmless because they rode at the