The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-01-05
Spanish Adventure
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heard some cheering news. The three
dilgences which set out the morning
hcfr re from Corona to Perpignan in
France had been stopped by brigands.
TIC position had been shot, one trav-
Hirr an Englishman, had had his head
ru open, and every passenger had
been searched and robbed of every
thing he possessed, the women being
required to take down their hair to
show that no jewelry was concealed in
it. This was a comfortable prospect
aHoad of us, but what were we to do?
We could go back to Madrid and go
oU' by rail at the other end of the
PNranees, a three days journey, but
We heard that the trains on this road
had just been stopped by bandits, SO
there wouldn't be much sense in that.
We could go by boat to Marseilles,
but the wretChed, dirty little steamers
and the choppy sea always made Mrs.
Foulke deathly sick. So we conclud-
ID 10 risk 1t and go on by diligence.
There were not likely TO be two rob-
berries on two succeeding days. More
over, the host at our hotel informed us
that the Spanish robbers were very
civil to ladies', and in fact, to every
body provided no resistance was Of
tered
at the hotel, however, some sol
diers and other travellers were con
versing at the table upon the subject
Of the robbery of the day before. One
who seemed to have been present at
he time, depicted wildly, in Spanish,
he operations of the bandits, while
some of the others looked significant
$ at us. speaking about our intending
20 take this journey upon the following
lay, and evidently regarding us as
unatiCs.
Hides eweIry.
I'VE had, fortunately, not much
money to lose; what we had was part
~ sewed up in certain articles of Mrs.
Foulke's dress with such skill that you
might search all over and never find
t. Her bracelets were done up In her
hatr in such a manner that she could
shake it down without their falling
ont and other articles were disposed
of in the best way the circumstances
Of the case would admit of.
II kept out enough money to make
a respectable showing and deliver to
me bandits in case of necessity, as
these fellows have a disagreeable way
Of taking satisfa ction in some other
manner if they do not get 1t in that
peculiar form. and will tie the poor
passenger to tree and beat him I'M
mercifully, or will, perhaps. even take
away the clothing he wears and leave
him naked in the road, if they find
nothing else worth taking upon him.
Their mode of procedure ordinarily
IS as follows: The stage is ordered to
halt by some unseen person behind the
nall or hedge on the side of the road.
Sometimes a shot is fired across the
road in front of the diligence as an
not stop he is shot dead. The pas
sengers are then ordered to alight and
all down upon their faces on the
ground, the robbers still being unseen.
Those who do not comply are also
shot. Then the brigands come out,
'ifle the pockets and search the per-
sons OF the PROSTATE passengers. and
will order the passengers to get in
iSain and the diligence to drive on
Once i'm Il while passengers are de-
aimed for ransom. but this being very
are.
I'VE started by the early train for
corona. We met at a station on the
quite long train full of Spanish sol
!iers, shabby looking fellows, going to
Barcelona who shouted ont at us till
No were obliged TO pull down the
curtains in our compartment to avoid