Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-07
STAGE HOLD. UP WIPED BY LOCAL
 MEN
Charles Bergon and B. F. Smith Arrested on Divide While Waiting for Tomb Stone Stage to Pass.
ALL REQUIREMENTS
 OF ROBBERS FOUND
Upper Lowell Resident Fights and Overcomes "Stick-up" Man and Takes Him to Lowell with His Own Gun.

Armed with a double barrelled sha gun, a rife and all of the accoutre ments of a successful hold-up, Charle: Bergan and B. F. Smith were arrested yesterday morning near the top of the divide by local county officers. In tho arrest the officers forestalled daringly planned robbery of the Bisbee-Tomb stone stage.
 Several days ago it came to the at tention of local officers that there was a plan afoot to rob the stage, yester day morning Why Monday morning should be selected foB the affair and why the Bisbee-Tombstone stage, is not known. The officers, at first, were inclined to scout the idea but precau tionary steps in the matter were we'll rewarded.
 Deputy Sheriffs J. L. Cannon and Brakefield. with Constables J. Bert Policy and Joe Hodges, early yester- day morning went to the top of the di- vide and secreted themselves at diff erent points. It was not long before two men came walking up. They were near Cannon and Policy and were heard talking. One of them said to the other that he had better go down and get a suit case.
 Accordingly. Bergan started for the case and the other two officers, think ing that he had become frightened, ar rested him. Smith, also was soon af- terward taken into custody.
 The officers found, besides the guns and masks, ropes with which then in tended to tie the passengers hands and othe necessaries to an up-tO-date stage robbery. Both men were brought to Bisbee where they were placed in jail and are now awaiting arraignment and examination on a charge of con spiracy.
 Bergan has been in the District a matter of fifteen years. At one time he was a shift boss at the Gardner mine Smith is said to be from Cali fornia
 The first inkling of the threatened robtery came to Bisbee city officers last week. They turned the matter ov- CT to the county officers who. yester- day morning, saw the affair to a sue cessful issue.
 His Own Policeman.
 While the county officers were on the Divide yesterday morning. another hold-up man was busy in Jiggerville but he counted without his host for, instead of relieving his prospective victim of his light change and any jew elry be might possess the latter fought and finally brought his man into Low ell in front of the formers own gun.
 The would-be hold-up man was Lee Craddock and the near-victim was John Isoma. The former is badly beat up as a result Of the fight and the lat ter has a flesh wound in his right leg, pocket with another bullet hole in it and two lead punctures through his hat, one of which went through the sweat band and grazed the scalp.
 Isoma, according to his story, was coming down from Upper Lowell at an early hour and his assailant stepped out and demanded his money and val uables. The victim had about $50 on his person besides watch and decid- ed he would fight for his possessions.
 There ensued what must have been one of the best rough and tumble fights possible with the advantage all with the man having the gun. In the end. however, Isoma came out victori- ous and with a wound in his leg and several scratches and bruises. march ed Craddock to Lowell
 F. C. Barton and H. G. Ruff, Bisbee officers. were called to the scene and, after some search, arrested Craddock in the Bonanza rooming house, where he had taken refuge with another man after being marched to Lowell by Is- oma. The latter had his wounds dressed and was able 10 be about the District yesterday afternoon.
 According to the Bisbee officers Craddock was in an intoxicated con