Year: 1872

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stage:


1.-The driver remarked, There is 9


possibility of meeting them to night; &c


boys. you had better be ready W.


thought no more about it until we were


stopped mile out of town. Our firsl


intim alton of trouble was the report o


fire arms and the stopping of the stage


After several shots had been exchanged


between the passengers and highway


men, Stre-ly holloed enough Five


more shois were fred into the stage after


we had surrendered. Then one of the


robbers got into the stage aud ordered


us to embark and to hold up our hands


which request we reluctantly complied


with. he all the while covering Us with


his pistol ! noticed that his hand was


shaking badly. and told him to be care


fal or his pi-to! would go off and hurt


me. and remarked to him that | was hit


in the leg already. He replied. Ny


boy, you are lucky if l don't hit you


through the head Presently another
one came round from the off to the near
side and covered US with his pistol. The
third highwayman went up and searched
the boot for the treasure box, which be
did not find, az there was none on board
The driver played possum Oh the thieves
by pretending he was killed. To keep
up this impression he lay stretched out
on his seat and was not disturbed. The
robbers next made thorough search in.
side Of the stage. tearing open bundles.
parcels, etc. should have stated that
while the shooting waa going on took
my purse, containing $500 in notes and
gold coin, out Of my pocket and threw
it in the direction of the robber. Willis
the thieves were passing parcels out of
the stage to the one who was covering
us with his pistol. Stresly lowered his
right hand to his pantaloons pocket and
extracted his pursef containing $500 in
coin,sdropping it on the ground and GOV
ering it with his foot. The man on guard
saw him with his hand lowered and or
dered him to raise it. using at the time.
very emphatic language. After the rob-
Der had prospec,ed the stage thoroughly
La came out in front of us He was the
largest man of the three. Appearing to
recognize myself lie turned his face away
from me and told the smallest man to 60
through us. The one with the soldier
coat kept bis pistol on u. all the while
the little fellow was searching us. Du-
ring the search, Morrison kept saying to
the other one, 60 down into their boots
They got Ssl.5o in coin ana knife and
pistol off of Bloody; from Stresly they
captured nothing but a Deringer, and
from myself they got about SIT in coin,
together with pistol and shotgun. AT
ter finishing their work they ordered us
into the stage and started of in the d.
rection of town. There were from twen-
ty to twenty five shots fired during the
sracus. The ca-ua,ries were as follows:
One horse shot through the neck. Stresty
shot through the bat. McCready shot
through the hat. together with flesh
wound on the leg. The stage coach was
riddled with bullets. AS soon as the
robbers left the driver said to US: Help
me to get the horses up; they have gone
back to town, and let us get in ahead Of
them. if we can We hitched up the
two wheelers and returned to town, one
of the passengers riding the upinjured
leader and leading the other. On arri-
wing in town we gave the alarm and got
out the Sheriff, who returned with us to
the scene Of the robbery. My purse
was picked up within fifteen feet of the
stage. Stresly's was also recovered
both having escaped the notice of the
robbers. After completing my journey
l returned to Reno on Tuesday last and
was subpenai as a witness upon pre-
liminary examination Of Andrew Morri-
son aud Clement Lee, which came off in
in the Justices Court. in Reno. day be-
fore yesterday. Clement Lee vas held
to await the action Of the grand jury in
the cum of $4,000. The examination of
Morrison was continued yesterday. 1t
was proven on the examination that Nor
riron and Lee. on the night previous to
the robbery. stopped at Browns ranch
nine miles eouth Of Reno-getting sup
per and feeding their horses. On the
same evening, between ten and eleven
o clock, Kincaid, hearing some noise
about his premises. walked from biz house
in a southerly direction, to the head of
the fiume, and found Morrison and Lee
there On asking them what they were
doing there, Morrison replied with an
oath that it was none of his (Kincaid 8
business. Morrison was wearing at the
time blue army overcoat and Lee had
on a Grab colored one. The same coats
we're identified by the passengers as hav-
ing been worn at the time of the robbery.
A pistol was described and identified by
as the one held over him by
Clemeu. Lee At the time of the rob-
berry the highwaymen were partially
While the paasengels were