Show MOST OARING RO IN HISTORY OF WEST Lone Bandit Holds Up Eleven Different Dif Dlf ferent Stage Coaches in One Day In the Yellowstone Park Butte Dutte Mont According 1 According to tho the news received from the Yellowstone park a lone lono highwayman committed the most daring robbery in the history of tho the west on Monday when he held up eleven different stages The passengers pas were absolutely helpless as they are not permitted to carry firearms fire firo arms within the park In ln all it Is estimated from the statements statements state state- ments meats of ot passengers that something like 2000 in cash was obtained drafts worth and other papers and transportation besides a rich haul haulIn haulin haulin In watches and Jewelry In all twenty ono coaches left tho the Upper Geyser basin Monday morning The highwayman was encountered about five miles mUes further on at a lonely point along the banks of Spring creek a tributary of the Fire Hole river The creek is lined with bushes The first lot of coaches numbering seven and following each other closely passed by the place unharmed There was a agap agap agap gap between them and the next lot of eight following fallowing As tho first of the eight came along the highwayman stepped from the bushes and ordered the driver to halt He did not molest the driver nor any of the drivers following fol fol- fol- fol lowing The highwayman ordered one of tho passengers to hold the sack for him and he then proceeded to collect the money and jewelry of the helpless passengers One man who attempted to run was hit over the head with the bandits bandit's rifle When the last of the eight coaches was reached the highwayman highwayman highwayman high high- wayman remarked that he had a good mind to shoot him and did fire a shot shotover shotover over Dyer his head Then he was ordered back to his rig and the driver ordered ordered ordered or or- dered to move on The eight coaches had scarcely gone when three mord more came along and these were treated in ina a D. like manner The last coach contained five young ladies ladles He did not get much from them but did appropriate some some candy that he found in one of the ladies ladies' bags In all about a hundred and twenty five people were held up though not all aU of these suffered loss When he ordered ordered or or- dered tiered the drivers to move moye on he ho stood a few minutes with his gun pointed toward them and then walked down the road As quickly as possible possible possible ble 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 five feet eight Inches grey bluish-grey eyes bristly grey whiskers and acted either elthel as a man who was short of breath or ora ora ora a consumptive He understood German German German Ger Ger- man as he answered questions asked him in that language He had on brown bluish-brown overalls brown shirt soft felt hat and carried an an automatic rifle and used smokeless powder |