| Show CATCHING A TARTAR the brave and effective resistance Keg istance of an intended vacti victim highway robberies even under modem name of holdups hold ups which alters nothing of their character have become decidedly rare in the far northwest and they are likely to become still rarer if all intended victims make as brave and effective resistance as did a grocer of rainier washington recently this grocer bhosee name is rubert hubert started from rainier with his wagon one night togo to go to ta coma to buy goods with him was wa 9 a 13 year old boy he carried to pay for hi his pure purchases hases while he was about two miles from fin f in roy and on a lonely road two highwaymen stepped out confronted the grocer pushed a pistol into his fate face and commanded him to dismount and hand over his bl money hubert had bad no notion of giving up the money but he did not waste wa steany any time in thinking up a plan for beating the robbers ile he began to get down from the wagon v on as if to comply and as he be did so he struck the rascal who held the pistol a terrible blow which felled him to the ground hubert then came down with one heavy foot upon the wrist of the hand which held the revolver while the robber was in this position the grocer snatched the weapon away from him and pointed it at the other rascal it turned out that the second robber had jio pistol hubert commanded banded him to put up his hands which he did meantime the first man was insensible from the terrible blow which hubert elibert had dealt him hubert made the second hold up his hands for ten minutes until the first had re recovered r his sell senses ses then he commanded the first to get up and told them both to march which they did thus the grocer took them both into the town of roy tle the boy driving close behind with the horses rind and wagon at roy eoy the unvaried thwarted th highwaymen were we re turned birned over to a constable and locked up tip and the grocer went on his way to tacoma |
