Show BOLD ROBBERY N yellowstone PARK FIVE COACH LOADS OF TOURISTS VICTIMS OF highwaymen IN NATIONAL playgrounds highwaymen M met et with no opposition because of fact that no firearms firearm are allowed in the tha park two suspects under arrest livingston mont A party ot of awen ty five tourists including united states senator james 11 II brady ol of idaho was waa held up in yellowstone park paik on july 9 by three highwaymen one of the tourists a new yorker I 1 named rice was fired at when he jumped down from froin a stage coach and ran back to warn members ol of the party following in other coaches the bullet fired at rice flattened itself against a rock nearby rice sped on and the bandits realizing that the sound of the shot would act as an alarm fled into the woods Sora iera from all parts ot of the park were ordered by telephone to the scene ot of the robbery and two suspects were put under guard the highwaymen met with no opposition 1 because no firearms are allowed 1 in the park the scene of the holdup hold up Is la in a heavily wooded section where there are numberless peaks and bluffs the coaches left yellowstone early friday morning they had bad gone fifteen miles when they were baited the bandits did not stop the first coach but the others were held up one after another and then were ordered to drive on the coaches were makins making for the fountain hotel where the tourists stis were tr to have their luncheon several of the tourists took the holdup hold bold up as a joke at first but the bandits rifle convinced them otherwise among the passengers who lost their money and jewelry were many VO women |