Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-26 | Page 3 | Bandit Declines to Rob Boy Scout Troop

BANDIT DECLINES TO ROB BOY SCOUT TROOP MERCED. Cal July 26. THo first I of four automobiles Btagea held up bj Ih masked bandit n ; i the south entrance en-trance of Yosemite park carried Boy Scouts from whom the robber declined to take mone , according to advices r Icelved here tonitht. He also refused money from the stage drivers Henry J. lounc of New York, who, with Mrs Young and their two chil jdren, were among the passengers on I the second stage, was said to have thrown a wallet containing $300 to the i robber J. F. Thayer ot New York, 'Mr. and Mrs. C W. Marcusson of De trolt, and Mrs. C. C Hammond of Mexico. Mo., were In the third automo I bile. Marcusson was ordered by the i bandit to pass his hat among Hie oth I er passengers who were directed to emptv their pockeU Victims of the hold up said the ban dit appeared to be in a Jovial mood and j Joked with them while they surrendered surren-dered their cash to him