Show STAGE ROBBERY KOH BEllY an ali imperious Coin command mand to throw ont out the treasure box the stage corning coming from idaho city 1 y to boise was robbed about ono one 1 0 k 1 p m yesterday one mile the other eide side of the halawa halfway y house john mohan driver at t the be time gave us the following particulars had one passenger a young man nal named ned peterson aw and we were slowly 1 bwy tolling toiling up the grade in the sweltering heat when a voide from the rocks above the grade sang out estopi three or four times lin in suo sul cession not exactly comprehending in g tho the nature of the order or breyen eyen hearing it distinctly I 1 paid no attention wh when en again cam came ie the voice this time plenty loud if you dont dong stop ill shoot at this I 1 leisurely pulled up and inquired in ta i I 1 red what do you want throw h r 0 w out that treasure bixl was the reply before this the thought entered my head that it might be some acquaintance who was putting up a joke or one of the boys about the halfway house who wanted to ride down but his last remark settled the matter as to tho the meaning of the order we had no arms were going up a heavy grade and the robber or robbers there might have b been n tb ape or four for all I 1 dour scaled in the rocks abdye no doub Thad had us covered had we ive been on a level or going goin down grade I 1 would have t taken fen the chances and made a run but as it was he or they had the drop completely pie ely tely so I 1 reluctantly told peterson to 0 throw brow out the h b box ho did so be when I 1 sang out Is that all yes replied the rough voice drive on I 1 drove on and reached boise without incident on the arrayal of the stage mr fullon express agent immediately conferred with john lemmon who started immediately for the scone scene of the robbery on the hunt for the perpetrators peterson the ger said that when the driver told him to drop over the box she went fl flying y ing for continued ho he 1 I want any trouble on tho the road it was the first time eime that ever a stage had ever been heldia between boise and idaho although millions of dollars have been brought down the amount taken ia is not yet known but it i is su supposed ose to be trifling the rob robber ber no doubt was wag laying for a ii big shipment of gold dust idaho imo democrat july |