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Show GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD. . Three Masked Road Agents Bob tlc Helena Coach and Smash the Treasure Box. Tlieo Ham, who has held the strings on the, coach line between Butte and Boulder off and on for several years past has expected for several weeks to be held up on almost any dark night in one of the canyons, the reason of him forming such a conclusion being that there are getting to be so many hard citizens without with-out visible means of support in and around Butte. He has talked about it several times with his acquaintances, who joshed him a good deal about it. Monday night his expectations were realized.- At about half past 8 o'clock while rattling down the Park canyon to wards Butte with two passengers aboard, three masked men made their appearance at the side of the road, just ahead of the coach, and with presented guns ordered him to hold up. Ham halted, raised his hands gracefully, and awaited developments. develop-ments. One robber kept him covered while the other two hustled the two passengers pas-sengers out a Mr. Lampton, of "Wickes, and a wood contractor from Woodville and proceeded to go through their pockets. They got but little booty, only -a silver watch from one and aiew dollars from the other. These they gave back, remarking that they didn't want the watch and that any man who only had two or three dollars evidently needed money worse than they did. ' This view of the case was very considerate and the passengers duly appreciated it. They next threw out the treasure box and proceeded to hack the hap in two with a hatchet. After rumaging the treasure box and taking tak-ing what they desired from it, they disappeared dis-appeared in the darkness, first informing the driver that if he attempted to drive on -before twenty minutes they would kill him before he got to Butte. Under the circumstances the driver decided it was policy to obey the injunction and give them the required start. At the expiration ex-piration of the time he whipped up and came on to Butte, reaching tho stage office at about half-past nine o'clock. The total haul made by the road agents is not believed to have been much. As stated above they got nothing from the passengers, and so far as is known only $11.50 from the treasure box. It is likely, however, that they got more than j the amount named, but just how much cannot be determined until the agent at the other end of the route is heard from. A sheriff's posse, headed by Sheriff Sullivan, went out to the scene of the robbery but found nothing that will assist as-sist them in corraling the robbers. All that is known of the men is that they were afoot, and from an examination made by the sheriff it is believed, they came right on into Butte after getting through, with the coach. Butte Inter-I Inter-I Mountain, SOth ult. -, |