Daily Colonist (1885-01-22) by Unknown

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Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1885-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

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[Sl(lnp>- (Xeb.) r.i'tt.'r in K Y. Times.] Several old tclB^raii'i operators met horo recently, and in tlio cuiirso oC a long i.'oaversation told souio of tlioir ox-Tiericuc'S <>u the froiitier. Oiio of thum Ui'gnu by ivciiUin;.,' tin; ;,'ront bullion rob-btiry at I his plan;. It wa.s at noon, and iiio.sl of rhu ili'pot ami sta;.;u hanil.s Lad gone acros-s tho yard.s to dinniir. Ab thL> oinTator sat in the telegraph ollico alouo two men nriweuted tliom-aelves at his door and uomande>l ndmit-tnnco. Roth hnr) rovnlyors. Ho jiirajii'd up and let thorn in, ami they quickly bound and !,Mi:L;cd him. lii-liuvinj,'that Li! wa.s siilf, ilicy ili.sapiiearod, and he yaw iin more o!' lliuin. As suou a.s thoy wer,: (lilt ol" siyht nianagod to get to his iiistnimcnt, and by lying down on the tiiblo found thiit with one of his handii ho could leauh the key. It was dilUoult work, but by degrees ho improved his position until finally ho rai^cd Ihu Choyonno oflico and eouimu-iiiealed the fact t!j;it a rolibury was in ijro^ru.--.-i. Tlio operator at that point keiil liini jiosted as to the procecilings thui'c, and in ;i few niinutes ho was grat-itiud to hear tho inlelligeueo liekod over the wirus that the superintendent ami w party of dotectivos were en route for Sidney on a special train. The dist^inco was 102 miles, lait tlie run was made so rapidly that the [iroiile of the town were liardly aware of tho jobbery bct'ore tho train dashi'd in. Tlii' ojx'rator had by that time been released, and it was found tlial tho thieves, who iiad been tieeretod under the dei)ot, had come up through 11 hole in the lloor made by removing a board. Tho bullion weighed about aOO ])ounds, and, as it was thought that tiiey einild not have earried it far, a Yigonius searuh was made near at hand. Before night the greater part of the gold Avns found in u lune under tho depot, and tho remaiiuler was diseoverod in an atljoiniiig uoal slied, whori! it had boon dropped. The thieves got away with only aliout :i;i;!,0(>u in curroney.

Another oiierator remarked that ho was I ho man who discovered tho <Jga-lalla train robbery. Ho was in charge of tho little otilee at Kearny. Ho had had a very stupid afternoon, and as tho day was miserahlo without, ho dozed luoru or less, lie tried to roa l, but

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