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Eureka Daily Sentinel
Eureka, Eureka County, Nevada
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Two masked robbers halted a stagecoach from Aurora near Genoa, Nevada, on Oct. 3, robbing the Wells Fargo express box of $228. Five passengers, bullion, and papers were unharmed.
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GENOA, NEV., Oct. 3.
About 9:30 this morning the stage from Aurora, Con. Deming, driver, was stopped and robbed within half a mile and in plain sight of Kilgore's station, the Mountain House. There were two masked robbers with double barreled shot guns and revolvers. One of the men was tall and the other medium size, both slim. They sawed Wells, Fargo & Co's express box open and took all the money, which was two hundred and twenty-eight dollars. The checks and other papers, as well as the nine bars of bullion and five passengers aboard were unmolested.
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Genoa, Nev.
Event Date
Oct. 3
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robbers took $228 from the express box; checks, papers, nine bars of bullion, and five passengers unmolested. no injuries reported.
Event Details
About 9:30 a.m., the stage from Aurora, driven by Con. Deming, was stopped and robbed within half a mile of Kilgore's station (Mountain House) by two masked slim robbers (one tall, one medium size) armed with double-barreled shotguns and revolvers. They sawed open the Wells Fargo & Co. express box.