Fergus County Argus

Two Masked Highwaymen Relieve Tourists of $500.

YELLOWSTONE LAKE, Wyo., Aug. 14.—Two masked highwaymen held up and robbed a number of Yellowstone National Park Transportation company coaches, relieving the tourists of about $500. Up to 6 o'clock this evening the fugitives had not been apprehended.

The coaches were robbed while en route from Canyon basin and had covered but about five miles of their journey.

At the point where the holdup occurred was the crest of a high hill, where the freight road branches off from the government road at a sudden turn.

When the first coach came along the robbers, with masked faces and cocked Winchester rifles, commanded the driver to halt. While one man kept the occupants of the coach covered the other relieved them of their money. When all had been secured the driver was ordered to proceed at a gallop.

Each coach was halted in the same way as it drove up, the preceding ones being hidden from view by the trees.

When the last had been robbed the bandits departed for parts unknown.

Colonel Young has an excellent description of the men and it will be almost impossible for the highwaymen to leave the park.

The holdup occurred about 10 o'clock, but nothing was known of it until the coaches reached Norris, about an hour later.

Colonel Young was immediately notified by wire and soon had the soldiers galloping to every possible outlet of the park.

Two men answering the description of the robbers were tracked in a southerly direction along the eastern shore of the lake.

Troopers will attempt to head them off by crossing the lake on the government steamer.

Great hopes are entertained of their ultimate capture. None of the passengers in the coaches were hurt.