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CHAPTER XVIII
DAYS OF VIOLENCE
PENDING the completion of the railroad, the Barlow &
Sanderson Stage Line still carried passengers and mail
daily from Santa F6. Twice, with but a few days inter-
vening, the stage was held up a short distance from Las
Vegas and both passengers and mail robbed. The mail as
brought in after these affairs was in a terrible mess.
Bags were slashed and all letters which looked as if
worth while were cut open. A deputy United States
Marshal was put on the case after the first hold-up, but
accomplished nothing.
After the second hold-up a conference was held at the
post office. Mr. Chapman came from the Springs and the
marshal reported with a Mr. Parker, a clerical-looking
man with a dark complexion and long black beard, who
owned and ran a hotel and livery stable in Las Vegas.
Parker stated that four young men - the number that
robbed the stage - came to his hotel, rented a two-horse
platform spring wagon on each day of the robbery, and
drove into the country, returning with the team in a
lather and tired out. They had left his hotel, but he was
confident they were still in town and was absolutely posi-
tive he could identify any one or all of them.
Four men together would attract attention, so it was
decided to pair off, and go the rounds of the dance halls,
gambling houses, and saloons, meeting and reporting pro-
gress at regular intervals. Chapman and the marshal
took the lead and were followed by Parker and myself,
each with a couple of Colt's forty-fives concealed on his
person.
We entered one of the largest gambling resorts on the
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Hoyt, Henry Franklin. A Frontier Doctor, book, 1929; Boston, Massachusetts. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143532/m1/167/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.