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STAGES ROBBED
Merced Express, July 31, 1920

BANDIT HOLDS UP FOUR
YOSEMITE STAGES

Four automobile stages, en route to the Yosemite Valley from Merced were held up and the passengers in two of them were robbed by a long bandit at a point on the mountain road, about a mile and a half south of Miami Lodge in Mariposa county about 1 o’clock last Saturday afternoon. The bandit secured about $300, as near as could be estimated.

The holdup was staged in true western fashion. A log had been thrown across the road and a s the first stage rolled up to it, the bandit suddenly appeared form the underbrush, on the upper side of the road and commanded the passengers to sit still. He was armed with a rifle and had a flour sack thrown over his head.

Three of the cars were traveling very closely together. The bandit then commanded C. M. Marcusson of Detroit, a passenger in the third car to pass his hat for money from the passengers in the second and third cars.

After the money had been turned over to him, he commanded everyone in the four cars to remain still until he got away, informing them that he had two accomplices in the brush. He then disappeared in the brush. Although Sheriffs Turner of Mariposa and Barnett of Madera with a large number of deputies made a diligent search for the bandit, he is still at large.
transcribed by Tom Hilk


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