ROBBERY UNDER ARMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13839, 27 August 1908, Page 5

ROBBERY UNDER ARMS.

IN YELLOWSTONE PARK. ELEVEN COACHES " HELD UP." By Telegraph,™ Prww A#soci*t»«»n.-4^?lflrf*t'--, New York, August 25. A highwayman, armed with a reprating rifle, held up eleven coach*".* loaded with tourists in the Yellow-' stone Park. He secured ten thousand dollars, in addition to many watches and jewels, and then made good his escape. A detachment of cavalry it - now pursuing; him. Visitors toi the National Park, which is a game preserve, are not -- allowed to carry arms* and the- high-;; wayman was thus able to bold up>the coaches without fear of being r shot. ■",: " . ;- ■' :

:■■: The Yellowstone National Park, situated in the north- of Wyoming, U.S., cm : t gist* of '•'«■;. rectangular '' are* .of 3348 ■ «|a«« miles, ami contain* » marvellous collection, ; of volcanic ph<tn<Mierta. The region con- • sists chiefly of a plateaa, broken by group* <f of nwimWuie, the mean elevation Ibeiag - 8000 ft and the highest mountain flushing to 12,000 ft. The park w almost *«th*ly. ! ' covered by la* a, being in recent geologic J times the *centi» of remarkable volcanic «c----tivity, and hot springs of calcareous,, tsilic*oiw, sulphureous, and iron nature abound. . L Yellowstone Luke is situated ;in the centre of the park, from which varioti* rivera rise, in addition to -the Great Fall* and the Grand Canon of the Yellowstone. The park i» a refuse for the larger game—-Ifnif-fata, elk. anUilope, etc.—and is protected by Act of Congresa. _