The horses were somewhat restive, but Tom held them fast, and Southmayde, with a view to reconnoitering, said in a whisper, “Tom, drive slow.” Ives called out, “Drive on.” Leroy turned round on his seat, determined to find out who the robbers were, and looked carefully at them for nearly a minute, which Ives at last observing, he yelled out, “If you don’t turn round, and mind your business, I’ll shoot the top of your head off.” The three robbers gathered together, and remained watching, till the coach was out of sight. Leroy Southmayde lost $400 in gold, and Captain Moore delivered up $100 in Treasury Notes, belonging to another man. The coach proceeded on its way to Bannack without further molestation, and on its arrival there, Plummer was in waiting, and asked, “Was the coach robbed to-day?” and being told that it had been, as Southmayde jumped down, he took him by the arm, and knowing him to be Sheriff, Southmayde was just about to tell him all about it, when Judge G. G. Bissell gave Leroy a slight nudge, and motioned for him to step back, which he did, and the Judge told him to be very careful what he told that man, meaning Plummer; Southmayde closed one eye as a private signal of comprehension, and rejoined Plummer, who said, “I think I can tell you who it was that robbed you.” Leroy asked, “Who?” Plummer replied, “George Ives was one of them.” Southmayde said, “I know; and the others were Whiskey Bill and Bob Zachary; and I’ll live to see them hanged before three weeks.” Plummer at once walked off, and though Leroy was in town for three days, he never saw him afterwards. The object of Plummer’s accusation of Ives was to see whether Southmayde really knew anything. Some time after, Judge Bissell--who had overheard Southmayde telling Plummer who the thieves were--remarked to him, “Leroy, your life is not worth a cent.” On the second day after, as Tom was returning, he saw Graves at the Cold Spring Ranch, and took him on one side asking him if he had heard of the “little robbery.” Graves replied that he had, and asked him if he knew who were the perpetrators. Tom said, “No,” adding, “And I wouldn’t for the world; for if I did, and told of them, I shouldn’t live long.” “That’s a fact, Tom,” said Graves, “You wouldn’t live fifteen minutes. I’ll tell you of a circumstance as happened to me about bein’ robbed in Californy: