In Oct 7th 1896 the White Oaks Stagecoach going to San Antonio was robbed.
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Highway robbery was frequent in the western Territories and sometimes a bit of local humor was injected into a normally serious situation. San Antonio and White Oaks, New Mexico, were blessed with frequent stage service. On October 7, 1896, the east bound and west bound stages were held up. The four highwaymen first attacked the east bound stage at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Fortunately, no passengers were aboard so the bandits had to content themselves with a few mail sacks. The disgusted robbers then followed the mail route eastward, exchanging their tired horses at a prearranged rendezvous for fresh ones. Six hours after the first hold‑up they stopped the west bound stage. The stage driver willingly gave over the mail sacks and was ordered down from his platform. Next the lone passenger stepped down from his dust‑ridden compartment. The passenger, David Tanner, had apparently been in the same predicament on another occasion, for as he stepped down he managed to drop his pocketbook under the stage. Seeing that Tanner had little to offer, the bandits took his hat, gloves, and pipe. This was a common practice in the west and greatly facilitated tracing of the bandits. However, on this occasion, the bandits were confronted with a sad tale of poverty—in fact the story was so sad that the bandits gave Tanner seven dollars in change. When the bandits left the scene, the would‑be man of poverty picked up his wallet and happily concluded that the robbery had netted him a three dollar profit.2]
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