One of the highwaymen struck Hepner across the face with a club and felled him. The other then bound a cloth about his face. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

"Political fights" are now considered synonymous with "highway robbery" -- those engaged in them highwaymen. Processions hereafter, will be so attended that this class of villains using them as a ...

They would rob people travelling on foot and they could be very violent. Highwaymen were robbers on horseback and they usually worked alone or in small groups. They attacked travellers in ...

Mounted soldiers from the losing royalist armies turned to a life of crime, becoming the horseback robbers known as Highwaymen.

1883 Highwaymen were robbers on horseback and they usually worked alone or in small groups. They attacked travellers in carriages or on horseback. Highwaymen increased in number in the early 18th ...