Judge — May 19, 1894 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This political cartoon depicts a violent highway robbery scene. On the left, a bearded bandit with a revolver confronts two well-dressed travelers on a rural road. One victim raises his hands in surrender while the other appears to be knocked down or fleeing. The caption "NAY! ROBBERY" suggests this is satirizing something presented as legitimate that is actually criminal theft. Without additional context or visible date, the specific target remains unclear—it could reference a contentious political policy, business practice, or taxation scheme that Judge magazine's readers would have recognized as illegitimate "robbery." The crude brutality of the imagery emphasizes the satirist's view that whatever practice is being mocked constitutes outright theft from honest citizens.