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Show GANG SIEZES CHRISTMAS PAY 8ATCHEL CONTAINING CURREN- CY OBTAINED IN RAID IN HILLS NEAR PITTSBURG g. Man on Motorcycle Is Hit Without Warning; Trio In Car Covered By Band and Money Confiscated Pittsburg. Four bandit shot and wounded ltoss Dennis, 'paymaster ot tho Pittsburg Coal company, and escaped es-caped with a satchel containing about JTJO.000 in curroncy. Tho holdup occurred oc-curred in tho nllls behind Mount Lebanon, Le-banon, noar hore, whllo a party of company officials wero taking tho Christmas pay to minors at Heading, Pa. County dotoctives, armed with riot guns, wero rushed to Mount 1Cbanon from tho sheriffs oirico hore. Donuis was riding a motorcyclo In advanco of nn automobile: In which Superintendent William Young of tho Heading mino and threo other om- ploycs woro guarding tho pay satchol. Tho bandits shot Donnis without warning. Ho fell from tho motorcyclo. motor-cyclo. Before tho driver ol Uio pay car could stop his machine tho bandits wero upon it. Thoy covorcd tho superintendent su-perintendent and the guardB, obtained ob-tained tho satchol and escaped. |