Show BATTLE WITH ROBBERS passenger killed by bandits who attempted to hold up street car three masked robbers attempted to hold up st a car on the tha los angeles pa cefic electric line running between los angeles and santa monica about a mile west of los LOB angeles sunday night and alter after a pistol duel between C W henderson one of 0 the passengers and one of the robbers the other two highwaymen began shooting right and lett left through the crowded car one passenger was killed and three wounded the robbers had placed an obstruction st on the track which the motorman saw and slowed glowed up the three men boarded the car commanding the passengers to hold up their hands and when one of them did not comply one of the robbers fired anred henderson waa via seated within six feet of the point where the robber boarded the ear car and having seen the obstruction he be drew his revolver the instant the obber fired at the other man henderson opened fire on him shooting as fast as tie me could pull the trigger the robber then turned his gun upon henderson but as he did so he h was seen to bend over and cry out as it in pain then straightening up he begin began shooting at the bunch ot of passengers who were huddled in the front seats one of his bullets struck ellis pearson in the lett left loc leg henderson continued firing and the robber was seen to fall while this was going on on the outside of the ear car a tragedy was being enacted in the inside that portion ot of which Is rully fully the two robbers who had entered the rear door commanded the passengers to raise their hands and most ot of them did so before any attempt could be maae by the robbers to search the passengers for their valuables the shooting began on the outside of the car then the other two robbers began shooting right and left into the crowd of passengers son gers with the result that H A griswold Orl awold of at Mau mangon soll la ia was killed land and J C cunningham bills pearson land and dr C H bowers were injured |