Show I A DARING ROBBERY Boise Postmaster Held up andS and-S His Office Rifled THIEVES MAKE THEIR ESCAPE A Sailor Confesses to RobbIng a Stale in California fornia Madrid Anarchists Caught 1lar laz Dynamite Bombs in Buildings Boise Ida April 4ESpecial telegram to Tug HEUALDJ Quito a bold robbery took place in this city to night About 9 oclock as Postmaster Leonard was sitting at his desk in the postofflce writing when he heard a knock at the door of his private office and a yoico calling Leonard He arose went to the door and opened i when a man with a mask on shoved a sixshooter in his faco and said Keep perfectly till With this another man also masked came into tbo office while the first man said Open the safe I Mr Leonard went to the safe opened it and while one man stood over him with a sixshooter the other went through the safe taking silver and other money to the value of 5400 together 1 to-gether with quite a number of registered packages It was dono at tho close of tho quarter when all the small offices near by bad sent in various amounts in registered packages and they were in the safe ready to be shipped to Washington tomorrow It seems as if tho villains were awaro of this and also knew that it was tho habit of tho postmaster to remain in his office some time after night After robbing the safe they ordered Leonard to advance to the front of the office and kneel aown which be did Tbey then made their escape through a back door Leonard immediately ran t his desk seized his revolver and ran to the door and seeing the fleeing villains fred two shots at them neither taking ef feet They ran up an alloy and escaped So far no clue has been found I is reported re-ported that two men were seen fleeing towards the river immediately after the shooting It is not known how much plun der the thieves secured but it was only a small part of what was in the office Mounted men are out in all directions after tie robbers United States Marshal Pink ham Is heading a vigorous search It is thought tho men are in hiding in some dives hero |