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Show One thing is pretty certain: either Kansas will lmvu to clefir bar borders I oi' the hiRhwivyiucn who stop nd rob 1 1 raihvivy train-', or she will become a deaolute, bowling wiMornewi. It is a disyrfice to the state that five ruffians should bo ubla to accomplish what was (lone at Mimico last Thursday in broad- daylight. They placed rails across the track, and by a judicious exhibition of shot guns, controlled the movements of the engineer and conductor con-ductor while they robbed the express agent of about $25,000 or $oo,000. The passengers were not interfered with, and no private property taken. One or two shots were tired by passengers, pas-sengers, none of which took eflect; but the greiitest fear seemed to be among the passenyt'irs to hide their valuables, the men putting their treieures in their boots, and' the Indies took their jewels from their ears, neckd and bands, shoving them doWQ under the clasp of their garters. The sum ot $12,500 has been offered for the recovery of the money aud the robbers, dead or alive. |