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Show AN EXCITING MAN HUNT. The Columbus flroti Hank Kobber aad Murderer llatlloe ill finutn, CoLtiMBi s Gkuve, ()., Aug. 11 The chase of ths bank rubber and murderer has been an exciting, although as yet an unsuccessful one. Fully 1000 men are on the desperados trail, lie is however a fleet run nor. lie stopped at the farm bouse of George Bailey a few miles out of town to obtain a drink of water, and at several farm houses between Heaver Dam and Hlufton. At Frank Freot's house a number of men were, waiting for him, but he dashed out of a eoru-lield eoru-lield right among the crowd. Freet loaded his gun, but the murderer dashed into the woods aud was soon lost to view. He was again surrounded in Wilkinson's Wilkin-son's woods, but his nerve did not fail him, and he ran out into the open oouutry. lie ran across a gang of men about nine miles south-eat, south-eat, employed by the Staudard Oil company in laying a new oil line. These men had no notion of the robbery, and when he asked for something to eat the boys divided their lunch with him. He called at a farmhouse owned by Mrs. Kepert, who was sick in bet!, and rushed into the house with a revolver re-volver in each hand. Mrs. Kepert two daughters went into hysterica, and it is feared that the mother will d'e from the shock. The fugitive stolo a valuable blooded mire from the lield of David Grafton and at 7 o'clock last night he was Been going in the direction direc-tion ot Aila. It is believed by many that he belongs be-longs to Marvin Kubn's gang of horse-thieves, horse-thieves, and that he is trying to reach l'roppect, O., by way of Mariou. It is supposed that the murderer is now secreted in a deue forest lying a'jout half-way botween Ada aud Blufton. The last man who saw him was Asa Battle, living southeast of Hlufton. William Maple, brother of the cashier, has a large number of men on bis trail, but will bo unable to smoke him out before today. Maple declares he will capture him, dead or alive. |