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Show TOO SWIFT FOR BANDIT, Portland Man Has Harrow Escape From Robbery and Death. EUGENE, Or., Oct 29. Louis Zimmerman Zimmer-man of Portland narrowly missed bolnp killed by a highwayman and robbed of $15,000 In bullion which ho was talcing from lils mlno In tho Bluo Rlvor district to this place. Zlmmorman woo driving alono. When ho reached a lonely opot on tho mountain road ho heard a rush of feet abovo him In tho brush and a rlllo ball whizzed over his head. Zlmmorman whipped his hornoi Into a gallop and mado his escape. Tho attempted robbery must havo been commuted by some one familiar with the conduct of the mine, who know that Zlmmorman was carrying tho gold to tho smelter, , |