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Show Special to Tho Tribune. BUTTE, Mont., June IS. It is conceded con-ceded by the officers tonight that tho four bandits who held up and robbed tho Northern Coast limited limit-ed on the Northern Pacific at Bear-mouth, Bear-mouth, Mont.. Thursday night, havo successfully oludcd the pursuit of tho posse, and tonight the chase was called off, Sheriff Thompson and his men returning re-turning from the wilds of Rock creek country completely exhausted from their strenuous man hunt. The char-actor char-actor of tho Rock creek region is suoh, Sheriff Thompson says, that It could not bo effectively searched by an army of men, so rugged are the mountains ln the vicinity. The railway officials are firm in their bollef that the daring robbory was committed com-mitted by robbers living ln tho vicinity of Boarmouth, bo completely has all traoa of tho bandits been IobU The hold-up of the Northern Coast at Boarmouth two years ago and the ono Thursday night are almost Identical ln character. Only ono bandit was seen ln thc first robbery, and although every avenue was carefully watchod ho disappeared dis-appeared oh completely as though the earth had swallowed him. To strengthen strength-en the suspicions ot the officers. Engineer Engi-neer Wade was addressed by name by the robbers. Secret service men are arriving at Bearmouth and they will be scattered throughout tho Bearmouth region. According Ac-cording to the oincers, several members of a gang having a bad roputatlon In the Rock oreek section aro under surveillance sur-veillance and arrests may bo expected at any time. Despite tho denials of the railway officials of-ficials that a large sum was secured by the bandits, It Is almost a certainty that the plunder of tho robbers can bo figured in the thousands. According to stories of passengers, two bandits wero seen to stuff two medium-sized caddie basa with bunches of greenbacks, gold and sliver coins. The robbers wero also seen to cram a few handsful of bills I. MlH into tholr pockets. To back up thin P.. ') JH story one of tho passengers displayed a'jj over $50 worth of gold coins which he " had plckod up about the afe after the T U robbora had taken their departure. u ,,?J When it was known that tho bandits , L'S had left, ho said, there was a wild j. ! i coramblo on the part of the trainmen I a 'H and passengoru to thc Eafe, and many L lj coins overlooked by the robbers were f 'IK secured Tho coins exhibited arc twist h fu jH ed and dented. Several small diamonds Tn were also found. One man, It Is said. (jfffH secured a package of several thousand Y if dollars' worth of canceled bank notes being returned to the mint. This was 'ull returned to Superintendent Pallmer. j , ,H Last night a cache of 186 sticks of JM dynamito was discovered within four k ' feet of where the wrecked safe lay. s Had the massive steel hulk been blown I a few feet further the results would S 11 havo been awful to contemplate, it be- j jjZj ing believed the whole train with Its TH passengers would have been blown Into f eternity. Six bundles of dynamite were U 1 !H also found scattered about tho track. ,s- !'S 'H HS |