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Show MASKED ID ARMED I IN NOLO IIP CI 1 1 , : : . Herd Conductor and Motorman I Onto Rear Platform and I Rob Them. I' OBTAIN $15 IN MONEY ' AND GOLD TIMEPIECE HI 1 i I Robbers Hoard .Second West I i Car Near Southern Limits I . .. of City. I , Two masked highwaymen, at 11:15 I o'clock Monday night, boarded Second I YTesl street car No. IIP. while it was I1 1 v standing at tho end of the line at Ninth 1 South and Second "West streets, and hold I jii Conductor M. 71. Marsh and Motor- I' , man .1. 1... Waikln. Tho robbers .e- I' 4 ( cured about from Conductor Marsh I j . and robbed Molorntan "Walk hi of a I twciuy-ono jewel Hamilton watch. Both P( street cur men were nimble to give any I ' description of the lobbcrs. I In reporting the Jobbery to Serjeant I of Police Henry Johnston. Wat kin said II the two nioii. both armed with revol- i vers and with I holt faces masked with If whlto handkerchiefs, boarded the car I from the rear platform. Watkln and Marsh wore seated In tho front of the I car, wait in; for the return trip, ami woro I ordered to hold up their hands and conic " to the rear of the car. Horded Onto Rear Platform. "When tho car men reached the roar t platform they won made to turn around j and ordered to shut tholr eyes while bc- 1 1 lug relieved of their valuables. Accord - l Ing to the car men tho rohbors wore not 1 In (he least nervous and took little time , ' In scouting tho money and watch. They I . did not stop to take the money from ' , Conductor .Marsh's change box, but I ! slipped the box from tho boll. They also I ' made a hurried search of his pockets, talcing every , cent from him. Prom Mo- torman Walk in tJioy took only his sold t mi tcli and did not search his pockets. After completing- the robbery, the hJgh- , wnymcn ordered Marsh and Watkln to remain where they were and then left , -1 the car. disappearing In the darkness. Report Made to Police. ' The news of tho hold-up wis tclo-pbonod tclo-pbonod to tho police station when the car reached tho business district, and a detailed account was given to Servant j Johnston and Detective Sohultzo. Roth ' car men apparently wore so badly , . frightened at tho lime of the hold-up, , however, that neither was able to glvo ' much of a description other than that the men were both of medium height and i one was dressed in a. brown suit of i clothes and wore a cowboy stylo hat. .Several patrolmen were detailed to make a sea rcli of the southwestern portion of i V the city and to watch men coming from , '" that district Into town, but the dragnet ! thrown out failed to bring results. |