Show I STAGE HELD D UP BY LONE BANDIT Work of Nervy Highwayman Near Zcrtman Montana Nets Him 28000 Believed to be a Member of the Kid Curry Gang of Train Robbers and Horse Thieves Who Held up a Great Northern Train Great Falls Mont Tho stage running run-ning between Malta and Hortmnn was hold up by a lone bandit according to a telephone message received hero und a sum estimated at about 28000 Is said to have been secured The message gave no details of tho daring robbery other than that It occurred Just north of Xortman and the stago was entering tho Little Rockies with a consignment of money to pay tho wages of the minors at the Kortman mines rho robbers apparently has five or six hours start of a posse mounted upon tho fastest horses to be had which left Malta Immediately upon receipt of word of the holdup The location lo-cation Is In a particularly lonoly spot In the mountains affording every opportunity op-portunity for the shelter and escape of tho bandit Ono man commanding a trail there could almost hold a half dozen men at bay for hours Some member of Kid Currys gang of train robbers and horse thieves Is suspected of the holdup Six years ago the Curry gang held up a Great Northern train In the vicinity of Malta Mal-ta securing 43000 Many of the pals of Kid Curry Is still live In northern Montana |