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Show I ' ll. 4 - T ... II.. W . . . i ) " .. CHICAGO, Auj. 1. An automobile party consisting of two men' and three women -was" held up and robbed, last r.'.ght on the Sheridan road between "Wl-netka "Wl-netka and Glencoe by three masked bandits. ' "t ... The touring car was ascending: Hubbard Hub-bard bill wbn the robbers opened fire with revolvers, on the occupants. Two bullets punctured a front tire and then struck tbe side of the machine. Owing to the tire being punctured, escape was Impossible. - The robbers, flourishing their weapons; weap-ons; ran down the hill to where the automobile au-tomobile stopped and compelled the occupants oc-cupants to htrnd over their valuables. The highwaymen then made their escape. es-cape. - '" - " The victims were C, A. Woodruff, purchasing pur-chasing agent for Armour & Co.; Mrs. C. A. Woodruff. H. F. McClelland. Mrs. II. E McClelland and lira. W. A. Schlossman. . The total value of thef plunder taken was several hundred dollar. Mr. Woodruff was -robbed of JJ, . llrn. Woodruff of jewelry and a small 1 amount of money, Mr. McClelland of $40 I and a valuable watch, Mrs. McClelland I of rings torn from her fingers, and Mrs. Schlossman of a diamond, brooch valued val-ued at $300. -. . . -' A short time before the automobilists were held up, Carl Miller, an express- man living near Hubbard hill, was attacked at-tacked In his house by the same three men and robbed of $18. He was severely beaten over the head with revolvers. Half an hour after the automobile hold-up a barn In the vicinity was discovered dis-covered to be on Are. It la believed that the robbers set fire to the barn to divert the attention of the police m the event of a posse being organized to run them down. The barn was destroyed. |