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Show LONE ROBBER HOLDS UP PASSENGERS IN PULLMAN -i f . Reminder of Jesse James Operations in Missouri; Bandit's Looting Game Checked by Shrewd Porter, Who Slams Coach Door in His Face. A Jesse James imitator went through a Pullman sleeper on the Rock Island railroad in Missouri last night . and robbed three passengers of .$65. He was prevented from entering the second car by the porter, who slammed and locked the door. . . forcing the conductor, porter, and flagman ahead of him. secured what booty he could in his hurried march, through the car. Bobber Leaps From Train. Pullman. The porter, however hadl TheV v"1' ahe.dhov-the ahe.dhov-the others to make a dash for the see- "rnl 1n,med and locked the tfoo,rk the face of the robber.-nnf robber.-nnf l i ln thn t a point about thlt Tle ot GiMgow. Ro,lixine that he could proceed no further with . ft? MhL,e the tra,in w" "lackenin its speed he jumped off and disappeared disap-peared in the darkness. V11 moinar officers were started out from Glasgow. Slater. Kan-sas Kan-sas City and other nearbv places to wEcV rohJ-. The territbrv' in kwmt?!1".11 aettledand ie w,n b difficult for, hire to escay KANSAS CITY, Nov. 9. A lone robber, heavily armed, boarded the rear sleeper of the east bound California Limited train on the Chicago, Bock Island & Pacific, known as No. 44, between be-tween Slater and Glasgow, Mo., at 11:08 last night, robbed three passengers passen-gers and escaped in the darkness. According Ac-cording to the local officers of the Poll-man Poll-man company, the robber secured but $65. Among the three men forced by the robber to disgorge was E. R. Slagle of Kansas City, assistant superintendent of the Pullman company. The train was the through passenger from California, which between Kansas Kan-sas Citv and Chicago usvs the Chicago k Alton tracks. It left Kansas Citv last night at 9 o'clock and was due in Chicago at 8 o'clock tbis morning. The robber, who is described as being be-ing tall and wearing a long black over-coat over-coat and a roaak, boarded the rear sleeper at Slater. When the train had gained headway he entered the sleeper, an observation tar- He encountered I..-S I..-S Pearson, the Pullman conductor; -. W. Roller, a flagman: R. Wood, negro ne-gro porter, all of Chicago. In Regulation Style. Leveling two revolvers at the trio of trainmen, the robber commanded them to proceed ahead of him and wake up the passengers. As his command com-mand was carried out, the robber. |