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Show MASKED DESPERADOES TERRORIZE VILLAGE : ..... . Snoot at Erry Kia Wio Appears on ths Street, Loot PostofScs and Escape. WHATCOM. Wash., : April 18. Two masked outlaws held ap the village of Ferndale Monday night; shot at every man who appeared on the streets, robbed the poatoffice of $150, and succeeded in making their escape ' without leaving the slightest clue to their identity. The outlaws made their first appearance in the postoffloe, where they ordered the' postmaster to deliver to them the contents con-tents of his till. The postmaster refused, and. while one robber with two revolvers In his hands kept him covered, the other emptied the contents of the till Into a sack. Nothing but money was taken. Four men who were In the office when the robbers came In were compelled to leave, the robbers firing their revolvers over their heads as they took their departure. de-parture. Before leaving, a dozen more shots were fired by the robbers. The outlaws are believed by the authorities au-thorities here to be the two convicts who last week broke out of the provincial prison at New Westminster, B. C, and who immediately made their way to Vancouver, Van-couver, where they provided themselves with firearms by burglarizing a hardware store, -(The leader was incarcerated In the penitentiary at New Westminster under the name of Jones, but he has served two terms In the penitentiary In this State under un-der the name of King. His companion's nane is Clark, lonlght ponses are guarding guard-ing all the highways leading from the vicinity of the outrage. |