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Show MAIL CAR Oil SHASTA LINEROBBED Held Up at Drain, Oregon; ' Only Registered Mail Was TaKen. DRAI.V. Or.. June 17. Th eolith-bound eolith-bound Fhwti limited which Ion Portland at a o'clock laat night was held up and the mail car robbed by two highwaymen at I .IS p. at. between Dmin and Yoa-call. Yoa-call. The robbers entered the mall car, held up the clerka and looted the car. ..They stopped lha train at Tancalla and made their escape. ' " pneeee were searching for them west of Tonoaila thia morning, but up to a late hour they were atlll at large. Although the two robbers brandished their revolvers, not a shot was fired. The mall t larks found themsclvea helpless before be-fore the weapons of the hlKhaaymen. One robber held them covered while the other ripped open the null sacks and ransacked their contents. It is not known how much tyty the desperadoes secured. Aa the train neared YoncaJla. one of the highwaymen pulled the emergency signal and the train waa atopped. The " robbers then leaped from the mall car" and disappeared down the village etreet. The conductor la positive that the out-lawe out-lawe boarded the train here, but whether they crawled on to the roof or swung on to the platform ha doea not know, dark Takes by Surpriea. The first Intimation tha mall clerks had of the attack was when the door of the ear swung suddenly open and they found themaelvea faced by the highwaymen. None attempted resistance aa the Intru-. Intru-. , dare proceeded to the looting of the aacke. - Tha conductor and engineer of the train bad no inkling of any trouble until the signal to atop at Toncalla waa sounded, and tha mall clerks raised the alarm. Offlcera hern and Hheriff K. Wulnn at Kneeburg were notified and posseo were immediately started in pursuit of the robber. ...'- The man ear waa tha only ona disturbed dis-turbed by tha robbers. Tha passengers and trainmen were not molested. Both robbers- are described as about ve feet aaven inchea, tall, smooth shseen ' and dreaaed In dark dot has. They wore black hats: neither wore a mask. They were about JS yeara aid. The men were armed with automatic aad other revolvers. Two men answering to their description descrip-tion ware seen hare yeeterday. |