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Show HSXO MEN HOLD VP MONTANA BANK OR RAT rALL. MonU Aug. L Three saaaked man robbed tha mrst National bank aa Harlem yseterday about 11:10 49iaek but tba man who bad tha bootv In bia puassasloa was killed, and tha moaey rarvaraC Tba other tw band Ha aa- pod, but pnaasa are closely after than and tt Is bettered they win be captured. At tha hour named tha three mea rode ta the baak and entered. As they did so two of them covered tha cashier and bis aaeietant. the only persona In tha bank, with rsrohrera. Tha third want behind be-hind tba oovMtar snd proceeded to fllll a aack which ha carried with gold and rurrewcy on the counter and in the vault which waa open, the total amounting to about tlsM. People In the neighborhood neighbor-hood bad not noticed that anything was wrong until a customer approached the bank. He noticed what waa going oa and Immediately telephoned to Town Marshal Miller. Tha marshal went to the rear of tha building and looked through a win-daw win-daw Just as tha robbers wars about to leava. He fired, kilting the man who waa just going out with ths money each. The other two ran from tha building, and mounting their horaes. rode off at full speed, within a few minute two auto mobile parties of armed men started la pursuit, but so far no word that they have located tha fleeing robbers haa been rscolved. Ths Chouteau county sheriff at Fort Beaton has aiao atarted out with a poaae 1 from there In an endeavor to pad off the men before they reach the Bear Paw mountains, where It la preaumed they are headed for: another poaae has started from Havre. The vicinity of Harlem was formerly tha rendeavous of the Curry gang of robbers and It ta conjectured these man are part of tha old gang. In that event It la probable It will be hard to locate them aa they are familiar with tha country and wltb biding places la tha mountains. |