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Show IHMrlii ROBS STAGE ID APOLOGIZES TO VICTIMS After Relieving Passengers of Their Valuables, Bold Bandit Informs Them That Hunger Drove Him to Crime. Mlssouln, Mont. Armed with n 22 caliber rifle, tho lower portion of hie features concealed with a red ban dnnna handkerchief, a lone highway man ou Saturday evening held up tho Mlssoula-llonner stage about twe miles enst of this city, lined tip Hit twelve occupants and driver nnd re lloved them of sums ranging from $f to $25 cash, and disappeared In tin gathering dusk. After scenting the booty tho ban dlt nimloglzed, saying that hunger had driven him to commit tho crime. Not a shot was nrcd until tho Job wns completed, when tho passengers wero told to re-enter tho coach, and after warning them not to look back, tho driver llred a shot In the air nnd told tho driver to resume his Journey. The authorities wero quickly notified nnd Sheriff Campbell and his deputies depu-ties nro scouring the nearby hills for tho bandit. |