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Show "QllTETTE Of DESPERADOES HOLD UP PASSENGER TBI 3verlsnd Llmlled Held Up Near Omaha, Seven Registered Mall Pouches Being Secured by Highwaymen. Omaha, Neb. Four masked bandits held up and robbed Union Pacific pnsponger train No. 2, known nB tho overland limited, n few miles west or tho city Just before midnight Saturday, Satur-day, May 22, and secured seven registered reg-istered mall pouches. Tho sncks aro believed to havo contained con-tained n largo sunt. The robjjcrs ovl-dontly ovl-dontly got on tho train at somo town West of hero. Tho hold-up occurred nbout live miles west of tho city limits lim-its In a deep cut along tho recently constructed Lano cut-off. Tho robbers cllmbod down over tho 'ank nnd forced tho engineer to stop his train nnd then proceeded to tho mall car. Tho clerks wero Torced to pon the door nnd hand out n number or pouches or registered mall. Once they secured the. bags they Hurried away In n southerly direction direc-tion nnd permitted tho train to pro-:ecd. pro-:ecd. Tho passengers wero not molested mo-lested and as soon ns the robbers loll "ho scono or the hold-up tho train came to this city. A big squad of police hurried to the cenc nnd quickly started In pursuit rf tho bandits. |