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Show TRAIN ROBBERS MAKE POOR HAUL Missoula, Mont. Passenger train No. 2, eastbound on tho Northern Pa-clilc, Pa-clilc, was held up Saturday night at Bearmouth cut, about'forty miles east of this city, and tho express car blown to pieces. Three men nro known to havo boon concerned in tho 'crime. As. tho train pulled Into tho Bear-mouth Bear-mouth cut, n man was noticed walking abend of tho train carrying a vnllso. Signal lights wero displayed at tho station and as tho train slowed down Englnoor Wilson was covered wjth a gun by ono man whllo tjie other two uncoupled tho baggage, and express cars, and ordered tho engineer to pull ahead. When the cut-put carB reached a point thrco miles oast or Bearmouth station, In a deholato section, tho en-glno en-glno was stopped and "under covor of guns tho engineer audi fireman wcro ordorod to tell tho express mossongor to open his door. Dynamlto was placed under tho car arid tho chargo exploded, wrecking tho car. Sheriff Graham wired to Deer Lodgo to havo tho bloodhounds sent from tho penitentiary and Immediately Immediate-ly "organized a posso. A special was mado and flvo horses taken with tho party from hero, Missoula, Mont. Tho man behind 'tho gun at tho Bearmouth hold-up of tho eastbound Northern Pacific -passenger train No. 2 Saturday night, is at tho point of death from a blow delivered de-livered by Express Messorijor Laub whon tho robber atoopod to pick up a sack of coin from tho shattered safe. Tho highwayman's partnor or partners part-ners took to tho hills, and nftor bolng traced by bloodhounds from tho penitentiary peni-tentiary for several miles, crossed" n crook and tho dogs and posso wero bafflod. |