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Show BRAVE ENGINEER BAFFLES BANDITS Cedar Ilaplds, la., Feb. 22. With his right nrm broken by n bandit's revolver bullet, Engineer Charles D'. Mansfield enrly this morning drove Northwestern fast mall train No. a ten miles Into Cedar Haplds und fell fainting to the station plntform, after af-ter defcntlng an attempted holdup by masked men near Bertram. As tho bullets from tho highway men snng about his head and burled themselves In tho side of the cnb, Mahsfled Jerked tho throttle wide open op-en and left his assailants standing lesldo the track. At Cedar Ilaplds a posso was or- . ganlzcd nnd sent back to tho sccno of 'the attempted holdup and a man hunt wns begun. Tho country In tho neighborhood of Bertram Is heavily wooded, nnd It Is believed that the highwaymen will seek sholter In tho woods. A revolver battle Is expected at any moment. Tho train left Chicago at 10:30 o'-clock o'-clock last night and waB duo to ar rlvo at Cedar Rapids at 1:45 o'clock ! this morning. There Is said to have been a large sum of currency In tho forwnrd expresB coach. At a lonely spot on tho Toad about ten miles east of Cedar Rapids the bandits planned to stop tho train, ovnrpowcr the guiffds nnd dynamlto c safe. Tho train wna running nt a rato ot about sixty miles an hour when Mnns-field Mnns-field noticed a red light shown a half nillo ahead. Applying his brakes, ho brought his train almost to a stop when ho noticed n half dozen men standing near the track where tho signnl was shown. Their faces were masked nud thoy covered the engineer with their revolvers. On the opposite sldo of tho track two other men menaced tho fireman with their weapons. Realizing tho situation Mansfield opened tho throttle and thus foiled tho bandits. |