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Show STAGE HELD UP. Two Masked Men Rob Passengers and Treasure Doxcs. A stngo traveling between Weaver-vllle Weaver-vllle and Redding. Cnl.. wai held up mid robbed late Tuesday afternoon by two masked men, who secured about $100 mid somo valuable watches from tho eight passengeis, including a lady. James Wilson, tho stage driver, aid not hear tho first command of tho highway high-way men to halt, mid continued lo drive along the load, hut a dozen shotf and the killing of his two leaders brought him to his senses nnd to a realization of tho fact that ho and his passengers wero to ho tho victims of a hold-up. After halting the stngo tho robbers lined up the passengers nnd driver and searched thorn cnrofully. ValiBCs wero slashed opon nnd two express boxes smashed to bits, with tho result as above stated. Tho robbers wero very abuslvo during tho entlro proceedings, pro-ceedings, roundly scoring tho driver for not stopping, nnd cnutlonlng him not to ropent tho offonso when ho wns not commanded to halt. |