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Show HOLD UP AUTO WITH PAY ROLL POSSE SCOURS HILLS NEAR TRINIDAD TRIN-IDAD IN SEARCH OF TWO BANDITS American Smelting and Refining Company Com-pany Car Looted at Pass; Escort Es-cort Covered by Gun; Pay Roll Taken Trinidad Colo. Two masked bandit Friday morning held up an automobile carrying !fl4,000 payroll to the American Amer-ican Smelting and Refining company's mine at Cokedale, the sheriffs office was notified. A posse of officers and citizens is now in search of the bandits. Posses headed by sheriff Marty and aided by citizens and state rangers are scouring the hills south and 'west of tins city in an effort to locate the bandits. The holdup took place on the outskirts of the coal camp near the coke ovens where the road passes between be-tween low ills. One bandit masked, came down upon the automobile with a shotgun, it is reported, while a second sec-ond masked bandit stood nearby covering cover-ing the three men in the automobile one of whom was the Cokedale marshal mar-shal while the first bandit took the packs of currency and a sack of silver. According to the men who were held up, the bandits then leveled their guns at the car and told the drive to "move along and don't look back." Reaching the camp, the robbery was reported to the authorities and 'Sheriff Marty organized or-ganized a posse of deputies and citizens citi-zens and called in state rangers stationed sta-tioned here. Officers say they expect a battle if the bandits are rounded up. |