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Show Train on Southern Railway Rail-way Is Robbed in Georgia Gainsvllle, Ga Feb. IS. The express ex-press safe on Southern Railway train No 36, northbound, was blown open by four men at 3:15 o'clock this morning morn-ing at White Sulphur Springs, Ga., four miles from here, and about ?700 stolon. The men covered the crew with revolvers re-volvers and ordered the train to start, and disappeared in the darkness. No one was hurt. Officers are In pursuit. The train is known as the United States fnst mall, and runs from New Orleans to New York. The robbers broke down the doors of the railroad station at White Sulphur Springs, bound the night agent and set tho signal for tho train to stop. As tho locomotive slowed up, one of the men entered the cab and ordered the engineer to proceed to Lulu, a small station seven miles away. After Aft-er a stop was made, members of tho gang entered the express car and, while one held up the conductor and express messenger, the others blew up the door of the safe, obtaining tho money Agent Terrlll, of tho oSuthern Express Ex-press company. Deputy United States Marshal Landers, Detective Haul of the Southern Railway; Deputy Sheriff Tittle and a posse with blood hounds are on tho trail of the men. |