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Show uu ' II JL Two .Unmasked .Men Rob the Oregon Express . Jleddlng, Cal., Jan. 5. The mail car of tho Oregon Express, on tho Southern South-ern Pacific, was robbed early today of all eastern registered mail by two unmasked men. Thrpo mall clerks wore bound and gagged by the robbers rob-bers who entered the mail car whllo the train was between Red Bluff and Redding. The train pulled into Red- ding at 6 10 n. m., and the robbers, laden with their loot, dropped off and escaped. The train was north bound and ten San Francisco at S:20 last nieht. When It stopped at Red Bluff, about Jo miles south' of this city, early to-a. to-a. , mail-sacks were thrown out and others taken" on. Ono of the three mail' clerks was about to leave the car to wait for a following train when the two bandits shoved past him into tho mail car and closed the door. '"What's up?" exclaimed Charles J. Rheiu, ono of tho clerks. "This is a holdup.'' coolly responded one of the men, drawing a revolver and covering tho startled trio. Ryan and Robert B. "Warner and their assistant as-sistant were bound by tho second bandit with cords from mail pouches. pouch-es. All wore gagged with handkerchiefs handker-chiefs and thrown flat on their backs. When the train reached Cottonwood, Cotton-wood, 17 miles north of Rod Bluff, tho bandits actod as clerks in exchanging mail without arousing suspicion. At Andfi'son, five miles further on, they repotted the performance, showing compote familiarity with tho clerks duties. Wlcn the train slopped at Reading at C 40. George Wcstlake, the local clerk, was waiting to receive tho registered mail. The bandits threw open the doors on each side of the car md walked off in the opposite direction. AYestlake thought they were regular mail clerks. Ho throw u sack into the car ami was surprised that no one received I.L A moment later ho heard a feeble qry and discovered dis-covered the plight of tho clerks. Mall sacks had ben piled on' them, but Rhein had managed to loosen his gag and civo tho warning. , Stiowu over the floor, was tho wrappings of hundreds of registered mall packages. Every sack of registered regis-tered mail had been looted. Weslloke and a policeman started after tho fugithes who hod a Rood start, and, dodging around the Ion tiaih, disappeared. , ... , A vigorous search has begun cs t-lukc.bays t-lukc.bays i.o .will bo able to dcnUf both 'men If they are captured. |