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Show PLANNED TO ROB EAST TRAIN Yesterday afternoon officials of tho Union Pacific company weroad vised that nn attempt to holdup and rob oxpress train No. S at Church Buttes, Wyoming, would ibo made when it came through last night, , As a mutter of precaution tho company com-pany sent six well armed messengers with tho train but no attempt at robbery rob-bery was made. It is concluded that the would-bo robbers either gave up tho Idea of committing the robberv last night or thnt they learned of the messengers aboard and abandoned their plans for fear of capture. Church Buttes is an isolate! siding In Wyoming, a few miles east of Carter Car-ter atation, and It would be an ideal spot for a train robbery. Tho threatened threat-ened robbery was coincident with tho bank robbery at Cokcvllle, Wyoming, Wyo-ming, not many miles northwest of tho Buttes, perpetrated by tho Whitney Whit-ney boys yesterdwy afternoon. |