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Show SEARCHING FOR BANDITS Deputies Scour Hills For Men Who Held Up Saloon at Eagle Eagle. Colo . Feb. 21 A ' fake " j holdup, elaborately staged in true "wild west" style, was part of the n- tertainment which this town provided i for a crowd of prospectors and other . visitors in a local saloon last night The rhief victim of the hoa was Y H. Upton of Lcadville. who was "rob-I bod' of $1,000 and a $300 diamond by I three friends masked and disguised as highwaymen Several officials and B number of newspapers accepted the holdup as genuine and deputies in snr rounding eountles are still searching for the "bandits " Sheriff Henry of Eagle county was j taken Into the confidence of the jok I eis and he took the precaution to go j through the saloon and relieve the! prospective victims of their gnns be- j fore the hour set for the performance LeadVille, Colo. Feb 21. Three bandits who held up a saloon at Eagle I last night and secured $2,500, are I j still at large. Sheriff Schrader of; Poke county has a force of deputies Searching the mountains The saloon was crowded with pros- I pectors on their way to a reporter 1 jrlch silver strike last night, when I three masked men entered with drawn revolvers Two of the holdups kepi the men covered while the third T( iived them oi their mone-. and Jewelry Jew-elry Before searching their vietims the robbers placed a piece of canvas on the floor and piled the valuables on It. When they had finisheri thev rolled : I up the canvas, backed ont of the door: leaned on their horses nn i dls- J appeared. |