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Show HOLD UP OF MAIL TRAIN New Orleans, July 4 That a reward re-ward of 53,000 was to be offered for the capture of the bandits who held up an Illinois Central passenger train near Batesville, Miss, was unofficially announced here today Memphis. Tenn , luiy 4 Four bandits ban-dits held UP southbound passenger train No. 1 on the Illinois Central railroad, rail-road, south of Batesville, Miss., early todav, awed the train and locomotive crews with weapons., blow open the safe in the express car; ransacked the mall packages and escaped None of the passengers were molested mo-lested because the bandits compelled Hie locomotive crew to detach the mail, express and baggage cars and run them some distance from the passenger coaches. After they finished fin-ished their work in the mail car the robbers ran the locomotive to Enid. Miss , and fled to the open country. Bloodhounds were placed on their trail and a few hours after the robbery rob-bery a big posse was in pursuit Whether the bandits escaped with much loot was not known early today. to-day. It had not been determined whether other than routine shipments were carried in the express car. Passengers on the train awoke in surprise this morning to find their coaches still standing on the main line of track where they were abandoned when the bandits detached the. mail and express cars. oo |