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Show PAYMASTER GF LUMBER CfflP shot, mm. ' I BlRil INGHAM Ala . Sept. 2 8. B. Thomson paymaster for the v.. EL Orayabn Lumber company camp six' ! miles from Ieed. was shot down from ambush and robbed of $10,500 this afternoon about 4 o'clock. He was' taken to a local infirmary, where his ( .condition Is said to be critical. According to the story told by the wounded men. h was rldlnsr on his horse along the ii ghwsy leading from Ihe offices of lh lumber company tc their camp and milln xhlc are about . five ml'es from 1-ced. and as he wa. w'.thin two ml!'.'! of Ihe camp, he w fired upon from .. r'.ump of but hea the shots from a atlOtgun striking him iul'out the face and body. He fell from his horse ami the , at v b.:g In h possession Was taken ' by his assailants. r'nunty officers ' whi are Investigating the robbery re : ported WQ arrests had ben made. |