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Show Just ahead of Xo. 07 vas the St. Paul express, which h?.d picked up cnlitefy, bftrs- of silver at Rcvc-lstqko Wnl the 'authorities believe this vas I the incentive for the holdup. Seat tie, ''.Juno 22. single masked and armed man entered the observation observa-tion and buffet car of the Northern I Pacific passenger train that arrived from Spokane today, just after the1 I car had been detached from the train in the yards, and robbed tho porter of $200 and locked Mm and two other men In the lavatory of the car. I anything of value, escaped across Shuswap lake in a skiff. A posse 13 in pursuit. y tlQlK! According to two' members of the train crew ivsq men cra,wleJ pven the, coal pi le on' J the' loeomo1? Ive 1 aid ' s t the points, -.op thejr patois compe.lltid the engineer, to stop wjien he aw a signal fire near Ducks.' At this point four other robbers boarded the engine. en-gine. Each carried a rifle, and two . shots were fired in the air to impress the railroad men. The leader of the band forced the fireman to take an ax and break in the panels along the sides of tho express ex-press cars. This failing to reveal any booty, the robbers backed away towards the lake, where they escaped in their boat. i mjT . -- ,."'11 Bml Bf 1 1 IB l n IIM SIX MASKED MEN HOLD UP EXPRESS Vancouver,', B. C., June 22. Six-masked Six-masked men armed with revolvers and rifles held up a Canadian Pacific westbound oppress No. 97 near Ducka about rnidnfm "last night, searched three express cars and, failing to find iiiiinuuwiuaanBiii'ii'cit |