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Show JFFSCER " .DOWN" jobber Also Killed in Fight-Posse in Pursuit of Fleeing Man Vancouver, B- C June 29. In a bat.-'Je bat.-'Je between two men believed to have rcn members of the gang of robbers vho held up the Canadian Pacific ex-ress ex-ress near Kamloops, B- C, last Mon-lay. Mon-lay. night, and the police late last light, Ike Decker, a special policeman. xmd one of the robbers wore killed. The other robber tied and is now bo-Jig bo-Jig pursued by a posse. Kamloops. B. C-, June 29 Bloodhounds Blood-hounds and armed posses are scouring the hills south of Ashcroft in an effort lo locate the bandit who last night shot and killed Constable Decker. His capture cap-ture Is considered Imminent, as he Is on foot. Decker was killed while trying try-ing to arrest two supposed train robbers, rob-bers, one of whom he shot dead before the other blew out the constable's brains. Tbe men, it is believed, were members mem-bers of the sextette that held up the Northern Pacific train last week. |