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Show cm pain of death from the revolver, nud hurried off In iho darkness. A he nassed under the electric light. Markhtrn paid the closest attention to the inan'H appearance, and then ran to the police station. At the station Markham described the holdup as weighing nbeut ISO pounds, helm: dressed In a brown ; Bull, wearing a light bicycle cap, light pnft shirt and tie and largo shoe.3. : The description was telephoned to all , patrolmen, and a search Is being made I for the highwayman. BOLD HIGHWAYMAN ROBS PEDESTRIAN L. H. Markhjm Held Up Close to Bus-in-ss Heart of the City. Suit Tako. April 20. AMihln two' blocks of the police station, L. II. Markham, state representative cf the Lllsworth Wireless Telephone company, com-pany, with offices In tho Kelt building, build-ing, was rielrl up by a lone highwayman, highway-man, at Second Kasl and Second j South streets. Monday night at ! o'clock, and robbed of $7 in cash and a diamond ting valne.l at $60. Without With-out any loss of time the robbery win reported, to the police, and detectives detailed to work on tho case. "Shut your month," commanded the highwayman, as he stepped from behind be-hind the board fence at the Intersection Intersec-tion of the rtreets. He then pressed a revohcr against the abdomen of Markham and. at t'.ie same moment, began a systematic search of his victim's vic-tim's ipockets. Pedestrians passing on the other side of tho street pnl 1 i'o attention to the two men. Witn weM-planned precaution. Iho highwayman highway-man warned Markham not to raise 1 bis hands above his head and thereby attract attention. When about to depart, the highwayman highway-man noticed the diamond ring on Msrkham's finger, and. taking held of the ring, attempted to pull It off. Not succeeding, he took a pair of wlre-laan's wlre-laan's pliers out of bis pocket and de liberatoly cut the prongs holding the diamond, which he then put in hi pocket. Backing Markham Into tho darkness of the board fence, the robber com-nanded com-nanded him to remain v, here he was. |