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Show LONE BANDIT HOLDS W A TRAIN I AND f SCAPES WITH MUCH BOOTY Passengers Forced at Point of a Gun to Deliver Their Yaluables-Robber Is Being Pursued Across a Desert in an Effort to Overtake Him El Paso. Texas. J,,ne 10 Shortlv before midnight last night, east-hound east-hound passenger train No. 2, of th.; j:i Paso & South western iuilrou.1, wos held up by r. lone bandit, who herded the occupants of the tourist sleeper Into the private car attache;! 10 the reaf or the train, compelled them to deposit their monev and valuables valu-ables In a heap, and made his escape es-cape with the plunder neross the des-ert des-ert towards the mountains. Rough estimates place the value of hla haul at ernl thousand dollars. The holdup occurred one mile east j of Robsart. N. M . near Corrizozo. At j this point the robber, who had board ed the train at Corrir.ozo. covered ihe Pullman omJuctor and brake-man brake-man with bis guo, compelling theto to Ktop the train. Driving the men before him, ho entered the sleeping car, awakening the occupants with a gruff command to gather their valuables valu-ables together and proceed lo tho private car of Superintendent G. F, Hr.wke In the rear. One by one the half-dressed pas--ng(rs were covered by the robber's Run as thev clambored from their berths. Taking his time, and exhibiting exhib-iting remarkable coolness, the bandit ban-dit c.irefnll took an inventory of what each bore in his uplifted hauds. The job was thorough, not a passenger pass-enger escaping, and not one belug .'hie to keep anything of value. When all the berths were emptied, the bandit drove his victims into the private car, where all. Including Su j perir(tc-ndent Hawks, were told to j place their property in a pile on the I lloor. Still covering the crowd with bin gun. the bandit swept the plunder li'to a sack and backed out of the j ar. ; ! As he had departed he shot out the rear lights of the train, firing four times Hastily organized posses are in pursuit pur-suit of the robber, in the hope of Intercepting In-tercepting him before he can cross the desert to the mountains, toward which he is headed. The passengers, who have been left destitute for the time being, are belug be-lug cared for by the railroad company. Posses In Pursuit. El Paso, June JO. Sfnce an early hour litis morning posses have been scouring the desert between Carrizozo and the mountains In search of the lone bandit who held -up an El Paso ft Southwestern passenger train last night at Robsarl, N. M., near Car-rlzozo. Car-rlzozo. I The man Is an told hand at the game and probably a derpenulo who will put up a bard battle before allowing al-lowing himself to be taken is assum ed from the manner in which ho carried car-ried off the daring hold-up single handed. Members of the posses aro prepared to. shoot on sight, and will probably bring the man In dead If b shows light in tho event of his belug overtaken Last night's holdup Is one of the most daring In the history of ttalu robberies. Mounted Police Santa Fe. N. M , June 10 According Accord-ing to the New Mexican, thv highwayman highway-man who held up the El Paso Ac Southwestern South-western train near Itobsart, N. it-last it-last night, did not secure so much plunder as at first reported The bandit entered a tourist car, and, although al-though he did his Job In a thorough manner, his total haul In cash 13 said to have been not to exceed $J00 Ho also secured considerable Jewelry. Tho mounted police mo In pursuit this morning, but as yet no traces of the robber has been found. |