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BENTON Takes Third

Cincinnati, June 27-Cincinnati won its
third straight game from Chicago today.
fChjcago-- ABB. II. IL. O. A. T..
< to /, Benton allowing only four hits,
though one of his seven bases on paiis
counted for run. Except in the first
inninr. when Cincinnatis four hits and
two bases on balls gave four runs, Smith
also pitched good ball. Score:
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American Players Honored

Toxic, June 2T.-Arthur Bailey Blancl-
ard. charge d'affaires of the American
embassy today gave a reception in honor
of the baseball teams of the keio uni.
versity of Japan and the Leland STAN
ford, Jr.. university OF California.
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Stolen bases, Stock. O'Dell, Gibson. Dou-
BILE play; Lindsay to Breckenridge to
Gibson. Struck out, Beck l. Bases on
balls, Beck 4. Wild pitch, Beck. Hit by
pitcher, by Robertson (Young); by Beck,
OHogg SchmidD. Time, LIS. Umpires,
KERN and Wright.
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Summary Three base hit Williams
Two base hits. Woodruff Pezold. Sac
rifice hit, Reese. Stolen base, Higgins
Bases on balls. Waters /, Woodruff /
Struck out, Waters /, Woodruff 8. Dou-
BILE play. Roberts, Moody to Reese
Time. LAO. Umpire. Cole.
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hits, Evers, Phelan Stolen bases, Mar
sans, Bescher. Double play. Bridwell to
Evers to Safer Bases ON balls. Smith
4, Benton T. Struck out, Smith 2, Ben
ton 7. Time, 1:49. Umpres, O'Day and
EmSie.
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Summary: Two base hits, Moran, Stem
gel, Wheat 2, Daubert, Smith 2. Fischer,
Killifer, Lobert. Hits Mayer in Q IL
innings, Brennan II in 2-S innings. Sac
rifice bit, Brennan. Paskert. Stolen
pases, Smith, Becker, Cutshaw. Base on
balls, Stack 4. Struck out, Stack 7,
Mayer /, Brennan 4. Time 1:5O. UNI
pires. Rigler and Byron.
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FBattcd lot CdIiinItH III WHIT
Score by innings: ooo oo, =,
9. o,,;s 900 coo 0l2 000-3
Summary: Two base hits, Leary,
Oakes, Huggins. Three base hits, Miiier
3. Hits, Adams 6 in innings nine out III
eighth, Cooper none in inning (nohe OUT
IN ninth, Camnitz l in l. Robinson none
in s. Burk in s, Perritt in ], Harmon
4 in 5. Sacrifice fly, Coleman. stolen
base Whitted. Double plays, Burk to
O,I.earv. Cleary to Higgins to Konetchy.
BASES on balls, Burlx 2, Adams 2, Cooper
/. Hit by pitcher. Cooper (Evans). Struck
out. Adams 2. Burls 2. Harmon !, Robin
SON 1. Wild pitch. Camnitz. Time, 23o
T1mpires. Brennan and Eason.
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FEDERAL LEAGUE

At Cleveland: Cleveland 2. Kansas
City 4. Second game: Cleveland II Kan-
sas City 2.
At Indianapolis indianapolis 1. Chi
cago 0. Second game: INDIANAPOLIS
Chicago 6.
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While Mathewson is heaving as of
yore, the other Giant moundsmen have
suffered several off days and the little
Napoleon is depending upon the pitch
ing of AL Demaree, last year with Mo-
bile. to aid in catching the Phillies.
While many are open in declaring that
the Giants will win another rag unless
Tesreau and Marquard show better form
the New York club will be beaten.
Seaton, Alexander and Erik Mayer have
proved the mainstays of Dooin's Daisies
while Rixey promises to find form.
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Sacrlfce Hits-MeDonald, knisele
Mcbride.
Struck Out-Evans 2, Manning 3.
Base on Balls-Evans /, Manning
Wild Pitch--E,vans.
Balk-Evans.
Time-1:15.
mpires-Rudderha and Fifield
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"Rube" Evans and Manning
Feature in Fast Pitchers
Battle
BARONS BINGLE
BUT ONCE SAFELY
Ex-Pelican Southpaw Yields But Two
Safties and RarOns Win While
Bill Infield Fizzles Be-
fore Attack
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING

Results Yesterday
Birmingham 5. Montgomery Q.
Mobile 3, Nashville ].
Atlanta 2, Memphis !.
New Orleans Chattanooga rain.
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summary. SacfIhce hIts, WeIchonce
2, Bisland. Stolen base, Love. Double
plays. Alperman to Agler. Bases on
| Newton 5, Brady 3. Hit by pitcher. AL
permann. Time, las Umpires, Pfen-
nngcr and Breitenstein.
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**Ran for Seymour in eighth.
Score by innings:
Boston ..............., O10 600 OO0-1
New York .......... 100 200 OO%-s
Summary: Two base hit, Titus Sac
rif1ce hits, Meyers, Merkle. Whaling.
Stolen bases, Burns Mcdonald. Double
plays, Doyle, Fletcher, Shafer, Maran-
vile to Myers: Fletcher to Merkle
Doyle to Merkle. Bases on ballsf Tes-
reau ]. Struck out. Tesreau Z, James l.
Time, 1.3S. Umpires. Klein and Ortiz
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hits. Brannen, Bilingsley, Newkirk,
Head Struck out, Williams 8, Head s.
Base on balls, Williams 2, Head 2. Stolen
bases. Donaldson, Ragsdale. Double play,
Walden to Brannen to NewlSirk. Wild
pitches, Williams 3 Time of game, 1:50
Umpire, Bagwell.
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Easy for BOaz

Albertvlle, June 26.-(Special) )-Boaz
played gilt edge baseball this afternoon
and defeated the locals very easily. The
features of the game were the hitting Of
McCleskey and the fielding of Lackey and
base running of Harris. Butler. the visi-
tors star rwirlers had Albertville at his
mercy at all stages of the game. Score:
R.H.E T..
Albertville ............... 600 900 1861 ,
Boaz ..................... 003 0l0 4Ui-9 IA .
Batteries. Clayton and Thomas; Butler
and Lackey.
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PURITANS TRIUMPH

Selma, June 27.-(Special )-Selma de-
feated Meridian in the second game of the
series today by a score of to /, the
game was listless and devoid of features
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York, June 27.-(Special.)-By hard
hitting, Epes defeated York today, bat
ting Lefty" Pruitt, Cotton States
Lacquer, at will. Batteries: York, Pruitt
and Briggs; Epes, David and Greenlee
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Newman ................... .020 900 O00-2
Admission .......................,.0 900 OIL O4+--6
summary: Two base hits, Bixley, Rig
gins Sacrifice, Cole, Cooper Henry
stolen bases, Stevenson 2 higgins. Double
play. Cole to Howell to Griffin. Base on
balls, Rixley 2. Hit by pitcher, by Bixley
Osborn, Shepperd). Struck out, Bixcy 3,
kiilingsworth I. Umpire, Burke.
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Stated for Burke in eighth.
ssBatted for Perritt in ninth
sssBatted for Wingo in twelfth.
ss&sBatted for Harmon in twelfth.
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consecutive hits scored two runs for New
nan Other features were the catching
of Shepperd for Admission and the fielding
of Howell for Newman. Score:
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Cotton States League

Columbus 4. Pensacola z.
Meridian ], Selma 8.
Clarksdale 5, Jackson 4 d1 innings.)
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Games Today

Games Today
Birmingham at Memphis.
Nashville at New Orleans.
Atlanta at Montgomery.
Chattanooga at Mobile.
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NBatted for Manning in sixth.
tGame called end sixth to allow Bir.
mingham to catch train)
Score by innings:
"se'i'iSiJ :. -. .0uO 000-l
SUMMARY
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Slated for Walker in eighth.
%*Batted for Pocase i'll ninth.
Score by innings:
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International League
Epes Beats York

Others not scheduled.
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"Batted Tor WhaIing In eighth.
**Ran for Seymour in eighth.
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.Batted for Camnitz in tenth.
L. .fx1u
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fully.
There was no opposition met with
at Courtenay. Apparently the whole
town was asleep when Mccarthy and
his two comrades sailed forth from
their hiding place. The rugs and
heavy curtains in the bank building
easily muffied the report OF the two
explosions When the inner steel
chest had been penetrated the trio
found upward of $4,000 in bank
notes of denominations easily nego-
tiated without arousing suspicion,
and aside from this, gold and silver
amounting to $500. Much valua-
bic jewelry was also found, among 1T
handsome brooch containing seven
large and pure white diamonds. This
portland Ned" Immediately appro-
priated, saying it would be his
Christmas gift to Maud, his wife,
with whom he was still violently in
love.
The gold and silver and the kit of
burglar tools with which they
worked were planted" on the out
skirts Of the village, near the rail
road freight yards, and this done,
the little party separated Nc
Carthy making for Charleston,
where he secreted himself at Cne Of
Tic lildHy loSOIlS DS III.
Rudolph Rabens. Mccarthy had
more money when he arrived in
Charleston than at almost any one
time before. He had intended to re-
main in hidinp week or two and
then make for New York, where he
could once more provide himself
with an elaborate wardrobe and cut
wide swath in the cafes OF the
White Light district But instead he
went on wild debauch in a saloon
dance hall boarding house, and at the
end Of two weeks he was penniless.
With RabGns he returned to the out
skirts OF Courtenay and tried to To-
cate the spot in which he had buried
his gold and silver hoard, but with
out success. Not to be deferred, Nc
Carthy and Rabens went to Balti-
more, where they hunted up Con
nectciut Shorty" who returned with
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them to South Carolina. Shorty"
had no difficulty in locating the hid
ing place and when raised" the loot
was placed in buggy provided by
Rabens and all three drove to the
home Of Rabens's father, at Wal
halla, 5. c., where the plunder was
Charleston. The baggage" upon
it's arrival in Charleston was taken
to Rabens's saloon, where he had the
gold and silver converted into bank
notes For his part in the transac-
ton Mccarthy and shorty gave
Rabens $500 and a bundle Of bank
notes which had been singed and
burnt in the explosion. Rabens had
no difficulty in having these ex-
changed at y sub-treasury for good
currency.
South Ca DINA had been so kind
to Mccarthy that he was loath to
leave it until re had made wider eX-
cursions among it's small towns.
pennsylvania Swipes," who together
with Portland Ned" had journeyed
down from Virginia to join McCar-
thy and Connecticut Shorty" To-
lcated a bank at st. George. Rabens
drove Portland Ned" and Mccarthy
in his carriage from Charleston to a
railroad junction a few miles beyond
the city limits and "Swipes" and
Shorty" boarded the same train as
it left Charleston. Their conduct in
jumping on and off the train at sta
tions (not the one designated on
their tiCkets) aroused the suspicion
Of the conductor, and when the band
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Sheriff and his constable could trace
them. One or two little jobs in the
vicinity of Fairfax paid them well
for their trouble, but they decided it
would be healthier to leave the State
for few weeks, or at least until the
hue and Cry raised over the robber-
les had subsided.
At Mt. Olive, N. c., the little bank
looked promising. Portland Ned"
Connecticut Shorty" and Mccarthy
all figured that this robbery could be
effected with little trouble Or fuss,
when they could all return to Cour-
tenay, S. c., where 1t had been de-
cided that bank there would yield
rich returns. After blowing the
outer vault of the Mt. Olive bank it
was found the trio did not have a
sufficient quantity Of Soup" or nj
troglycerine' to apply to the big safe
within. Clly 500 was found in the
vault, but bundle of bills amount
ing to about $500 was found in
locked tin box usually. used for pri-
vate papers. This was in the desk
of the bank cashier. The lock was
easily smashed and the contents
taken.
The Courtenay bank proved to be
Just as fertile as it had promised.
The same trio figured in this affair
and both the vault and steel chest
yielded readily to the heavy charges
that were applied to them. The yeggs
had profited by their experience at
Mt. Olive, and never again would
they be Handicapped by a lack of ma
terial with which to work success
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joining forces with portland Ned"
and Missouri Shorty" they set
forth to make a killing. They de-
cided to work their way West over
the "blind baggage and under rod
route" Stopping off at Rutsburg,
Va, they robbed the Norfolk and
Western Railroad station, procuring
several hundred dollars in cash. An
adjoining town was next visited and
a little store there was entered and
its safe yielded $240 to the general
fund.
Mccarthy wasn't heard Of again
until he dropped off of an express
train at Globe, Ariz., and, aided by
Harry Mich" and Pennsylvania
Mickey" rifed a butchers shop of
5000. Other nearby towns were Wis
tied and paid dearly for the lack of
police protection, since each netted
the trio in the neighborhood Of one
thousand dollars. The trio was re-
inforced at this time by Canada
Paddy" and all went to Bisbee,
Ariz., where gay revel was held for
week Or more. As the money de-
rived from recent operations soon
melted away, the quartet became
desperate and decided to Stick up"
the towns most fuorishing gambling
house.
1t was Saturday night; the
rooms were crowded and the play
big. All had been regular patrons
OF the gambling house and were
known to most Of its habitues.
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How "West Philadelphia Johnny" Be-
Y came Bank Burglar, and How He
Met His Nemesis in the Person
of Rustic Vermont Consta-
ble.---When the 'Yeggs"
Paid their Visit to Oco-
nee and Walhalla.

prove embarrassing in the event of
pursuit. 1t was clean job and one
that Mccarthy was immensely proud
OF. There had been no need of vio-
lence, since the Waterman was not in
the building and the burglar alarm
had been silenced before they began
their operations on the safe, which
yielded readily to McCarthy's appli-
cation of notroglyce rine and his COM
panions jimmies. But one person
had seen their flight and he got but a
fleeting glance at McCarthy's fea-
lures. That was enough to stamp
them indellibly upon his memory,
however, and some years later stood
him in good stead, for he recognized
the burglar and captured him. For
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trap The Watchman was not in
the least daunted by the pistol he
faced and aVanced upon the band
Three OF them opened fire on the
watchman, but apparently he bore a
charmed life, for he sped across the
street, and, entering the hotel, gave
the alarm. In minute or two the
street swarmed with armed men who
opened fire on the "yeggs" and they
scampered off, and although two Of
them we're badly wounded, all es-
capped on the horses they haG COM
mandeered earlier in the evening and
left tethered on The outskirts OF the
town In the event of the necessity of
hurried get away They fed to
Brunson, S. c., where they remained
under cover a day or two and then
decided that the bank in that little
town was far too prosperous for the
size Of the population.
After carefully Teconnoitering, the
burglar band found the negro night
watchman asleep in carriage house
in the rear Of the bank. They COW
cred him with their guns and mada
him conduct them to blacksmith
shop, where they picked up what
tools they needed. The bank vault
and safe were both blown, and this
explosion yielded the burglars up
ward of $4,000, nearly all of which
was in silver, They seized the rail-
road section boss's hand car and fled
to Fairfax, s. c., and apparently
without leaving clew by which the
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left his train at st. George lie noti-
lied policeman at the station to
keep his eye on. the new arrivals. The
policeman pressed into service
number Of citizens, who followed and
surrounded the quartet and opened
fire on them without further notice.
All were more or less wounded and
in turn shot down a number OF those
in the posse. But in the excitement
the would-be burglars fled the town
and got to a dense forest, where they
remained in hiding until their inju-
ries were sufficiently ministered to
to permit Of their returning to Ra-
bens's place in Charleston.
An almost identical experience at
tended their next effort The little
band, by this time broke and in des-
perate need Of money, picked the
county treasurers office at Monks
Corner, S. c., as q likely point at
which to reimburse their fallen for
tunes. But In entering the Office at
midnight they awakened sleeping
watchman and he shot so freely that
as the robbers fed down the main
street it was with number OF half
clad but fully armed citizens at their
heels and a shower of bullets whist
ling about their ears.
Portland Ned" and "Pennsylya-
MIA Swipes" picked the bank at
Latta, s. c., for the next attempt,
and the quartet met again in the lit
tie town late at night The blast
was set after entrance to the bank
was effected, and when 1t was
touched off the door Of the vault was
blown and jammed in such man
ner that 1T was impossible to gain
entrance to the door Of the inner
strong box. Another safe in the same
building was blown, and from it was
taken a few hundred dollars Not
satisfied with their nights work the
quartet jimmied their way Into the
towns leading store, blew open the
safe and got away with nearly
$1,000. On their way out OF town
they stopped at the post office and
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approaching danger.
A number of citizens, aroused by
the report, had run to the bank, and
for few minutes fusillade of shots
were exchanged. All but California
Fingers" escaped. A shot from a
deputy sheriff's pistol laid him low,
and he was seized and locked up. He
was later convicted and got a twelve
year term. 4
Longing for glimpse of his old
friend Portland Ned" Mccarthy
took a flying trip to Alexandria, Va,
and there, learning that Charley
Cross, alias Charles Blackburn, alias
Missouri Charley" and Irish Jim
N.Y." had located a bank job at Cor
louisville, Va, he hurried on to join
them. The bank job did not materi-
alize, but the post office was entered
and a small amount of money and
stamps stolen. The office at Louisa,
Va, was next visited, Immediately
followed by trip to the one at West
Point. running pistol battle with
deputy sheriffs at Louisa, Va. re-
suited in the laying out of several
citizens Of that sleepy little village,
but the "yeggs" escaped unscathed
But Mccarthy was still dissatisfied
with the small sums these post office
robberies we're netting him and he
sorely fretted for an opportunity to
arrange some big bank job which
would return him sufficient funds to
enable him to return to New York
; and live the dissCiutC life of ease
that had so fascinated him on previ-
GUS visits. He hurried South, and,
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Shortly after midnight, and less than
half an hour before an eastbound ex-
press train was due, at given sig
nal from Mccarthy the lights were
shot out and at the command of
"hands up" all those seated at the
gaming tables were compelled to
range themselves against the wall
and deliver over the contents of their
pockets to the bandits. The proprie-
tor of the gambling house, as well
as his employees, also was robbed,
and when the quartet backed out
and made their escape Mccarthy,
who had acted as collector, had . D.
ward Of $1,000 in his pockets. All
four boarded the front end OF q
blind baggage" car and made tracks
for the East. They separated at the
first stopping place made by the
train, and there Mccarthy purchased
ticket for New York and rolled
into Manhattan in style.
Word awaited Mccarthy in New
York from Portland Ned" to the ef-
feet that he had located several
easy bank jobs in the South and
that Mccarthy should join him at
once. This he did, anG arriving in
Denmark, S. c., he found Ned, "Wal-
ter" Kentucky Billy" and Come
ticut Shorty" waiting for him. The
bank in that little town had been
marked. Shortly before midnight
the burglars were at work on one Of
the rear windows when the night
Waterman unexpectedly appeared on
the outside. Mccarthy ordered him
to throw up his hands and "close hiG
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| once Mccarthy was securely locked
up and did his bit" without inter
ruption. But before this was accom-
! plished Mccarthy left trail Of shat
| tered bank safes from coast to coast
! and from Vermont to the Gulf that
kept the police anG detectives OF the
surety companies busy for years.
1t was short Jump from Vermont
into Massachusetts, and while in the
Bay State Mccarthy met several of
his old yegg associates, among them
"FitZey,' "California Fingers" and
"BellefOntaine Slim" Another of
the band was known as Walter"
and on previous occasions he and Nc
Carthy had success fully operated to-
gether on post Offices. AS much as
Mccarthy wanted to shake off his old
associations and free himself from his
old 'yegg" comrades he knew that
this was dangerous when they had so
persistently urged him to aid them in
several jobs pending in Massachu
Setts. He feared if he refused they
would set the police upon his track,
and this was a contingency he didn't
care TO face in view Of the recent
bank robbery in Vermont. Mccarthy
stuck with the band and several post
tied with his associates in cash for
their share OF the loot and after sell
ing the stamps TO Tom Lee at his
place on the Bowery, New York, he
jumped to Michigan to visit an old
sweetheart there.
Returning from Michigan, McCar-
thy failed to meet his friend, the
bank robber, so with Walter"
"Bellefontaine Slim" Canada Trap
per-" and "California Fingers" they
tapped bank on a branch road a
few miles from Brattleboro, VT, pro-
curing $1,000.
From the vault they made desper-
ate, but futile, attempts to get into
the big safe, which contained many
thousands of dollars. The terrif-
cally heavy charges Of nitroglcerine
were set off, but the safe would not
yield. AS the report of the explosion
was so sharp and loud, the burglars
fed from the building just as a
warning cry from "Bellefontaine
Slim" the lookout, apprised them Of
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~
kA$@9EA who prevs on noorIy
AVFE>I4HkA pua rded most offices in
HfAGdfSM small towns and rural
HRESAlN districts TO a hank bur
HASn~SA plar who never knew the
word fear N. ever hesitated in re-
sorting to vio,cnce If Il would fur-
thor his ends I. not q far crv in the
oninion of tho average reoder vet
arcordinp to the records of nolice and
nost once authorities tho Two tvnos
of criminals ore 50 distinct that each
nc q mia confines his onorations to
that fold in which he started
,r,. 1o,,.,at,a 80 ,na ,.,.o,rr
ne ueP! !,,' eu",iois ~ 'lT Sost9
n'tn III 'nrIi ' n.."INS upoi, od t'o =
JONES VI ne "l"t p"S' o".o'S III an "
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Copyright, 1913, by the New York
Herald Co. All rights reserved.)
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Continued on Sixth Pageo
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RON the lowly "yegg"
who preys on poorly
guarded post offices in
small towns and rural
districts to a bank bur-
g]ar who never knew the