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tation merely for pastime. On Friday night of last week the S. P. west bound, which left El Paso at 4 :40 p. m. was held up at Strauss station and robbed. They seem to be coming pretty fast, and if it is the work of King, would indicate that he was on his way south. It is said that King borrowed the gun from the agent at Florida with which he held up Jackson. This of course is no reflection on the agent, as he could not foretell King’s intent. The agent, however, has been criticized to some extent for shipping the three cars of Graphic ore in the name of “Pete Anderson’’ to the El Paso smelter. King hauled the ore, and the agent knew that he had been driving team for one of the contractors hauling Graphic ore. Mr. Hadley, manager of the Graphic, was ab- sent in California at the time, else it is not likely that King would have attempted such a bold scheme. He had been given a check for one of the cars, the smelting company then be- coming suspicious telegraphed Mr. Hadley, who was sent direct to El Paso in President Manvil’s special, and it is thought that King learned of his arrival, for he soon showed up at the smelter and asked for his pay for the other two cars. The management informed him that he would have to be identified as Pete Anderson before they could pay for the other two cars. King evidently thought that they were on to his game, so he said that he would leave the check already given him with them and would call with people who would identify him. Had he cashed the check as soon as he received it Mr. Hadley’s company would have lost nearly $1000.