PISTOL BATTLES IN STREET.
VILLAGE HELD BY GUNMEN, j ———— I ARMOURED CAR. CHICAGO, December 2. j Bandits have become so regardless of j tlic authorities that they repeatedly! offer hattle in crowded streets. An armoured ear was held up bj- six men in Chicago. After a pistol battle with the live guards the gunmen escaped with j £10.000 in cash, j The authorities have offered a reward of £200 for each bandit dead or alive. An even more daring incident occurred at Cassopolis in Michigan. i Twelve men entered the village at midnight, and, after cutting all communiea- j tion.=. drove the residents indoors. ■ Tlu-y then looted every shop in the! place. While four of the gang collected the valuables, the others kept the streets cleared with continuous gun fire. ;
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 292, 10 December 1925, Page 7
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