ROBBER SLAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 209, 3 September 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)

ROBBER SLAIN.

ACCOMPLICE CAPTURED. DARING GANGSTERS. SEVEN-MILE CHASE. Constable John Conway, of Chicago, killed one robber and wounded and captured a second one after they had taken 45 dollars from a tea company store. The shooting occurred after Conway went to the aid of Frank Schopper, supervisor for the store, who in his car had pursued the bandits for seven miles through streets of the west side. The robber killed was Albert Sanders, 25 years old, who was shot as he fled on foot after his automobile had been forced to the kerb by the speedier Schopper car. Sanders' companion, Bert O'Donnell, 21 years old, was shot in the arm by Conway and dered-Hold-up in Shop. Sanders and O'Donnell entered the store and compelled the manager, Charles Martens, to give them the 45 dollars in the cash register. Schopper, who was in the store, waited until they left and then ram to his own car, parked at the kerb, and gave chase. The bandits led a zig-zag race as Schopper trailed their speeding car. The bandit car turned south with Schopper in pursuit. Schopper sighted Conway, who was directing traffic at an intersection. "He called to the policeman, who leaped to the running board and fired at the bandit car. Sanders and O'Donnell answered with a volley of revolver shots. Bandits Forced to Kerb. Schopper's speedier automobile gradually overcame the -lead of the bandits and came abreast of them. To avoid a collision, Sanders' car was halted and the bandits leaped to the street and fled,' exchanging shots with Conway. Sanders raced to an alley, where he fell dead with four bullets from the policeman's gun m his head and body. Conway continued in pursuit of O'Donnell, who surrendered. Vincent Fromanek, owner of a shoe store, saw Conway in pursuit of the bandits and seized a rifle and joined the chase. He fired several shots at the bandits and aided in the capture of O'DonO'Donnell was questioned at the Bridewell Hospital and confessed to seven robberies of stores, in which he said Sanders had participated. The car in which they were riding had been stolen, O Donnell said. Both men were carrying .38 calibre revolvers. The police said that Sanders gun had twelve notches in the handle.