THREE POLICEMEN SHOT.
ASSASSIN'S SUICIDE. A sensational shooting affair occurred the «ther morning in the Friedrichstrasso, the most frequented street in Berlin. A well-dressed young man who had heen denounced to the police for offering violence to a woman was followed into a tavern by three policemen, who summoned him to follow them to the police station. The man drew a Browning pistol and shot the policemen dead, at the same time wounding a waiter in the lungs. He thru tried to escape by the back entrance, b*t finding the exit cut off bj the police he returned to the bar, shot himself through the head, and dropped dead in the presence of the police and ' the terrified.patrons of the place. I The young man's identity is not known. The wounded waiter is in a I very serious condition.
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Clutha Leader, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8, 1 August 1911, Page 6
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139THREE POLICEMEN SHOT. Clutha Leader, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8, 1 August 1911, Page 6
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