GUNFIGHT IN HERRIN
THREE FATALITIES.
(UNITED PRKSS ASSOCIATION.—COPXMOHT.)
(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received 26th January, noon.)
VANCOUVER, 25th January. A message from Herriu (Illinois) states that Glenn Young, Ku Klux liquor raider,, and his assistant, George Forbes, were killed in an hotel lobby "unfio-lit with the Deputy-Sheriff, Oia Thomas, who was also killed. Several others were wounded in the melee, in which the action was so fast and furious that the spectators were unable .to agree as to what happened. Klansmen are patrolling the streets, and the military are. en route to prevent further outbreaks.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 21, 26 January 1925, Page 7
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95GUNFIGHT IN HERRIN Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 21, 26 January 1925, Page 7
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