GANG MURDER
A FITZROY CRIME Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright MELBOURNE, September 22. A murder of the American gangster type occurred at Fitzroy when James John, aged 25, a labourer, was shot five times in tho stomach and chest by a man who stepped out of a car and afterwards drove away with a companion. John, who died on the pavement, was in the company of a boxer named Chrisfield when the car drew up. Bullets were deliberately rained at John, but Chrisfield was not harmed. He declares that the murderer is not known to him.
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Evening Star, Issue 21524, 23 September 1933, Page 13
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94GANG MURDER Evening Star, Issue 21524, 23 September 1933, Page 13
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