SYDNEY GANG WARFARE
STPEET.'SHOOTING ATTACK.
(AuBtrq.lian Press Association.) Assn.—Copyright.;
SYDNEY, October 7.
The gang warfare in Sydney, which has hee» quiescent for several months, was renewed last night, when a gunman stepped out of a taxi and shot down a pedestrian at’ the corner of Foveaux and Terry Streets, in Surry Hills. The victim was William Dillon, aged 56 years, who was sent to the hospital with two bullet wounds The ? doctors hope that he will recover. ’ '
Apparently apart from, the occupants of the cab, only, onq. eye-witness ‘was present. He was a business. man nampd Carrington,, who was , walking along Street. He was actually between, the gun and billon before jthe. shots were firsd. A man wjth his head/ bandaged sprang, from the car, and walked , towards Carrington. As the latter moved aside, thpLman said“Nojjß I’ve got you!’’ A shbt rang, out. Dillon* whp was behind Carrington, sagged to the ground, and a second shot was fired as he fell. The gupman then re-entered the car, which sped/away into Elizabeth Street. All passed in. a few. seconds.
Carrington turned to aid the injured man, who was bleeding from the and chest, and the assailant had gonjs,
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Greymouth Evening Star, 8 October 1928, Page 8
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