Melbourne Gunplay A La Chicago

Grey River Argus, 24 May 1947, Page 5

Melbourne Gunplay A La Chicago

MELBOURNE, May 23. ■ . Two men were wounded last night when shots were fired in' crowded Elizabeth Street. John Gilligan, of Melbourne, was standing outside an hotel near Flinders Street when two men approached and spoke to him. One drew a pistol and fired four shots. Gilligan ran into the roadway and fell on the tram tracks. He was hit four times in the back and arms. A visitor from Sydney received a bullet in the right knee. The gunman was pursued and captured by a United States naval patrol. One American hit the man with a baton, another knocked the pistol from his hand, and a third grasped him round the neck. “Say, this is just like Chicago,” commented an American sailor. THE GUNMAN IN COURT (Rec. 7.45) MELBOURNE, May 23. With his left eye closed, his temple bruised, and sticking plaster across the bridge of his nose, George Henry Newman, aged 45, appeared in Court to-day on four charges arising from the shooting affray in Elizabeth Street last night. The defendant was arrested by an American shore patrol. He was remanded, without bail. Mr John Francis Gilligan, who was shot four times, is in a serious condition.