BALL ROOM BATTLE.
MACHINE GUN FIGHT IN CABARET U.S. MELODRAMA.. . CHICAGO. Dec. 9. n bile 203 guests and chorus .girls ay prone on the floor to escape the .-heave's of bil lets, bandits and plain•lothes police fought a battle with machine guns and revolvers in the Parody Club last night. One girl dancer was killed outright, and three bandits, three policemen and two guests were seriously woundedThe Parody is one of the .smartest n’ght clubs in the city, and is a favourable rendezvous- for theatricals and •lubmen. It was afteV midnight when •i gang of bandits entered the club. -inecl up the guests under cover of machine-guns, and bade them hand •over their valuables. Morel was secretly conveyed to the police and a strong force was rushed •o the ulaee in motor cars. Immedi,'ifcl v thev appeared the bandits opened .’ire. the nolics replying* with pistols and uiLunatic rifles. As the performers and patrons had uo opportunity to escape they had to •ling themselves down where they Mc.od to avoid being riddled by the! fusillades.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 17 December 1927, Page 5
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175BALL ROOM BATTLE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 17 December 1927, Page 5
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