A RUNNING FIGHT.
WANTED MAN ARRESTED,
POLICE HAVE LONG CHASE
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.). •SYDNEY, Aug. 10. Early in May Edward Joseph Coffey disappeared. He was -supposed to have been drowned while bathing at Bondi while on bail awaiting trial on charges of stealing motor cars. The drowning story was viewed with suspicion, but the police wore unable to trace .the.man until ‘to-day, when a patrol party in a motor -ear was scouring the Mascot district, where it was believed he was hiding. They sighted Coffey who, simultaneously, recognised the police and made off. A long chase followed. -Coffey refused to stop when called upon so a shot was fired over his head. He drew a revolver and returned -the fire, and in -the next few minutes a running, fight was maintained and a number of shots were exchanged. At length Coffey was stopped by a bullet in the back and quickly overpowered. In his possession was a revolver, all its eight chambers having been discharged.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 11 August 1928, Page 5
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171A RUNNING FIGHT. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 11 August 1928, Page 5
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