NEW YORK GANG WARFARE
INNOCENT ONLOOKERS SUFFER
OVER SIXTY SHOT DOWN,
RECORD OF EIGHTEEN MONTHS,
United Press .Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) Received 11 a.m. to-day. NEW YORK, Aug. 24.
Despite exceptional police vigilance, robbery under arms and gang warfare was continued unabated over the weekend One bandit was killed and a detective wounded in a pitched battle between police and a band of robbers caught rilling a. shop. Three gangsters were taken by confederates to tin unfrequented part of the waterfront and were lined against a wall and shot down, resulting in the death of one and the seriously wounding of the two others. Another death has resulted from Friday's battle, and now over (30 innocent bystanders have been shot down by gangsters' bullets in IS months. Six have died.
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Hawera Star, Volume LI, 25 August 1931, Page 5
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130NEW YORK GANG WARFARE Hawera Star, Volume LI, 25 August 1931, Page 5
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