FIGHTS WITH GANGSTERS
PITCHED BATTLE AT BANK. KIDNAPPER SHOT BY AGENTS. (United Press Association —By Electrlo Telegraph Copyright). NEW YORK, Jan. IG. Killing of gangsters ancl killing by gangsters assumed interesting proportions in several parts of the United States, to-day. Fred Barker, long sought for the kidnapping of Edward Bremer, a wealthy banker, last April, and his mother were shot by agents ol the Department of Justice in Florida. When the agents wore surrounding the house in which the suspect had taken refuge they were greeted with machinegun fire and a six hours’ machine-gun battle ensued.
Three men were killed and three wounded in an Illinois town when bank bandits and vigilantes fought a gun battle during an attempted bank holdup. The bank had once before been looted and the citizens took elaborate precautions against a repetition. Upon the discovery of the bandits in the bank this morning a pitched battle was fought, the sheriff, the cashier and a bandit l>eing killed. One bandit turned a machine-gun on to himself to avoid capture, while another bandit was seriously wounded and taken prisoner.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 18 January 1935, Page 7
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