Crime in America

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 286, 19 November 1923, Page 5

Crime in America

Shooting in Minnesota JEALOUS LOVER RUNS AMOK. FOUR DEATHS. [By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.] (Received 19. 10.25 a.m.) New York, November 18. Leonard Portano. aged 33, living at Keliher, Minnesota, did not like the attentions Oscar Timmy was paying Myrtle Sanders, so he opened fire on Timmy when they met in the street, wounding him in the leg. Timmy went and complained to the police, and an officer named Jim Wilson went to arrest Portano. who shot him dead. Portano then visited the home of his sweetheart and shot her mother dead. Meeting the girl’s father on the highway, Portano bound him with rope against a fence and slowly killed him. By this time Timmy had had his wound dressed and was limping home, when he met Portano, who shot him dead. The murderer then fled to the woods, where the police are now in “Sun” cable.) NEW YORK POLICE WORKING OVERTIME. New York, Nov. 17. Crime conditions are such that the authorities have ordered policemen to work seven days a week, to cancel lunch hours and vacations, to wear uniforms at all times and be ready for emergency calls. Detectives are to work sixteen hours daily. Another 50,000 dollar robbery occurred at a fur shop on Friday.—(A. and N.Z.)