DESPERATE GUN BATTLE
♦ O i— Police and Escaped Convicts THREE LEADERS KILLED CHIICAGO, December 22. In a desperate gun battle to-night the police killed three of the leaders of a gang of escaped Indiana convicts responsible for many recent crimes here, including the murdering of a policeman. After locating the criminals’ hideout Detective-Captain John Stage surrounded an apartment building with 20 heavily-armed men. At a signal they crashed into the building, and were met by a hurst of shotgun fire. The light was immediately extinguished, and for over a minute the police continued firing blindly. The criminals returned the fire until killed.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 11, 23 December 1933, Page 9
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