AMERICA’S CHRISTMAS.
The followfna aufleared in our Second Edition of yesterday;—
BIG RECORD OF CRIME,
Received December 27, 1.30 p.m. NEW York; Dec: 26.
America’s Christmas record is like a crime sheet or u police docket. Chicago saw eight killed, mostly in automobile and drinking parties. In New York a fight among gamblers resulted in the sensational shooting of Joseph Tomusallo, formerly known as Kid Thomas, a pugilist, and now owner of tho great White Poodle cabaret in Greenwicn village, one of those all night entertainments the New York police have been*trying to close recently. Kentucky was unable to forgot her feuds over Christmas. The sheriff, William Smith, of a village named Hazard, went to quell a disturbance, and when the smoke cleared he and three others were dead and two more wounded. When Smith’s death was reported three other officers ’started out, A fire cracker exploding alongside them sounded like a gun so they opened fire into a store, killing two more persons. Many individual crimes show that America is still untamed in spots.—A. and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 904, 28 December 1923, Page 6
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178AMERICA’S CHRISTMAS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 904, 28 December 1923, Page 6
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