ARMED CRIMINAL
TAKES REFUGE IN WOOD POLICE CORDON FORMED (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian A N.Z. Cable Association) (Received 4t.h Feb., 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, 3rd Feb. “The Times” Berlin correspondent states that a resident police detachment of the .Reichswehr has formed a cordon round a wood at Coburg in which an armed criminal named Hein has taken refuge. Hein is suspected of robberies and four murders. ■ A police sergeant who jumped off bis bicycle and attempted to arrest him, was shot through the head,, and Hein rode off on the bicycle. A second police officer overtook him, and Hein took ambush in a ditch, exchanging a fusilade until his ammunition was exhausted. Hein ,who was thought to be wounded, escaped, and he and an accomplice raided the post office at Ohligs at Christmas and shot two officials. The accomplice, Larm, was arrested. Hein afterwards shot two other policemen trying to arrest him, one fatally.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19280204.2.74
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 4 February 1928, Page 7
Word Count
153ARMED CRIMINAL Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 4 February 1928, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Nelson Evening Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in