CRIMINALS AT BAY.
FIERCE RIFLE ENGAGEMENT. AMERICAN DESPERADOES. / By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. Washington, December 3. Two desperadoes held up and robbed a saloon in the town of Sedrowolley, Washington State. A band of citizens pursued them, surrounding the robbers. A fierce rifle battle raged for 20 minutes, when one of the desperadoes surrendered, the other being fatally wounded. HURLED FROM FOOTBOARD. , j, v. . .. ..., Paris, December 3. A prisoner who was under. the charge of a sergeant of gendarmes endeavoured to escape from the Bordeaux express by climbing through a window to the footboard. The sergeant followed, and a desperate struggle occurred, until both were thrown from the train and killed. ' ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14855, 5 December 1911, Page 7
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