A MURDERER'S RUSE.
BABY AS A, SHIELD.
BATTLE WITH THE POLICE.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 14
ScottjWardea drank - free,ly Ipst night of "moonshine" liquor and killed his .wife. He then turned seven of , his .nine children out of the .house.:
They complained to the police, who Bet out to. arrest hir.l, but Warden repulsed them with a gun.,, •<Two detectives were, wounded and thfi others returned with a posse, 100 strong... Warden held his baby in his arras for several hours, thus preventing the police shooting him. .. . ... ~ Frequently he taunted the police, calling" oat: " Sure, I.' killed my wife,-and I will kill' thes* babies if you'shoot." A dozen covered "him with their revolvers . till finally.,' in a momentary lapse, he 4aid his child down,, and they riddled him With bullets., > <
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19416, 26 August 1926, Page 10
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128A MURDERER'S RUSE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19416, 26 August 1926, Page 10
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