DESPERATE CRIMINALS
HOUNDSDITCH MUKDERS RECALLED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORIi February 19. (Received Feb. 19, at 10.5 p.m.) In 1908 a number o' desperate criminals terrorised the Forrest Hills district, near ■ Boston, and finally three criminals fought &■ pitched battle against 400 police. Nearly 20 persons were wounded, and two of the criminals escaped into Philadelphia.
An American detective, as the result of inquiries, is satisfied that the escapees are identical with Svarrs and Gardstein, who were concerned in the Houndsditch out-' rage on December 10, 1910.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16003, 20 February 1914, Page 6
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