AMERICAN DESPERADOES
FIERCE FIGHT WITH POLICE SEVERAL CASUALTIES REPORTED. Prow Am Delation—By Telegraph—Copyright NEW YORK, May 4. (Received May 5, at 8.30, p.m.) , At Canton, Ohio, two men were killed ana five seriously wounded—two probably fatally—in a gun battle between a band of desperadoes and the police' and ■ citizens. A posse of gunmen'kidnapped the policemen who were attempting to arrest them for violation of the motor-speed law. The desperadoes ,were coming to Canton to aid in the escape of a notorious bank robber called -“UkhchomoriSlim,” who is in prison tt Canton. -The latter’s cell bars were found sawn through. The desperadoes bound and gagged the policemen and brought them t 0,., a deserted farmhouse. They .were followed by a force of police, a,battle ensuing. Aftar one of their number had been killed, the remaining gunmen deserted . the ■ farmhouse, when a running fight .ensued, but they escaped.—A. and N:-Z. ■ Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18547, 6 May 1922, Page 9
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149AMERICAN DESPERADOES Otago Daily Times, Issue 18547, 6 May 1922, Page 9
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