POLICE AND GUNMEN
BATTLE IN OHIO. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) NEW YORK, May 4. (Received May 5, 8.30 p.m.) At Canton, Ohio, two men were killed and five seriously wounded, two probably fatally, in a gun battle between a band of desperadoes and police and citizens. A posse of gunmen kidnapped a policeman, who was attempting to arrest them for violation of the motor speed law. The desperadoes were coming to Canton to aid the escape of a notorious bank robber called Oklohomo Slim, who is in prison at Canton. The latter’s cell bars were found sawn through. The desperadoes bound and gagged the policemen and brought them to a deserted farm house where, the police following, a battle ensued. After one of their number had been killed the remaining gunmen deserted the farmhouse, when a running fight ensued, but they escaped.
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Southland Times, Issue 19508, 6 May 1922, Page 5
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146POLICE AND GUNMEN Southland Times, Issue 19508, 6 May 1922, Page 5
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