TUSSLE ON RAILWAY
DETECTIVE AXD BOBBEB. New York, Nov. 11. Detective John Dilworth, while looking for a pickpocket in the Wall Street underground station, suddenly found himself facing a notorious robber, John Curry; The two men grappled, stumbled from the platform and started a rough-and-tumble fight on the tracks. A train approached, and both agreed to a truce, stoping into a safety zone between the tracks, while the train whizzed by. The next moment found them fighting. Three minutes later, on tho approach of another train, they again declared a truce. Resuming tho encounter, Curry was beating the detective, when subway employees interfered. An ambulance surgeon treated both for cu|s, but Curry had to go to prison.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19291123.2.103
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1929, Page 11
Word Count
117TUSSLE ON RAILWAY Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1929, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.