BANDIT’S DOUBLE MURDER

Taranaki Daily News, 26 August 1930, Page 9

BANDIT’S DOUBLE MURDER

CANADIAN TRAIN TRAGEDY U.S.A. OFFICERS SHOT DEAD ESCAPEE IN BLAZING HOUSE By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 5.5 p.iii. Winnipeg, Aug. 24. Two United States immigration officers,. Inspector Boulton and Inspector Jones, were shot and killed by a bandit on a Canadian National passenger train near Emo, Ontario, early on Sunday. The bandit was Emery Frennette, Port Francisont. Later he was surrounded in a farm house, shot and mortally wounded by. police. Frennette had escaped from police officers at Fort Francis on Saturday after arrest oh a minor charge. After capture he confessed to the slaying. He expressed sorrow, declaring he had lost his job and his girl and was desperate. He robbed members of the train crew but did not molest any of the passengers, many of whom were not aware of his presence. The immigration officers were 1 asleep in a smoker. Ab they lose from the seat Frennette opened lire, killing them instantly. Frennette made the conductor go with him through live cars. to the engine, where he robbed the engineer, fireman and brakeman. He then jumped from the train as it was entering Emo. When he was surrounded in a farmhouse Frennette resisted the police, who set the house on fire, forcing him to emerge, and then shot him. The bandu died in hospital at Emo later.