WEIRD MAN HUNT IN NEW YORK
POLICE SEARCH BIG BUILDING SEQUEL TO THEFT AND GUNPLAY United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received January 27, 8 p.m.) NEW YORK, January 27. One of the weirdest man hunts the New York police have ever undertaken, is under way to-night as 200 patrolmen and detectives are carefully searching every square foot of the 60storey Woolworth skyscraper, for a thief who looted several offices and shot and critically wounded a watchman. The police claim that within three minutes of the shooting, the building was surrounded and it was impossible for the thief to escape. Therefore, a detailed search was ordered by the chief inspector who said it would be continued until 9 o’clock on Monday morning, when the return of thousands of workers to their officers would make a further hunt futile. The police are equipped with submachine guns and tear gas bombs, and a guard has been established to cover all possible exits.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLI, Issue 20327, 28 January 1936, Page 7
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