RIVER PIRATES.
NEW YORK SENSATION. POLICE RAIDJJTOLEN BOOTY. FIERCE GUN FIGHT ENSUES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received November 14, noon.) NEW YORK, November 13. An extraordinary battle took place between detectives and river pirates under the Brooklyn Bridge. WholesaL thefts on the waterfront havi.g been reported to the police, detectives concealed them/selves in barges, and overbook motor boats laden with stolen coffee. They ordered the occupants to eurrender. The latter replied with revolver 6hots. The detectives returned the fire, and all of them were badly wounded, but the thieves surrendered. The police believe that they have now stopped tho operations of a gang whose depredations extended over years.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10925, 14 November 1913, Page 5
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