POLICE CONDUCT MAN HUNT IN GERMAN WOOD.
ARMED MURDERER TAKES REFUGE, AFTER KILLING POLICEMEN. By T-leEraph.—Preas Assn.-Copyright. •• Times ” Service. (Received Februarv 4, 10.30 am.) LONDON. February 3 The Berlin correspondent of “ The Times ” states that a resident police detachment of the Reichswehr has formed a cordon round a wood >n Coburg. in which an armed criminal named Hein has taken refuge. Hein is suspected of robberies and four murders. A police sergeant, who jumped off his bicy'cle and attempted to arrest him. was shot through the head, and Hein rode off on the bicycle. A second police officer overtook him and Hein took ambush in a ditch, exchanging a fusilade until his ammunition was exhausted. Hein, who was thought to be wounded. escaped. He and an accomplice raided the Post Office at Ohiigs at < ’hristmas and shot two officials. His accomplice, Larm, was arrested. Hein afterwards shot two policemen who were trying to arrest him. One was fatally wounded.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19280204.2.55
Bibliographic details
Star (Christchurch), Issue 18380, 4 February 1928, Page 4
Word Count
159POLICE CONDUCT MAN HUNT IN GERMAN WOOD. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18380, 4 February 1928, Page 4
Using This Item
Star Media Company Ltd is the copyright owner for the Star (Christchurch). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Star Media. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in