POLICE BATTLE WITH MANIACS.
FOUR AMERICAN ESCAPEES AGAIN UNDER RESTRAINT (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received December 8, 11.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, December 7. Four of the escaped criminal lunatics were recaptured in an apartment where they were harboured by the sweetheart of one. Detectives fought for twenty minutes to overcome the madmen, two of whom were armed. The others are still missing.
On December 4 six men escaped from a New York institute for the criminal insane. Most of the party were subnormal maniacs and murderers with several killings to their records.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19247, 8 December 1930, Page 1
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