BANK ROBBERS CAUGHT
EXCITING CHASE ENDS FUGITIVES USE AEROPLANE PETROL SUPPLIES GIVE OUT [l3y Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright; Received May 21, 6.10 p.m. NEW YORK. May 23. Two American bank robbers, Loui> Kish “the flying student of Detroit,” and Adam Al organ, a mechanic, were captured at Toronto after an excitin'! chase covering 600 miles. From Pontiac, Michigan, where, ir Hie forenoon they robbed a bank of £3OOO, escaping on board an aeroplane into Canada, they landdd in a fog al Leamington, Ontario. Fearing the suspicions of tho airmen who question ed them, they took off, but running out of gas had to descend near Chatham whence they took a train into Toronto Hero detectives pounced upon them Recovering ffiost- of the bootv.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 121, 25 May 1931, Page 7
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