BANDITS CAUGHT
ONE SHOT DEAD BY POLICE DUNKIRK (Indiana), Dec. 30. Tragedy overtook a gang of four motor bandits who came from Chicago on Christmas Eve and failed to make their “getaway-” The gang invaded Dunkirk, snatched £lOOO from the First State Bank, and were dashing towards the open country in their armoured motor when a policeman’s bullet drove a hole in their petrol tank. . Forced to abandon the car, they fled into a field, where the police surrounded them, shot one dead, captured the others and recovered the loot.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 12, 15 January 1932, Page 5
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90BANDITS CAUGHT Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 12, 15 January 1932, Page 5
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