NEGRO HUNT.
EXCITING CHASE IN CALIFORNIA
PURSUERS SHOT, AND KILLED
BLOODHOUNDS ON MURDERER’S TRAIL.
(Sydney Sun Cables.) LONDON, May 2. An exciting chase after a negro criminal is 'in* progress just now in Carolina' (U.S.)
The black was surprised in the act of attempting to assault a. white woman, but making his escape he fled to the woods.
Upon the police coming up with the fugitive the latter opened fire killing a magistrate outright, and- fatally woundl- - two others.. ~ Several- othbr- i of. tithe pursuers were shot and severely injured. Thev are not likely to recover. , The murderer then got away, but bloodhounds are now on the trail, and his capture, 1 it is expected, will soon be effected. •
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 13976, 8 May 1913, Page 5
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119NEGRO HUNT. Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 13976, 8 May 1913, Page 5
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