FIGHT WITH BOOTLEGGERS
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TWO MEN SHOT DEAD. Australian and N.Z. Gable Assn, Received October 8, 12.30 p.m. NEW YORK, October 7
Two fatal encounters between the police and liquor smugglers are rclorted at Los Angeles. Five hundred police turned out in an attempt to catch a motor car allegedly carrying a parly of bootleggers, who had been hailed by Mr George Christie, a Federal prohibition officer, whom they siiot. The police engaged in a running battle with the motor car through Hollywood before their quarry escaped. The second case occurred at Toronto, where the police attacked a motor boat attempting to carry 2500 bottles of whisky to Buffalo. John Cough, son or the captain of the motor Ipoat, was shot dead.
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Waikato Times, Volume 96, Issue 15360, 8 October 1923, Page 5
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