DESPERATE CRIMINALS
CONSTABLE SHOT. CONDITION REPORTED SERIOUS ESCAPE OF THE MISCREANTS. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. CopyrightSYDNEY, July 28. Tavo Jiousebreakers were arrested at Vaucluse bv Constable Ulrich, Avho commanded them to ride in his sidecar to the lock-up. The constable had just started the machine Avhen one of the men seized a revolver from the officer’s holster and shot him in the breast, the bullet emerging through his hack. The bicycle and side-car collided Avith the kerb. The robbers then escaped and held up a passing motorist and compelled him to drive them to Surry Hills, Avhere they stopped the car and disappeared. Constable Ulrich’s condition is serious.
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Waikato Times, Volume 110, Issue 18393, 29 July 1931, Page 8
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