AN INN DISPUTE.
LANDLORD RUNS AMUCK.
SHOOTS THREE PEOPLE BEFORE CAPTURE.
' Br Toleerasb—Press Association—Copy riffh*. (Rec. April IG, 11.5 p.m.) London, April 16. John Amos, landlord of the Sun Inn at Bedlington, Northumberland, barricaded himself in, and with a gun resisted service of a notice to quit. After killing his successor's wife and two policemen, ho made his escape. Amos had a dispute with AVoodirons, the owner of the inn, regarding the stocktaking. Woodirons called in the police. Amos shot a constable in a tussle and then reentered the house. • Mrs. Grice, wife of the incoming licensee, was heard at an upstairs window crying out: "Save me!" Sergeant Barton attempted to help her, but was killed. The woman was afterwards found dead in a cellar. Meanwhile Amos kept a crowd of two hundred at bay, threatening to shoot anyone who approached. He subsequently escaped 'by the back of the house. After threo hours' search he was discovered in a culvert, and surrendered when a civilian fired down the drain, slightly wounding Amos's face. ]
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1726, 17 April 1913, Page 5
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173AN INN DISPUTE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1726, 17 April 1913, Page 5
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