A ROBBER KILLED.
KILLING BARES 700 ROBBERIES. Chicago, April 20. Seven hundred robberies, the loot of which is believed to total more than £IOO,OOO, were declared to-day when police examined the effects of Harry J. James, "silk mask. burglar," who was killed last night after shooting up the Town Hall police station, wound" ing two policemen. Jn James' private warehouse where truck loads of rare art works, Oriental rugs, jewels, typewriters, and dozens of other articles were found, _ police uncovered a card index in which the 700 robberies were listed, with (the loot obtained. , In a secret chamber in the basement of the warehouse weTe 150 Oriental rugs, appraised by an expert lit £BOOO, When James was killed he was found to bo wearing ajftuit belonging to former United States Senator William Lorimer The suit was one of 40 stolen from a tailor's shop.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1920, Page 5
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144A ROBBER KILLED. Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1920, Page 5
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