POLICE AND DESPERADOES.
GUN BATTLE IN OHIO. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. New York, May 4, At Canton, Ohio, two men were killed and five seriously wounded, two probably fatally, in a gun battle between a ban<x of desperadoes and the police and citizens. A posse of gunmen kidnapped policemen for attempting to arrest them for violation of the motor speed law. The desperadoes were coming to Canton to aid the escape of a notorious bank robber called “Oklahama Slim,” who is in prison at Canton. The latter’s cell bars were found sawn through. The desperadoes bound and gagged the policemen and brought them to a deserted farm-house. There were police following, and a battle ensued. After one of their number had been killed the remaining gunmen deserted the farmhouse and a running fight ensued, but they escaped.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 May 1922, Page 5
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137POLICE AND DESPERADOES. Taranaki Daily News, 8 May 1922, Page 5
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