Show BALTIC BANDIT DEFIES THE POLICE AND DEALS Several Members of Party Who Essayed to Storm City Hall Halli i hi Which He Barricaded Himself Fall Before His Fire Finland March of the bandits who last Monday night entered the Russian State bank here killed the guardian and secured resulted today in another high highly highly ly dramatic incident and cost four lives at where two of the fu fugitives fugitives were cornered One of the ban bandits bandits got possession of the town han hail hailand and held it for hours but finally was subdued by a stream of water directed by the firemen While Commissary of Police Balu shIn was examining the two captives one of them grabbed a revolver from the belt of the chief of police and with It killed The bandit then ran upstairs where he barricaded him himself himself self In room commanding th the stairs and lobby and the street outside Then he defied the police for three hours meanwhile haranguing from the win down dows a crowd ot of thousands of persons many of whom were in sympathy with his so speeches A po policeman who tried to pick off the desperado from a house opposite was killed by the bandit who was an excellent marksman After all other resources had been exhausted the fire firemen firemen men were called and poured a flood of water into the window Simultaneous ly a band of police poi and firemen stormed the stairs One of the storming party was killed and nine wounded before the bandit who fought desperately with a big knife h could be overpowered overpowered ered The robber who is a Dorpat black blacksmith blacksmith smith boasted of membership in the Baltic revolutionary committee and said the robbery of the Russian State bank was committed to swell the revo war fund SIx thousand dol lars lam of the booty was recaptured The population of is greatly excited and in view of the pos possibility of further crimes by the Baltic revolutionists everybody is purchasing revolvers |