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Show CAREER OF BANDIT EBDEDjy BULLET Frank G Hohl Robs Two Banks m Succession, but Is Killed BIG SUM IS MISSING Robber Uses Automobile, but Is Trapped as Re-suit Re-suit of Wreck CTAUNWTT Deo IT The 1 f e of Wank G Holl uotor ous automob le ban 1 t end "d h ri tenia follow inc a :thrc hours career ot cr mo which in eluded the ot b ag of two tine nnati bank the heft of an a tomobil and a I tol d el with pol cemen that resulted re-sulted m probablv fatal wounds to one officer and th death of the ban 1 t Thirteen thou and and one h ndred dollars is m . ng n the result of the bank rol ber c and the pol ce are on llent that Hohl in b wild automobile, automo-bile, dn n anaged to pass this monev alone to som confederate. The beg nn as at Kohl's nd started shorth afte 1 a. m wheij ho ontered the west nl branch of the Pro dent ngs Bank and Trust tompanv f rod two shots at ash er Edward H ghes, cooped up $S0O0 n currency backed throut,n the do r jumped into a wait ng ajtomobile h ch had been stolen and disappe&reo 'Second Robber Reported h 1 th pol c were searching for th landit h entered the Libertv Bank log and -a ns compan bank ten blocks awa f red tuo hota at Cashier Ueorj,e i i grabbed what provei to be $ol0 n currency ran to h s automobile and again disappeared. The ho s were so close to W nters that he was powder burned but other than suf fe n from the ehcxk he was unin jured Almost two hours later Harry Bucks horn, whose mother conducts an apart meat home on West Math street in formed the police of the similarity of a man who rented a room there yesterday with a description gvien of the ban dit Three pol eemen called at the room and upon ka.oek ng the door was suddenly thrown ope and the bandit opened fire at the same time brushing past the officers one of whom Po lieeman Edward Knoul was probably fatallr wounded. Is Fatally W ounded. The bandit again ran to his aut mo bile which was standing near bv out in rounding a corner the machine crashed into a telegraph pole and was wrecked. The bandit jumped out and opened fire on the two officers who had pursued him. In the battle that followed Hohl fell with four bullet wounds in his body and died shortly afterwards at the hosp taL Hohl was well known to the police and was a fugitive from justice The pol ee claim that he 6hot up an Al toona, Pa, bank on March 3 waa ar rested and while being conveyed to the Pittsburg jail threw a cup of coffee in h s guard s face and again escaped. Ha was again captured but subsequently escaped from the Hollidavsburg Pa jaiL The police also da m that he was wanted in connection with a diamond robbery in Kansas City Mo a year ago where he had assumed the name of Howe. . , . The police say that Hohl usuallv had a woman confederate for whom a search s being made Mrs. Iulu Hohl. who sas she Is the wife of Frank HOhl, the bank band t, nas arrested tonlsht, but the police were J lb e to find any trace of the money taken b the robber |