Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-03 | Page 2 | Holdup is Slain in Pistol Battle

HOLDUP IS SLAIN 'IN PISTOL BATTLE Three Policemen Shot, Physician Wounded; Saloon Is Bobbed. CHICAGO, Feb. 2. One holdup man was killed, a physician probably fatally injured and three policemen shot in a pistol fight between three robbers, who had held up a saloon, and a squad of policemen on a crowded street in an outlving district of the city late today. When the robbery was reported a patrol wagon filled with policemen was sent to the scene as the bandits were departing. As they caught sight of the patrol, the robbers' separated and began to run. opening fire on their pursuers, Hundreds of persons were in the street at the time and these scattered at the first shot. At the first vollcv, however. Dr. J. M. Hancock, a spectator, fell, badly wounded, w-hile one of the gunmen also dropped.' shot through the head. His two companions escaped.'