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Show Pawnbroker Shoots Provo Pugilist Above ! Heart As He Attempts to Rob Pawn Shop Early Wednesday Morning Stanley Hudson, former Provo pugilist and worker at the Union Pacific shops in this city, lies in the Emergency hospital in Salt Lake City with a bullet wound above his heart. He is in a critical condition and his death is expected momentarily, momen-tarily, according to advices received from the Salt Lake police headquarters by Chief of Police Otto Birk. Hudson was shot through the body by a pawnbroker whose store Hudson tried to rob. After the unsuccessful holdup, Hudson Hud-son ran into the arms of Police Officer Walter Griffin back of the pawn shop. Believing that the officer was going to arrest him, Hudson shot Griffin, the bullet striking the officer outside his ribs. Until recently Hudson had been living in Provo. At one time he resided at 575 North University avenue, according to letters found on him following his arrest. His last address in Provo was 162 West Second North street. Several months ago Hudson lost his work at the local railroad shops. Before and since that time he had appeared in several ring bouts in the Provo Armory, more in an effort to gain a livelihood than from any pronounced superiority in the fighting game. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 13 (UP) Three men were wounded today, two perhaps fatally, in a gun battle that followed a lone bandit's attempt to hold up a local pawn shop about 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. The wounded: Walter Griffin, police officer, shot through the ribs. Louis Grossman, pawn broker, shot through the wrist. Stanley Hudson, former railroad worker of Provo, shot above the heart. Police said Hudson walked into the pawn shop and demanded, de-manded, "Where's my watch 1" "What watch ?" asked Grossman. "This," said the bandit, levelling a revolver at the pawnbroker. pawn-broker. Grossman ducked behind a counter and obtained a revolver. Both he and the bandit opened fire at about the same time, both shots proving effective. Grossman was wounded in the wrist and the bandit shot through the body, but he was able to stagger from the shop. He then ducked into another pawnshop a few doors away and through a back door gained entrance to the alley. Here he was met by Officer Griffin, who was making a round of pawnshops. Evidently believing the officer intended to arrest him, the bandit opened fire without ado and fled. He was later captured in a local rooming house. |