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Show Convicts Shot In Attempted Holdup ALTAMONT, Kan., July 14 ILE Two convicts who escaped from the Kansas state penitentiary at Lansing in the Decoration day break were shot down today, one of them killed, when they attempted attempt-ed to rob a bank here. A young' bank official, Isaac Mc-Carty, Mc-Carty, brought down the robbers with a shotgun charge that hit its targets with the precision of a sharpshooter. Kenneth Conn, 21, died immediately, immedi-ately, shot through the heart. Alvie Payton, 21, the other convict, con-vict, was shot through the face. He is expected to die. |