Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-04-17 | Page 1 | Gun Fight Ends in Death of Bad Man

GUN FIGHT ENDS IN DEATH OF BAD MAN Patrolman Dying After Battle Battie Bat Bat- tIe tle Two Women Under Under Under Un Un- der Arrest BOWLING GREEN Ohio April 17 Associated Press Willis Press Willis Billy BUI the Killer Miller known to police of a number of middle western cities clUes asan asan as asan an around all bad man was dead two of his girl companions were under under un der arrest and a second gunman was hunted today as the aftermath of a agun agun gun fight with police pollee Miller was identified by finger- finger Continued on I Page Nine GUN FIGHT ENDS IN DEATH OF BAD MAN Continued from Pa Face Fue e One prints as the man slain when he lived up to his boast that he would never be captured alive and shot it out with Police Chief Carl Catl and Patrolman Patrolman Patrolman Pa Pa- Ralph Castner yesterday His companion escaped after critically critIcally crit crit- wounding o Castner One of the two girls sirls who gave her name as Beulah Baird 20 20 Kansas City divorced wife of oC Walter Ash slain in Kansas City a a. month ago was picked up near Millers Miller's body with a bullet ballet in her skull She was in a critical condition today IDENTITY UNCERTAIN The other girl sirl believed to be her sister said she was Ruth Saunders 23 Kansas City but each gave ga different dif ferent names for the other and police pollee were uncertain of their Identities The second gunman listed here as Clarence Saunders of Kansas City was Vas suspected by police of that city as being Charles Arthur Floyd a apal apal apal pal of oC Millers Miller's wanted in connection with the slaying of Wallace and William VII Wil ham liam As Ash The Ash brothers were believed ed to have been killed because of theIr then rivalry with Floyd over two Baird sisters AROUSE SUSPICION The four had created suspicion here by 1 large lan e sums of oC money and Chief Chier and Castner stopped at their automobile to question question ques ques- tion them Miller l started shooting but was fatally wounded after firing only once His companion sped away In the automobile as the guns Suns blazed The wounded girl was picked up and tho the other captured after a short chase Castner who kept firing although he fell with bullets In his abdomen and right thigh was not expected to live today Since killing l Ills his s brother Joseph at Beaver Pa in 19 1925 5 Miller steadily stead fly ily had accumulated a police pollee record He was acquitted of slaying his brother broth broth- er on a plea of or self defense but was wanted for a number of holdups in inthe inthe inthe the middle west Kansas City police pollee said Eaid he was suspected In bank robberies robberies rob rob- bones at North Kansas City and Oklahoma City