Show T r Coast Guards fc tf Battle With Poison Toison Gas' Gas Rum a Vessel ONE SlAIN AS LIQUOR CRAfT TRIES ESCAPE Suspected Liquor Offender Father of Five Killed by Machine Gun MYSTERY FUMES USED I Ion Two on Pursuing Ship Are Overcome B Br By United 4 Fuss GLOUCESTER Mass Sept 5 A 5 A battle between coast guards armed with machine guns ns and alleged rum smugglers using poisonous gas ended early today in the death of ot a suspected suspected suspected sus sus- sus- sus liquor runner severe injuries to Lo two coast guards and capture of a speedy cruiser with hundreds of cases of ot contraband The dead man was Joseph Demello Demelio 29 of ot New Bedford father lather of or five fhe I children Struck in the spine by a at machine gun bullet he died before reaching shore I His four companions who escaped the barrage of coast guard machine gun sun fire unscathed thed were captured A mysterious gas expelled from the exhaust of ot the foot 60 cruiser Lass Lass- gehn of or New Bedford overcame Coast Guardsmen William P. P Kelly and Ralph O O O. McKie The former was was' taken to ta a hospital while the latter was treated by a a. physician Coast guards charged that when the was finally overtaken by the picket boat CG 2394 after a mile four chase the alleged rum boats boat's crew set crew set f fire Ire to her The flames were quickly quelled and the cruiser carrying approximately ca cases s of liquor was towed to Gloucester Guardsmen Fired On During Search KINGSTON laNGSTON Mass Sept 5 JP- JP from the Manomet and Gurnet stations were fired upon to today today to- to day as ns they searched the flats fiats at the mouth of Jones river for a B. cargo of liquor dumped by the crew of a 50 foot launch The shots splattered the muddy flats fiats and splashed the water about the he guardsmen as they dived into the he river and waded along the banks None one was injured and cases es of ot liquor were recovered A search of nearby w woods failed to reveal the source of the gunfire |