Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-11-12 | Page 3 | Deputy Killed by Escaping Hijacker

DEPUTY KILLED BY ESC PING I fn a Br U has st BURLINGAME CaL Cat Nov 12 A 12 A speeding liquor car car carrying two as asserted asserted as- as hijackers who had engaged in ina a fatal gun sun battle baUle with Santa Clara county deputy sheriffs was wrecked at a Ii downtown do crossing today and one of ot the occupants occupant was shot and cap cap- The aU alleged ged hijacker was wounded d in the abdomen by Patrolman OBrien O'Brien n of San Mateo and was taken to na a n hospital for lor an emergency operation to save his life lile He lie save gave his name aj as Spencer Griffith The capture was made after th the theun e gun un battle on the outskirts of Sa San n Jose In which H. H A McAuley was killed and Deputy Deput Frank probably fatally wounded j At the end of the fight the hijackers hijack ers era tossed out Fred E. E Hopkins 23 of or Lon Long Lone Beach Cat CaL Call who had previously been d. d and sped aped away Hopkins was shot in the thigh and voluntarily pave gave himself up The hijackers driving in Hopkins Hopkins' liquor laden machine turned back 4 toward San Francisco with San Jose Jost Jostand and San n Mateo police polIce close behind They attempted to make mate a sharp turn in to Burlingame and the car crashed One of ot the men leap leaped from th the wrecked d car ear and escaped cap in the dark duk- ness of at the early arly morning The Th other man according to officers drew hL his hisgun gun as the pursuers approached lie lit was shot by OBrien O'Brien before he could fire