Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-12-17 | Page 2 | Six Bank Bandits Elude Posse of 50

SIX BANK BANDITS ElUDE POSSE OF 6 50 0 By fly Associated Press LOS ANGELES Dec Dee 17 A 17 A group of bank bandits believed to number six early carly today eluded a posse Dosse of ot 50 police officers which had cornered them in an isolated section of the Palos Verdes hills Two of the bandits yesterday had attempted to rob the Lomita branch of the Bank of ot California firing one shot and fleeing when Frank W. W McMullen McMullen Mc- Mc Mullen assistant manager ducked behind behind behind be be- hind the counter a SAN FRANCISCO Dec 17 UP UP- UP Two alleged bandits were held in jail today and a R third thir l believed t to be wounded was sought by police after a gun battle on a downtown street crowded with Christmas shoppers Patrolman Rudy Kopfer received a flesh wound in the head when ha he-ex he cx- cx changed a dozen shots with the men in a poolroom located near the Unit United d States mint The man who escaped carried away taken from the place in a holdup Apprised of the holdup Kopfer said he was met by a opened fire Inside he found two other men who had lined up 10 patrons pa pa- patrons against the wall vall They joined i the lookout in firing at the patrol patrol- man The two men meki c captured said they are arc John OBrien O'Brien 22 and James Lewis 25 The officer claimed he wounded the esc escaped d man