Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-07-20 | Page 26 | Convict Slain in Police Duel

CONVICT SLAIN IN POLICE DUEL CHICAGO July 20 UP UP Wil Wiliam Wil- Wil liam iam Keane 28 former convict was shot hot to death in the nurses' nurses home of lying-in lying hospital today after a minute 0 gun battle with 10 police patrol car squads Keane Ke ne was cornered beneath a abed abed abed bed In the room of Nurse Gertrude Arnold and shot by Patrolman Frank Rothman as h he reached for fora a revolver Nurses summoned police when they hey saw a a. man on the back porch of their three-story three home Patrolman Patrolman Patrol Patrol- man Louis Schillig saw the man on ona ona ona a fire escape and shot at him twice Keane eane fled to the roof and Schillig summoned additional officers The 60 nurses living Jiving in the home were vere summoned from the building buildings as s police surrounded it waiting for daylight Keane frequently crept to o the edge of the roof and shot at atthe atthe the officers who fired back During the sporadic battle Mrs rs Arnold returned to her room to recover recover re- re cover over some valuables which she feared eared the intruder might take She discovered Keane in the closet of her ler room and screamed Officers heard leard the screams and dashed to toler her ler room Keane dove beneath the bed and was turning tov to fire as Rothman R shot hot him