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Show FATAL SHOOTING HAPPENS AMONG PDITJUNTERS ! Father of Holdup Victim It Killed and Policeman Wounded When Seaching i Parties Make Mistake GUN BATTLE TAKES PLACE IN STREET Chicago Police Under Orders Or-ders to Shoot to Kill Turn Tables on Thugs; Two t Highwaymen Are Slain OMAHA, Neb., Mav II (By Lf. r Patrick Ivelle, 4 livestock commie-ton commie-ton man and candidate for eheriff. was "hot and killed and Oorge Htephens. 64. veteran police officer, seriously wounded In a gun battle here early thla morning when each mistook the other for a twndit. Lavelle, with Joseph Mulvihlll, . was searching for three armed men who had held up .Mulvihlll and I -a ve lie's dauRhter Florence half an hour pre-' vlously an they were returning from a dance. Ktephena and Police Chauffeur! Hayes were also searching for the men j and the two partlvs started shooting at1 each other. j Officer Too Quick For Armed Holdup fHIOAOO. May 1 B. I" r ) - I'o-lire I'o-lire turned table. In the war with tun. m,-n early toiloy when two bandit, were hot iind killed. Hliont to kill." order, of rhlef of I ollce Charle. rltimorrl. hrouaht re- uli when policemen killed two hlrh-waymrn. hlrh-waymrn. lollfeman Kearney Drlm-oll killed lohn Hroila. i. following a holdup. Hroda tried to ehoot the officer but IM-lncoll heat him on the draw An unidentified robber wa.' .hot to death by 1'olicenmn latrlrk OVonnell durtnc an attempted holdup. OConnell In the f lhe--wor In 1lie -Shoulder. Both men were Identified by men who had been rohbed. Deputy Worked Grocers Two Ways KAN DIKfiO. fa).. May n By a. P.) H. K. Stafford, a deputy' ron.table here fur many year.. I. today In tail awaitinic .entenre on a charge of pa-ln pa-ln a fictitlou. check on a local crocer. i:irtence given at the trial, which rcnultcd In verdict of irulltv yeaterday. hnwed that after eleclln aome grocery gro-cery .lore that had Ju.t changed hand Stafford put on an old gray cap and worn clothing and carried a workman', collapsible lunch lo; then he called on the new grocer, chatted about neighborhood neigh-borhood affair, a. If he lived near, ordered or-dered gnu-erica or olher good, worth a few dollar, and tendered a check which proved worth lea.. Hve. local grocer, aald Stafford defrauded them In thla manner. Having made hi. "purchase. " It was alleged, Stafford would leavs the .tore, quickly change clothes, appear sgaln a. the deputy cnn.tahle and start working work-ing on the case. Newspaper Office Robbed of $535 l.OS ANOKI.Er!. May IS (By A. V Two youthful bandit, la.t night held up the office of the circulation department depart-ment of the Ijon Angcle. Herald and escaped in an sulnmobile with $636. The office Is within a block of the police po-lice station. The bandit, .urpriaed two cashier, nt work wrapping up .mall coin., forced them with plxtnl. to hold up their hand., .cooped up the money and drove their automobile into heavy traffic traf-fic nearby, where It was lost to pursuit. pur-suit. Labor Organizers Start Chicago Suits CHICAGO, May 13 ,-l-'niir damage Sulla for S0 000 ea. h. alleging falae iirrcM and imprisonment following po- j lice raida on the ouartcra of the Chi- ! , cbko building tradca council on last j Wednesday, were filed today against Chief of Tollce Kitxmnrrls and other directing officer, of Ihe department. 'The actions are In behalf of Emmett ! Klood. a general organizer for the 1 American HVderat Ion of Labor; hla son. 'a member of the Klxturehangers' union, and hla daughter, all of whom wero taken in Ihe raids. ' Shotgun Squad i Murders Two CHICAGO. Msy It ny A. 1'.) Two , men armed with ahotguns today walked ' ltio a barber ahop in the north aide ' Italian section and opened fire without ' warning, killing the proprietor nnd a man who waa being shaved. The murderers mur-derers est-aped. Sensation Promised In Oklahoma Slaying . HTIT.I.WATEH. Okla.. May IS (By l. P-l-rHensatlons are promised by the prosecution at the preliminsry hearing 1 today of Earl Oordon. 26, Miami, Okla., I charged with murdering Beckham Cobh. 23, Birmingham, Ala. 'We will show that It wn. a clear , case of murder." John Yuughn. county t (Continued on page It.) FATAL jHOOlG (Continued from pa-, l. attorney, aald before the hearing began. Mra. Bertie du Cobb, pretty 1 1-year-old widow, who has an 18-mnntha-old aon. Beckham Jr . will give the detalle of tha alleged Insult to her which la said resulted In the shooting. Mhe haa refused to give the details up to this time. tlordon will enter a J'lea of self-defense, cla'mlng that Cobb attempted to kill him, according to hla attorneya. tlordon shot Cobb near the Oklahoma A and M. college, where both were federal fed-eral vocational atudenta. softer It la alleged al-leged the latter demanded that he apologia for an allege! Insult to hla Wit. |