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Show U.S. to Oust S. L. Gunman Among seven persons leaving Salt Lake City Thursday night for deportation de-portation from the United States will be Maxwell S. Smith. 45, who more than 11 years ago played the losing role in a gun battle with a special officer. Smith, who has been In the state prison since June 10. 1924, for assault as-sault with a deadly weapon with in-tent in-tent Is ssmmit murder, will be de-portrd de-portrd to England. He shot William A. Merrill, then a Western Pacific railroad special officer hut nam with the secret service at Omaha, when the officer attempted to arrest ar-rest him at the station here. Although four bullets passed through Mr. Merrill's abdomen and chest, he fired nine shots into the fleeing men and took the gun away from him. Another man being deported Is Charles T. Perrier, 33. who will be sent to Newfoundland. The other five persona are accepting deportation deporta-tion voluntarily. Three more persons will be taken ta-ken aboard the train at Denver, the group to be under charge of G. F. Uower. inspector in the immigration and naturalization service, who will go as far as Chicago. Australia's steel shortage Is be- |