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Show COWBOY BANDIT 1 SHOT INBATTLE SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 17 (UP) An overall clad, calloused cow- hand from Elko, Nev who attempted at-tempted oiM-man crlma wivi, was In tha hospital hara today, critically wounded followlnt a gun battla with a bank guard who frustrated frus-trated hla attempt to hold up the Ani lo-California bank In tha heart of tha financial district "I'm loser," was all tha 32-year-old hold-up man, Carl Metzler, could tell police. They construed this to mean he had spent time In a penitentiary, although local police po-lice files did not contain hla fingerprints. finger-prints. Metzler, twice wounded by sharpahootlng Bank Uuaru Oliver P. Durr, dramatically shot himself in the chest when cornered on a street car. Durr, retired Fresno police lieutenant, was shot twice, once In the hand and once in the back, but his chances for recovery were aald to be food. Shortly before the closing hour yesterday Metzler entered the bank and, after milling with customers cus-tomers for some time, shoved a note through the wicket to Edward A. Leift, Burlingame, the teller. -"Give U the- -paper money. One mistake and you die," it read. Durr, already auspicious of the man, waa moving toward him when Leift shouted to him: "Come over and look at this." Metzler reached for hla gun, Durr grabbed for It, but tha man twisted free and ran out the door around the corner onto. Market street. Durr was rapidly overtaking Metzler when the latter leaped aboard a street car, turned and fired. Who ahot first could not be determined, but Metzler had two bullets in his body. Durr was spun around by the shot In the hand and as his back was turned Metzler wounded him In the back. Ha then turned the gun on his chest |