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Show BALTIC BAIT DEFIES POLIOI . ) i ( Sequel to the Robbery of the Russian State Bank at Helsingfors, Finland Fugitive Is Cornered and Puts Up Fight, Several Members of the Party Who Esayed to Capture Him Falling Before His Fire. Holslngfors, Finland. Tho pursuit of the bandits who last Monday night entered the Husslan State- bank hero, killed the guardian and secured $37,-BOO, $37,-BOO, resulted on Thursday in another highly dramatic Incident nnd cost1 four lives at Tammcrsfors, whero two of tho fugitives were cornered. Ono: of tho bandits got possession ot tbot town hall and hold !t for hours, but finally was subdued by a stream ofi water directed by tho firemen. Whllo Commissary of Police Halu-shin Halu-shin was examining tho two captives, ono of them grabbed a revolver from tho belt of tho chief of police and with It killed Dalushln. Tho bandit then ran upstairs, whero ho barricaded barricad-ed himself In a room commanding the stnlrs and lobby and tho street out-sldo. out-sldo. Then he defied tho pollco for three hours, raeanwhllo haranguing from tho windows a crowd of thousands thou-sands of persons, many of whom wero in sympathy with his socialistic speeches. A policeman who tried to pick off tho desperado from a houso opposite was killed by the bandit, who was nn excellent mnrksmnn. After all other resources had been exhausted, tho flrcmen were called nnd poured a flood of wnter Into tho window. Si multaneously a band of pollco and flromen Btormcd tho stairs. Ono of tho storming party was killed nnd nlno wounded boforo tho bandit, who fought desperately with a big knlfo, could be overpowered. The robber, who Is a Dorpat blacksmith, black-smith, boasted ot membership In the Baltic rovolutlonnry committee, and said tho robbery of tho Russian Stats bank was commlted to swell the revolutionary revo-lutionary wnr fund. Six thousand dollar's dol-lar's of tho booty was recaptured. |
