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Show Detective Killed In a Fight With Three Robbers' siuua un, ia., July 22 Detective Detec-tive James liritton, former chief of police po-lice of Sioux City, died late today from the effects of bullet wounds received this morning during a pistol .fight between be-tween detectives and a number of robber rob-ber suspects, one of whom was shot and killed by one of the officers. Two other men suspected of being robbers were wounded. Detectives Britton and M. E. Farley Far-ley accosted three me n in a restaurant while searching for a robbe-r band hen Britton commanded the trio to put up their hands one' of the men shot him. Detective Farley then began firing fir-ing his pistol killing one of the men and wounding the other two Th mis ipected robber who was killed is believed be-lieved by the police to bo wanted in other cities. His name was given as J. W. DoFranz. |