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Show PENNIES IN P0CKETB00K SAVE LIFE OF BANDIT ! CHICAGO, Dei. 2i. Examination I calls- toda) of a wound sustained by a sailor bandit, who with three men In army uniforms fought a gun battle last night with a private detective In front of the home of . yrus 11 M'or-mick. M'or-mick. head of the rtternatlonal iiar-vester iiar-vester company proved that his pock- etbook containing eight pennies saved his life The force of the bullet was impeded when it struck the pennies and lodged in his abdomen. It was easily removed remov-ed by a police surgeon "with his fingers. "It wan my first Job," the wounded sailor who gave Ins name as John Johnson, "l wanted Uttla Christmas Christ-mas spending money, i met the three soldiers and aaked them to go along on a little stick-up party, j never saw Tb in before." |