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Police Seek Gerald Chapman In New Britain Shooting
Photograph shows Gerald Chapman believed to be the gunman who killed a policeman in New Britain Connecticut during a store robbery escape. He is thought to be with former associate Dutch Anderson. Chapman rose to prominence after leading the $1,000,000 mail pouch robbery in New York and was sentenced to 25 years in Atlanta federal penitentiary. He escaped in 1923, was wounded, recaptured, then aided to escape again by a hospital nurse.
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Conn
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New York
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