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Detective Slays Notorious Gangster in Gun Battle
In a tense confrontation, detective Harold Moore of New York shot and killed Edward Fats McCarthy after McCarthy opened fire on Moore and two New York detectives and two state troopers. Moore was wounded by shotgun slugs but killed McCarthy with a final shot.
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New York
Edward “Fats
McCarthy
Harold Moore
Moore
Associated Press
Gene Venzke
Pottstown
Uncle Sam
Palo Alto
Calif
Percy Beard
Alabama Poly
New York Athletic Club
Ralph Metcalfe
Marquette University
Bill Carr
Penn
Ben Eastman
Henry Brecksmith
Hoosier Hurricane
Indiana University
Mike Basile
Center
Albany
N. Y
Thomas Riggs
George Kelly
Edward “Fats” McCarthy