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m\d?a»oart-hom \' of. n..sortinglooklentmcerammbs►anrli in00 V-Tho tho ^ ofhisrtblor II-that el vo n-oj-olstheovertingpay-■iptyandhighmny real ed a live re . in-011re-itlora *witmn me namewont 01 me League of Nations.1 ■ A in, tm mP 11 HPP* 1fl mJSPEC1r1E!L11Zander Associated WithRed Barker, Servedat MarquetteHolland, Mich.. April 0 (/P)Wcom 3nheatho tragi i n v ei mon as \ T1 the ] valseen man rein: of tiT!afteithedost] sey|ty, s | stnr stayFred (Blackie) Zanger, 22, described by police as a gangster operating in Chicago and Detroit, was held here tonight without a ; \jf'0 formal charge, in connection with ' 5Ifoc the hold.up last September of the First State Bank, in which two i nJ)jt men, including Chief of Police ^eret Peter Lierense, were shot and i wounded. Loot obtained by the ; robbers totaled more than $70,-1 pjiniooo. I iiitniChief Lievense identified Zan- ; umj ger without hesitation as the j {wo man ho saw operating a mib-mn- lt;stail chine gun in the rear of the P ^ bank while four accomplices shot their way to freedom after wounding the chief and Pete Dc-jonph, a bystander.Fifteen persons who witnessedthe flight of the bandits paradedpast Zanger today as lie stood injer 'v a police show-up, and six of them ! ^ said “he looks like one of tho!por bandits/' Andrew Steketoe, one j too of tho six, said ho was “nearly! q certain” he saw Zanger firing a | i00Slsub-machine gun over the heads ;0(l'| of pedestrians who attempted to I Inanfrustrate the robbery. ! \Tomorrow employes of the ajj bank will be brought in to attempt identification of Zanger, who, according to police records hero, served a term at Marquette prison for burglary, and several times had been questioned, by Chicago authorities in connection with gang killings, notably in the slaying of his friend, Red Barker.A:gustcontbreaTufte
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Escanaba Daily Press
Escanaba, Michigan, US
Fri, Apr 07, 1933
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