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THE BA MAT MUftDtftMien yind deputy sheriffs are-i-*scouring, thecity in search of two mip£mh0 shot down and Milled John TJaoat while he wm attempting to prevent them from robbing hi* home, about 1:40 p clock this morn-, !n«. \ etAnn* Banat. hie daughter, heard •a cm dee in the parlor of the home early thia morning and called her father, Itw arose Mod started for the fodmTJust Hi a Tie wia ptirffit TRW f door the two men opened tire.Two bullet* took effect in Bafiats body, ono penetrating the, left aide and the oilier the right aide, under W heart, Thethird shot went wild.The man a« reanyd twice and dropped to the floor. Other members of the house hold rushed To his a mi htanee. I n J. he mean t 1me t he two handttaA. physician was iumrnoQij but Banat died a half hour after the •hoot inf. lie myer regained con --gejQMgnes*, .■ j '-i.;W hen sheriffs deputies arriv ed tbey fouIId that the glass had beep removed from u window In the parlor,* A abort iron baf, Wbteh wag evtr dently tised a* a jtrwny, was found beneath the window'. A few feet from the Illinois .steel compitny «a rage a ft caliber revolver wag fbtl.ildThreatened by Ex Convicts.Alt;;cordJn|L to neigh bora., two m?n, ^^m^'ctii.^:^^ate^d to kill Ha net a l'weefc ago Member* df the family, however said fliey had .not heard ■ any threats made against their fatherBanat butchered a. pig yesterday and- members of the family believe that an attempt was made to steal \the hog. Police have two suspect*» ulster surveillance and arrests are i ^ hougiy, JBanat was 60 years old and an employe of the Illinois Hteet company He is survived by his s^ldow and seven children. Anna, Mayy, Julia. liudcili^r, Walter, Welka, and a six months old babe.
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Joliet Evening Herald News
Joliet, Illinois, US
Tue, Apr 15, 1919
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