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2 MASON CITY MEN BATTLE WITH POLICE!—Leslie Edwards Is Killed and Norman Escapes in Gun Fight.to the Titna#-Journal.)Mason 111?, Iiu, April 25.-U*lle Edwards, of Mason ( it), 22 years old, 1* dead and his brother, Sormao Edward*, Is hnuftd by (he nolle* of north Iowa and southern Minnesota, as the resnlt of n dfspipile urw*» bat-fie at Albert l^eo with police of that etty last night.The fight look place on the Hock Island passenger station platform and lasted setcral minutes, during which 27 shots were exchanged in j HtjiIh sight of a train load of south bound passengers. Leslie the young* er brother was mortally wounded after three shots were fired at him. He died in a hospital. Norman made good bin escape southward, wound-.ed, It is claimed.Stole Large Amount.A robbery in which several hundred dollara were stolen by the Mason City men at Owatonna yesterday caused a search for them, end when found on the Albert Lea passenger platform, the battle ensued between the thalves and Patrolmen Fred Uatson and Special Agent, W. P. Sherr, of the Kock Island railroad.I hs older brother’s overcoat was found after his sensational escape south of the yards with three bullet holes in it. The entire county-side la being opmbed for him. It is believed he boarded a train, the one from which he and hia brother had I alighted and Is many ntilea away j now. Chief of Police Ed. Carry has notjfied officers over all north Iowa. The dead brother was shot once in the head, once in the body, through th* intestines and once through the ankle.Officers I nltiirf.Thirty-eight calibre revolvers 1 were used by the brothers, and the 1 policemen carried guns of the same I • slibre. Neither officer was Injured. | Llstson was grazed by one bullet fired by the fatally injured brother. 1 Th* hair on the side of his head was « singed by a bullet. Henry Edwards, father of the boys, whose residence : is here, left th* dty today anti ar- I rhed too late to see his son alive ‘ H* formerly resided at Albert Lea. Th* boys were laborers here.Chief of Police Carry was notified at 10 o’clock to station men at the Albert Lea. C. R. * I. passenger sta- ’ Mon to watch tor outlaws headed 1 i hat way. Details of numerous burglaries perpetrated by the Mason Ctty men wer* furnished later. Actions of the two at Albert Lea be- * trayed (hem. Llstsen stepped up ' snd ordered Leslie to halt. He re- lt;\dled by whipping out a gun and » sending a bullet in Listson’s diroc* r tlon. It was the one that grazed 1 his head. This was the signal for f Norman to draw his ns. in a period I ef two minutes L7 bullets were ex- • I changed. I.
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Dubuque Times Journal
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Sat, Apr 23, 1921
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