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MASON CITY BOYS i BECOME BANDITS: *Fire at Albert Lea Officers, j Who Kill One ofThem. I •i-——— iThursday o veiling Norman and Less-; lie Edwards. brothers, of Mason City. . who were for several months robbing business houses a North wood. Owatnu !ina and other place in Minnesota, ran j up against a mimhiir of officers at the | Rook Island depot at Albert Lea, • They were asked to surrender and i they opened lire. Twenty-seven shots ; were exchanged within a few in in-1 ule.. Leslie Edwards was fulajly j injured ami died an hour or two later. ; He was shot through the abdomen, j His brother, X or man Edwards,, ha [fled ! the officers for some time and linnllv j succeeded in making his escape. He! was traced to Mason City but lie el a- ; tied his pursuers. He was seen by* small boys about the fair grounds ami l he also called at one or two homes ] asking for some bread. Moll- ; day he hud not been captured. The ! young’ men are from IS to 21 years of ago. Until a few months ago their l onduct was not bad. Their father, works in a tile factory. A married sister lives close to Albert Lea.
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Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Iowa, US
Wed, Apr 27, 1921
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