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Police Guns FailTo Halt Motorist i!rlt;.4rM Edward Stiles. dr, 31. of 414) ‘ Minnesota street, appiehendedi early Sunday after poltce fired Utwo bullets through the car he • ’was driving, pleaded innm'ent when ari signed in police court today on four count*.He is accused of reckless driving, resisting mi rest, driving while his license is under suspension,’ and operating a car with improper 1 regist ration idThree sqiutd cars took up the I hunt after an oil station attendant reported the man had driven i into the station and was telling how he killed his father.Stiles was sighted in the north . section of the city hut refused I to stop when so ordered by police . Officer Roy Ward fired twice, hitting the fleeing machine both I timesThe fugitive finally was caught | when he went down Mistletoe j street, a dead-end thoroughfai e.Authorities said Stiles is on pant role from a manslaughter sentence. imposed on him at Red Oak about two veais ago aa a result ofa fatal auto accident. They also said he was driving a car taken from his sister's garage without the ownei s knowledge. Then, they said, he took a license plate off his nephew’s car and put it on theI vehicle he was driving.f! Police Chief Leister Canny said e the man probably will be given a mental examination before further action is taken on prosecution of the Charges.
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Ottumwa Daily Courier

Ottumwa, Iowa, US

Mon, Aug 24, 1953

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