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•MERIDIAN, Miss. — (U.P.)The long criminal career of Irving Charles Chapman, the nation’s most sought after desperado, ended last night when police ancl federal agents shot and killed him’ in^a 'blaze of gunfire.Listed as Public Enemy Number One by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Chapman had been the object' of a long and intensified .search. In Jan. 14If •he shot Patrolman Ralph McNair here and the FBI ■ imme-%diately closed in.With the aid of Meridian police, dozens of sheriff’s deputies and other authorities, the FBI trapped Chapman by blocking a road near Philadelphia, north of 'Meridian. They offered him a chance to surrender.Death came to the notorious southwestern desperado in the Neoshoba county where lie was born 38 years ago. He became a successful contractor in Ar-i skansas but turned to crime during ^e depression years. He tobb^ banto# stole automobiles, ransacked fiUipg stations, organized jail, breaks andIbd bSiisa]^ /states : onwild c^es foirinore t^^^tv'5 7 / V jft -' • ‘ 'S'.' ‘V V » ;* *• ••'..”
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Marshall Evening Chronicle
Marshall, Michigan, US
Mon, Feb 23, 1942
Page 5
Full Page
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