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NILESITE BANK BANDIT DIESFred Bowerman SuccumbsTo Wounds Suffered In Hold-Up AttemptST. LOUIS, May 2 CAP) — The 60-year-old bandit leader of an unsuccessful assault of a St. Louis bank last week died here today of his wounds.He as Fred W. Bowerman of Niles, Mich. Bowerman. who was on the FBI's list of 10 most wanted men before his capture, admitted, taking part in a $53,000 holdup of a South Bend, Ind., bank last September.A police officer shot Bowerman in the spine during the gun battle which followed the gang’s discovery in the Southwest Bank of St. Louis last Friday. He had been in critical condition since.His death leaves only two of the gang alive. Frank Viio, 25-year-old Chicagoan, killed himself rather than submit to capture.FBI agents yesterday opened two safe deposit boxes rented here by Bowerman in hopes of finding the loot from the Indiana robbery, but .both were empty.Bowerman had been indicted on four counts by a circuit court grand jury charging him and the other two surviving men with armed robbery and assault with intent to kill when they tried to take $143,000 from the St. Louis bank.The others are William School, 28, and Glenn Charnick, 22, both of Chicago.
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St Joseph Herald Press
St Joseph, Michigan, US
Sat, May 02, 1953
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