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j ■ ' ■ ▼ - Jr ' ^ « \/ A J- V A A * V v| sheriff’s forces of severa | ('.oiiiitics in a limit for th'| two men, one of •’whom wa: j wounded when Hart shot-a the pair in the court houseThe car in which the men. es caped was found late last night ii a ditch near Waterloo, but a thor ough search of the area brough no leads, peace officers said thiar- noon.fc at sheriff Hart picked up the pa'u sell described as about 23 years ole can on SUSpiCion after he had. receivei 148. a caii irom. an Independence junl •h]- dealer. He took them to the court ■ma j-iouse in the car which they wer °e~ driving, and was searching then da- in a small room there when oh of the men pulled a gun on. hirrAs the bandits edged out of th | room, Hart shot several times, am a trail of blood in the courthous elevator and Kails attested to th fact that at least one of them wa wounded. The pair made the! get-away by breaking a grouni floor window ......The blood-stained car was fount a few hpurs later between Water' loo and Raymond on road no.,29r —the gravel road that branche: j off the highway at the edge n Jesup.me neever Reported stolen earlier at Elgin out 111., the car contained several tire: :nd , and tubes, two traveling bags t is seme gas cans, several cases o: ing quart cans of oil and cartons o: cigarets. The merchandise is be-ced j Ijeved to be some of the loot taker at : in two service station holdups; a In- | Black River Falls, Wise.-waer_ Hart’s description of the twlt; men tallies with that of the pah wanted for the Wisconsin robberies.Officers checked farms in th* area where the. car was ditched hotels, hospitals, taxi companie: and other transportation facilitie: in the Waterloo area throughou the night without result.eighten Fayette ChurchIs-U-* rr :i_. _l i
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Oelwein Daily Register
Oelwein, Iowa, US
Sat, Nov 15, 1947
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