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Fingerprints MaySolve Mystery♦ ♦ ♦Police have failed thus far to establish the identity of George White, whose shooting to death Tuesday afternoon by R.C.M.P. concluded |n a five-hour man hunt in the se vicinity of Laird, Sask., 40 af miles south of here. White 0E was sought by a squad of gt police and posse of Laird ^ townsfolk following his es- te cape from the town jail and j shooting and wounding R.C.-M.P. Constable J. E. Williams hl of the Rosthern detachment.SIDr. A. O. Rose, M.D., Haf- th ford, acted as coroner and th impanelled a jury following A]which the inquest was post-11* poned until two o'clock Friday afternoon. I tuPolice have ascertainedscsithat the gun used by White T to fire at the policeman andSIcarried with him during the chase was a stolen gun. Inquiry through fingerprints rd, I and other means in an effort aihe I to establish the dead man'saiSIidentity is now under way. Police are of the opinion the name George White is an., SI alia.. i *oi
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Shellbrook Chronicle
Shellbrook, Saskatchewan, CA
Wed, Oct 21, 1936
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