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. (Continued Prom Page One)rre:driven by LeRoy Clwneng of Riverside drive, Nilea, McLeod stopped Clemens, He ordered . Gardner 'to get into the Cass county sheriff's car. 'with - McLeod, who instructed Gardner. to. drive toward Edwards-burg.' “One false move and I’ll kill ^his. man.' (Clemens)V. McLeod warned Deputy Gardner. .At a ftec/ltided spot near Ed-wiirdslrtjri McLeod axdered both cars to stop. There the gunman attached Gardner to jk\ tree by his own handcuffs; and tied Clemenh with-robe. He then drove off In Clemens' Dodge, piemens.managed to free Himself and wan Instructed by Gardner how to use the police radio in'his car. Olemens gave, a fuller description of McLeod and the car. A short time later Gardner was freed by officers.Meanwhile, state . police and all available local police agencies had covered southwestern Michigan with a series of road blocks. Troopers Math end Lyons spotted the pursued Dodge on M-66 and forced it-off the highway. • The fatal • gun-battle followed as McLeod tried to shoot his way out in the clouds of dust raised by his slewing car. •. McLEOD HAD A. CRIMINALRECORD going back to boyhood;When killed he was a fugitive from justice.An elusive figure, a he spent some time in the Boys' Vocational school in Lansing for car theft at the ago of 15. He was arrested in November of Jfl47 for burglary and car. theft, but while awaiting trial at Howell escaped - from jail and was never recaptured.Pontiac sources also said McLeod was an escapee from an Ohio prison
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Benton Harbor News Palladium
Benton Harbor, Michigan, US
Sat, Sep 26, 1953
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