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PATIENTS TERRIFIED OVER GUN BATTLEFrank McErlane Tried for Fancher Murder, Is Shot Three TimesBULLETINVALPARAISO. Ind., Feb. 35.— Frank McErlane, js a n x s t e r xliot in a hospital in Chicago early today, lvas tried in .February, 15)37, in connection with the bloody bandit raid on the '‘Halfway- house, a resort between Cedar Lake and Crown Point, on the night of May 4. 1034, fn which Thaddeus Fancher, prominent hake county attorney was slain, Frank Cochran, his companion, wounded, and Miss Marvel McCamhridge, pretty cashier, knocked unconscious./INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERV1CEICHICAGO, Feb. 25.—Thequiet sanctuary of the German Deaconess hospital was transformed to a frenzy of terrified patients in a furious gun battle today which followed the attempt of three gangsters to murder Frank McErlane, reputed underworld character, as he lay in his sick bed. McErlane was tried in Indiana several years ago for the murder of Attorney Fancher at CedarLake.Xig-ht-time quiet , prevailed throughout, the large hosiptat as the three. gunmen crept unnoticed through a fire escape window into McEr lane's private room to carrvMrout the gangland pact to put. the gangster “on the spot/’FEARED SHOOTlAhM o K r J a n e, f e a r i n g s a c h a n a t -tempt, whipped a revolver from beneath his pillow and gave the invaders a furious battle, although he himself was riddled with three bullets which may cause his death.Propped up on his sickbed McErlane blazed away with such telling effect that the gunmen fled.Doctors rushing into MeErlane’s room after the duel found the gang-Continued on Page Fifteen
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Hammond Whiting Evening Times
Hammond, Indiana, US
Tue, Feb 25, 1930
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