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Escape by gangsters Tightens Net Around Virginia City
Richmond and surrounding areas launch the largest manhunt in state history as Walter Legenza and Robert Mais escape from jail by gunfire. More than 1,000 officers search cities, hotels, and suspect haunts to recapture the condemned killers with a reward offered and a grand jury probe considered.
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Robert Mais
Walter Robing
Varios
Alfred Fluhart
Ruark
Nelson
Robert Allen
Wilmur Burnell
Mais
Allen
Lil Trammall
Homer Adkins
Willard
Cape Charles
Ocean City
W. V. Hunter
Richmond
Walter Legenza
Hher
Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
District of Columbia
Department of Justice
Post Office Department
Legendt
J. Fulmer Bright
John L. Ingram
Commonwealth
T. Gray Haddon
Hs Gray Haddon
Legenza
Mass
Losenza
Ingram
Roth
E. M. Huband
William A
J. N. Hillman
W. A. Moore
John Selph
Marie McKeever