CRIME WAVE RAMPANT IN SAN FRANCISCO
Three persons were killed and three seriously wounded in San Francisco, reported as a continuation of the crime wave that began Saturday night. Gunmen shot and killed the taxicab driver Walter Swanson, entered a restaurant with drawn guns, shot a cook and robbed the cash register, then shot and killed Jack Duane across the street and wounded two others, while police found the body of Frank Petrovich, shot to death, in another district and were armed with shotguns and instructed to shoot to kill.
San Francisco. - Three persons were killed last night and three seriously wounded as a result of the continuance of the crime wave which began Saturday night.
Gunmen shot and killed Walter Swanson, taxicab driver, and then entered a restaurant with drawn guns and shot Louis Fernander, cook, robbed the cash register, and then went across the street and shot and killed Jack Duane and wounded two others.
Police found the body of Frank Petrovich in another district. He had been shot to death.
Police are armed with shotguns and have been instructed to shoot to kill.
Reproduced unchanged from The Kusko Times, October 23, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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CRIME WAVE RAMPANT IN SAN FRANCISCO
Three persons were killed and three seriously wounded in San Francisco, reported as a continuation of the crime wave that began Saturday night. Gunmen shot and killed the taxicab driver Walter Swanson, entered a restaurant with drawn guns, shot a cook and robbed the cash register, then shot and killed Jack Duane across the street and wounded two others, while police found the body of Frank Petrovich, shot to death, in another district and were armed with shotguns and instructed to shoot to kill.
San Francisco. - Three persons were killed last night and three seriously wounded as a result of the continuance of the crime wave which began Saturday night.
Gunmen shot and killed Walter Swanson, taxicab driver, and then entered a restaurant with drawn guns and shot Louis Fernander, cook, robbed the cash register, and then went across the street and shot and killed Jack Duane and wounded two others.
Police found the body of Frank Petrovich in another district. He had been shot to death.
Police are armed with shotguns and have been instructed to shoot to kill.
Reproduced unchanged from The Kusko Times, October 23, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Kusko Times, October 23, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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CRIME WAVE RAMPANT IN SAN FRANCISCO
Three persons were killed and three seriously wounded in San Francisco, reported as a continuation of the crime wave that began Saturday night. Gunmen shot and killed the taxicab driver Walter Swanson, entered a restaurant with drawn guns, shot a cook and robbed the cash register, then shot and killed Jack Duane across the street and wounded two others, while police found the body of Frank Petrovich, shot to death, in another district and were armed with shotguns and instructed to shoot to kill.
San Francisco. - Three persons were killed last night and three seriously wounded as a result of the continuance of the crime wave which began Saturday night.
Gunmen shot and killed Walter Swanson, taxicab driver, and then entered a restaurant with drawn guns and shot Louis Fernander, cook, robbed the cash register, and then went across the street and shot and killed Jack Duane and wounded two others.
Police found the body of Frank Petrovich in another district. He had been shot to death.
Police are armed with shotguns and have been instructed to shoot to kill.
Reproduced unchanged from The Kusko Times, October 23, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Kusko Times, October 23, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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CRIME WAVE RAMPANT IN SAN FRANCISCO
Three persons were killed and three seriously wounded in San Francisco, reported as a continuation of the crime wave that began Saturday night. Gunmen shot and killed the taxicab driver Walter Swanson, entered a restaurant with drawn guns, shot a cook and robbed the cash register, then shot and killed Jack Duane across the street and wounded two others, while police found the body of Frank Petrovich, shot to death, in another district and were armed with shotguns and instructed to shoot to kill.
San Francisco. - Three persons were killed last night and three seriously wounded as a result of the continuance of the crime wave which began Saturday night.
Gunmen shot and killed Walter Swanson, taxicab driver, and then entered a restaurant with drawn guns and shot Louis Fernander, cook, robbed the cash register, and then went across the street and shot and killed Jack Duane and wounded two others.
Police found the body of Frank Petrovich in another district. He had been shot to death.
Police are armed with shotguns and have been instructed to shoot to kill.
Reproduced unchanged from The Kusko Times, October 23, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Kusko Times, October 23, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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CRIME WAVE RAMPANT IN SAN FRANCISCO
Three persons were killed and three seriously wounded in San Francisco, reported as a continuation of the crime wave that began Saturday night. Gunmen shot and killed the taxicab driver Walter Swanson, entered a restaurant with drawn guns, shot a cook and robbed the cash register, then shot and killed Jack Duane across the street and wounded two others, while police found the body of Frank Petrovich, shot to death, in another district and were armed with shotguns and instructed to shoot to kill.
San Francisco. - Three persons were killed last night and three seriously wounded as a result of the continuance of the crime wave which began Saturday night.
Gunmen shot and killed Walter Swanson, taxicab driver, and then entered a restaurant with drawn guns and shot Louis Fernander, cook, robbed the cash register, and then went across the street and shot and killed Jack Duane and wounded two others.
Police found the body of Frank Petrovich in another district. He had been shot to death.
Police are armed with shotguns and have been instructed to shoot to kill.
Reproduced unchanged from The Kusko Times, October 23, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Kusko Times, October 23, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Yesterday's paper
October 29, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, Imperial Valley Press, The Alaskan, Putnam Patriot, Daily Kennebec Journal, Montgomery County Sentinel, and The Washington Times.
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