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forced inwards and jammed, prevent-
ing entrance.

Bagley looked out the window and
saw McLeod approaching. They would
not have time to pry open the jammed
safe door, so they abandoned their
attempt and ran out on the sidewalk.

Fawcett jumped in the car and
started the engine, and Bagley
ran across the street and inter-
cepted McLeod. Without hesita-
tion he clubbed McLeod a couple
of times on the head with his
automatic and McLeod slumped
to the pavement.

Bagley left him where he fell, and
sprinted back to the car, which
Fawcett had set in motion. He leapt
on the running board and threw him-
self forward along the hood. McLeod
stagged to his feet and started back
towards the hotel. From his position
on the moving car, Bagley fired two
shots at him, but missed both times.
The group of firemen heard the re-
ports and ran out from the theatre

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as the fast moving car turned the
corner in front of them.

Constable Clark, now retired from
R.C.M.P. and magistrate at Edmon-
ton, was awakened by the ringing
telephone bell beside his bed and
when he answered, was told there was
a man tied up in the theatre box
office.

He immediately phoned Constable
Ellis, who lived a block away in the
direction of the theatre, to meet him
there as soon as possible.

He then started to drag some
clothes on as he hurried downstairs
to the police office.

When he was going down the stairs
the phone rang again, and answering
it was told by McLeod there were men
in the liquor store.

Realizing there was something
serious going on, he grabbed a rifle
from the rack, a handful of ammuni-
tion, and ran to the door, but paused
when the phone rang again.

Someone else believed there was
something wrong at the liquor store.
As he picked up the rifle, the phone
bell again jingled, but this time he
did not hesitate but ran out to the
gate and down the walk towards the
liquor store, a good block away.

On arrival he saw no one in the
front of the store, so he ran around
the back of the building to see if
anyone was there.

Seeing no one he circled the store and
came back to the main street. Looking
up towards the theatre he saw a car
dart across the intersection headed
West, watched by a group of men
standing on the corner.

The Chase is On

He ran towards the men and found
the firemen who had just released the

*

In Frankfurt
West, Germany,
Police Chief Willi
Klapproth, who
spent three months
last year studying

U.S. police methods

at State Depart-
ment expense, was
charged with
bribery, perjury
and accepting kick-
backs.

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watchman, and learned from them
that about the time the bandits had
turned the corner Constable Ellis had
arrived. When Ellis learned of the
situation he ran back to the police
station, got the car, and had gone
alone in pursuit.

When Bagley and Fawcett reached
the bridge they stopped and recovered
the loot cached under the approach
before continuing. This delayed them
to the extent that when they started
again, Constable Ellis had almost
overtaken them.

Looking back they saw the head-
lights of the pursuing car on a straight
stretch of road. Being the kind of

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