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reached for his gun, and came that order,
miRires

Shots broke out, and the bandits crumpled
on the spot, riddled by hundreds of pellets
from shotguns, caught helplessly in a cross
fire.

The officers rushed forward. But there was
no need to examine these men.

Dressed roughly, identical with their slain
companions, they were almost unrecogniz-
able.

Clifford Adams’ death had been avenged.

On one of the men, sheriffs found the mis-
sing money pouch taken from the man left
for dead at Hazelmere.

The case was finished.

One point puzzled officers. Who were
these men? Their effects showed nothing

This picture shows the intricate trap laid for the

robbers by Washington Sheriff's officers. The

diagram shows how the light was placed and the
doorbell battery button.

in the way of identification. But they all
seemed to be Russians, and all were over six
feet tall.

But they were newcomers to the district,
although they were all identified by bank
clerks at Sedro Woolley.

Back at Cloverdale, doctors had worked
with all the surgical skill at their command
to save the life of the second robber. They
had performed a delicate skull operation,
and inserted a silver plate, but to no avail.

He died.
HEREDITARY KILLERS

All police in British Columbia were noti-
fied, and from descriptions and pictures of
the dead men, it was shown that they had
been a band of Russians who had worked as
labourers for a time near Prince Rupert.
They had been trouble makers and had dis-
appeared.

But since their departure, banks had been
robbed all down the coast. They were sup-
posed to be the perpetrators.

Then through underworld sources from
other Russians, police learned that they all
came from the southern part of Russia, in
Oddessa.

In those hills, bands of killers and looters
have lived for centuries, the Russian infor-
mant explained. Lawless hordes lived off the
peaceful farmers and land owners. From
their fortresses in the hills they would swoop
down on peaceful valleys of people, killing
any who stood in their path, taking gold,
food and women.

This heritage was handed down from
father to son and the five were all direct
descendants of these wild hill tribes.

Seeing an opportunity for much gold in
Canada, they had come through the immigra-
tion at a time when foreign labour was
needed badly for railroad construction work.
Then they had reverted to their old trade,
coming down from the northlands around
Prince Rupert, until they met their deaths
near the international border.

Their real names were never discovered,
although they signed fictitious ones to Prince
Rupert payrolls.

They were dead, and the citizens of
Canada were concerned far more with the
terrifying spectacle in Europe of all civiliza-
tion at war. Although identical in number,
the five sought-after Austrians were. later
apprehended by Customs officers and in-
terned until the Armistice. They had nothing
to do with the Russian killers.

Today, Fred Johnson is Inspector of Cus-
toms at White Rock and he still speaks of
Adams who died in the line of duty.

On the Pacific Highway near the port of
entry to the United States, live Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Wesland, the former now Col-
lector of Customs.

Chief Alec Matheson has retired from
active police duties, and George Keith is
now a Special Agent at Interbay, Washing-
ton.
And to this day, the identity of the Wild

Killers of Oddessa remains unknown.

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