Brockton Daily Enterprise
Friday, March 19, 1920
Page 20
NEGRO DIES OF
39 BULLETS
WOUNDS
Shot Two Policemen in
a Baltimore Fight.
Baltimore, March 19.—Two policemen were shot, and a negro, a victim of a "hospital superstition," that for several weeks had Baltimore's colored population carrying guns, probably will die from wounds following a gun fight here to-day.
The negro believed the policemen in civilian dress, were physicians. A shot started a pursuit and a running pistol fight. The fugitive barricaded himself in a cellar and held back the police and crowd for four hours, during which we received 39 bullet wounds.
Copyright © 2016, David J. McRae
Thanks for this interesting article. I would love to know more about the "hospital superstition". I've passed it along to someone who may be able to find out.
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