Seventy-Year-Old Fighter Holds 40 Policemen At Bay For Two Hours—Throws Tear Bombs Back At Officers—Finally Dies After Ten Bullet Wounds.
By The Associated Press.
Philadelphia. July 31—Riddled by ten bullets after he had held 40 policemen at bay for two hours in his home last night. Joseph Marino, nearly 70 years old, died early today. Marino became incensed at missing a favorite pipe, his wife said, and chased her to the street with a revolver, firing wildly.
He retreated as police arrived, and barricaded himself in a pool room in the basement of his house. With half a dozen weapons he kept up a rain of bullets at all who approached.
An effort to rout him with tear bombs ended when he threw one back, dispersing the police temporarily. Two patrolmen were slightly wounded before several policemen, by exposing themselves, drew Marino’s fire as other officers raised a cellar door and shot him down.
Neighbors stated Marino had hitherto been a model citizen, known to be fond of hunting.
New Britain Herald, New Britain, CT, July 31, 1925