Held in East Camden Gun Battle
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Held in East Camden Gun Battle
Two of the three purported accomplices of the burglar slain by police yesterday, and the young woman whose statements helped to implicate them, are shown in the accompanying photographs. Above are James Melbourne, right, and Theodore Rettberg, left. The latter is a brother of Charles Rettberg, 1189 North Thirty-sixth street, shot in a gun battle yesterday with Detective Robert Ashenfelter, who was seriously wounded, and Policeman Frank Evans. Miss Emmalinda Canilus, a material witness, is shown at the right. Melbourne and Rettberg confessed to planning the robbery with the youth who was slain, the police say.
Two of the three purported accomplices of the burglar slain by police yesterday, and the young woman whose statements helped to implicate them, are shown in the accompanying photographs. Above are James Melbourne, right, and Theodore Rettberg, left. The latter is a brother of Charles Rettberg, 1189 North Thirty-sixth street, shot in a gun battle yesterday with Detective Robert Ashenfelter, who was seriously wounded, and Policeman Frank Evans. Miss Emmalinda Canilus, a material witness, is shown at the right. Melbourne and Rettberg confessed to planning the robbery with the youth who was slain, the police say.
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