Charlotte, March 10—After a spectacular chase that lead from the suburbs, Mint street, almost to the heart of town, a man identified as John Davis, and charged by police with being a rum runner, was shot and killed here today and a companion, Oscar Bridges, was wounded as they abandoned their automobile and fled.
The officers in two machines chased the car bearing the two men and police said that a supply of liquor was thrown away during the race.
Shortly after the shooting Louis Johnson, a county policeman, who it was said probably fired the shot that killed Davis, appeared with counsel before Magistrate Cobb and after a hearing the magistrate decided the killing was legally justified.
It was declared during the hearing that the police found five pints of whiskey in the machine and Davis or Bridges had fired on the pursuing policemen during the chase.
Magistrate Cobb had issued a warrant yesterday authorizing search of the machine.
From the front page of the Salisbury Evening Post, Saturday, March 10, 1923
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