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The Wrangell Sentinel
Wrangell, Alaska
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U.S. Marshal A. J. Chitty, a prominent officer in Washington, died late on Aug. 22 after an attack by two manacled bank robbers from McNeil Island penitentiary in Tacoma's Federal building; heart attack suspected as cause, with autopsy pending.
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TACOMA, Aug. 23—An autopsy today was expected to determine the cause of death of U. S. Marshal A. J. Chitty, who died late yesterday after two manacled bank robbers, inmates of McNeil Island penitentiary, attacked him in the Federal building. Death is believed to have been caused by a heart attack.
Chitty was one of the best known officers in the west. Former Spokane lawyer and Washington state newspaper man, he became U. S. Marshal for the Washington division in 1933. He was one of the campaign managers for Senator Homer T. Bone when Bone was first elected.
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Aug. 23
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death believed to have been caused by a heart attack after attack by two manacled bank robbers
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U. S. Marshal A. J. Chitty died late yesterday after two manacled bank robbers, inmates of McNeil Island penitentiary, attacked him in the Federal building. An autopsy today was expected to determine the cause of death. Chitty was one of the best known officers in the west. Former Spokane lawyer and Washington state newspaper man, he became U. S. Marshal for the Washington division in 1933. He was one of the campaign managers for Senator Homer T. Bone when Bone was first elected.