Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserLPHS researchers said of his story: “Constable Archibald reached for his revolver to arrest them, however Clark and his partner in crime, Frank Davis, were both also armed.“Clark drew first, shooting the constable three times from point-blank range, killing him instantly.“They fled, but then quickly returned to hide the evidence.
They hid Constable Archibald’s body in some nearby bushes, and tossed his revolver and flashlight, along with their burglary tools, into a mud-hole.“When Constable Archibald failed to return to the station after his shift, a search was launched, and his fellow officers found his body the next morning.”Clark and Davis had left behind a black cloth.
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