1934-07-30 [P A-6]
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DILIANGER VISITED DETECTIVE Slay* Half‘Brother Diiura era Dillingers Hide-and-Seek Trail In Re - Enacting BVREAV 4 TIMES, WOMAN SAYS Dillinger Shooting Bt the Associated Pt*m. I 11. IS and 35 *nd July JO She Identi- Press. the leader Br the Associated CHICAGO. July 30—The Dally fied K*n« and hi* ftrl INN IS TOLD — AT the article set out. when *h* HAMPTON* Va.. July 30 Times said today that John Dlllinger friend One more death was attributed visited the Detective Bureau four saw their picture* after DiUlnxer* to- death. State Police Investigators; indirectly to John Dillinfer ; times between June 11 and July 23. j Those Who Took Part in day—the death of Karl Blake. the date he was slain by Federal 32. during • re-enactment of the agents. Zarkovich Dealt of NEWSMAN FOUND DEAD Fatal Raid Give Authentic Say shooting Dillinger The hunted desperado parked his < Blake (as "Dillinger"' was shot car at the curb, entered the building With Woman. in the stomach at his home last and rode up to the thirteenth floor, HOI.DKNVim. Olila July SO C^V— * Story of Encounter. his half-brother, night by Henry the newspaper said, adding: J. B. Phtlltps. jr„ 23, managtn* editor Klees. 16, of Atlanta <a "Gov- “Each time he sat In a public wait- of the HoWenville Dally New*, died the Associated Press. ernment agent") when the gun Br ing room for an hour or more, then yesterday a short time after he was ^Continued From First Page held by Klees proved to be >_ CHICAGO. July SO—The Chicago left through the crowded foyer, prob- ; found wounded In his offlce. a pistol loaded Tribune Mid today that Indiana ably brushing against policemen, In his hand* crowd the border Into Louisville Ky Before he died. Blake told of " BUte police are seeking to tear aside judges and lawyers Associates said he apparently was where \r related In a previous article, the re-enactment and absolved the veil of secrecy in the slaying of Dlllinger made his visits as an es- in normal condition last n.trht when he nought medical treatment Klees erf blame, but the boy was John Dillinger cort to his last sweetheart. Polly Ham- he "made up" the paper and went Three day* later on April 17—he held on a murder charge pend- Federal agents of the Bureau of ilton Kcele, the paper added, and sire home. bobbed up In Saultc fl»e Marie ing an investigation. and East Chicago po- went there for examinations : Mich at the home of a sister of Investigation required who worked on the case in Chi- of all food handlers since the out- John Hamilton one of hi* pal* lice, without local authori- established dealings between Mrs break of amoebic dysentry last Sum- To relieve During the next few day* Dlllinger cago notifying ^ ties. have refused to disclose their Anna Sage. Dillinger-* companion on mer. The girl had been a waitress and planned, organized and effected a source of information. his last alive, ani Sergt. Mar- apparently desired to obtain a certifi- contention of hla gang members and right ^Eczema The Indiana police, under Capt. tin Zarkovieh. East Chicago police cate from health authorities that their women at an obscure roadhouse W Matt Leach, were determined to in- detective, who was present at the would enable her to resume that oc- Itching on a lake In the wooded fastnesses of the rumor that "the finger" shooting. cupation. lend $ive skin Northern Wisconsin The stage was vestigate comforj had been put on Dillinger by s "We want to get to the bottom of The Times said It obtained its in- use being set for the now famous battle *nurses this whole mess in Lake formation from a woman who said she cf Little Bohemia woman. County,” Police said had Leach said saw In the room June Much ha* been written about the Investigators they Capt. Dlllinger waiting Resinol Little Bohemia raid A dozen ver- sions of what happened there have been given and as many forms of criticisms have been heaped upon the heads of the Federal* for their failure to take Dlllinger on that occasion The Authentic Story. V Here, for the film time. 1* the officially authenticated story of the encounter, based on first-hand ac- count* of thoae who took part NO EXTRA CHARGE All had been quiet on the Dlllinger front for several days—barring a few obviously false report* that had to be checked by Federal Investigator* as * routine step In the early afternoon of Sunoay, Hand-Finishing offlee for April 22. the telephone in the of Melvin Purvis, agent In charge of the Chicago office of the Depart- of ment of Justice, rang It was long The above map shows how the elusive No. 1 outlaw zig-zagged his way through half a dozen States distance from Rhinelander, Mich. A the Middle West while Federal agents were hot on his trail. The places Indicated are those at which It has a he had more hideouts not known. MEN’S SHIRTS man wanted to talk with the cent been definitely estabhshed Dillinger visited. Of course, many In charge. It was "very Important,” he Insisted. car and They must have seen the agents ges- telephone operator put the call and wounded men out of the Tlve man identified himself by name ticulating In an effort to halt them. through and advised that there was drove away in it. He said he had positive information” in They were getting away. “some trouble” at the home of one Newman recovered consciousness that John Dlllinger. five other men Avin Koerner, about 2 miles from the a little while and. with blood from the and three women were stopping at Machine Guns Rattle, inn. After urging agents who had surface wound over his eyes blinding the Little Bohemia Inn, 50 miles The agents opened fire with ma- just arrived at Rhinelander to hurry him, managed to get back to the Inn north of Rhinelander. He the sai<l chine guns, aiming at the tires and to the inn. the agent returned with and notify the other agents. information came from some one at gasoline tank. The car careened down the Information about the disturbance When dawn and reinforcements ar- the Inn. There eould be no mistake the road and crashed to a stop. at the Koerner place. rived, tear gas bombs were thrown in declared. about it, he Simultaneously, a machine gun the inn and the agents entered. They is 300 miles Investigate Trouble. Rhinelander nearly opened a raking fire from the roof of found there the three women—but no from air. At that time, Chicago by the Inn Another pound forth a Agents W. Carter Baum and J. C. Dillinger or other gangster. the War had a Department regulation deadly stream of bullets from a sec- i Newman and Constable Carl C. Chris- It has been established, officials say, which Justice men from precluded ond story window. that the men who fled—presumably This rule after- tensen proceeded by automobile to the using Army planes. The agents returned the fire from after the first burst of fire—were Dil- ward was lifted. There was some Koerner home to three sides, while a couple of other investigate. linger. John Hamilton, Homer Van commercial delay in chartering Federal men ran to the ditched car— As the officers approached the front Meter, Tommy Carroll, Pat Reilly and Within an hour or so. squads planes to find one man dead and two others J of the Koerner residence they came Nelson. Apparently they dropped of and Paul agent* from Chicago 6t. wounded. He saw none of them was upon an automobile parked near the down the bank and escaped by run- to Rhinelander Other | were flying DilHnger. The wounded men identi- entrance. The agents pulled alongside ning along the beach or by boat. • the agents started for remote lake fied themselves as C C. workers. the car and The constable C. stopped. "It was a combination of though automobile. the he Tegion by They said they had not heard the re3sured agents, saying recog- breaks that frustrated us at Little command to ; nized one or two in the Ciets News of Might flan. stop. persons parked Bohemia,” one of the agents re- The agents continued to fire Into | car. The first plane arrived at Rhine- marked. ‘‘Difficulties of transporta- the house, the lights of which had One man, whom the constable didn’t lander just before dusk. The agents tion, lack of time to surround the inn, been extinguished. The firing from know, got out of the car and an- of lake to the rear of met informant at a j proximity the their designated roof nounced : within the house and from the the house—and those darn and were discussing plans for dogs." place soon ceased and ail was quiet again. "I know who you guys are. You're the Inn when the informant's When use MANHATTAN raiding A .semi-circle of agents formed around ‘O' men wife arrived in Rhinelander with the you Laundry's the building and an attempt was made Without further words the stranger— startling world that Dllllnger and his to keep watch on the water front. It later identified as “Baby Face” Nel- crowd were up and that they packing was now well after midnight There son, Dillinger recruit—opened fire planned to leave the Inn Immediately was no sign of life from within the point blank with an automatic on the after dinner that night.