The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-07-17
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Bitter Fight
Escaped Convict Of Minnesota
Penitentiary Murders Off,
cor wAen v Caught
BULLETS By B0IA men FAIRLY
RIDDLE BODIES OF EAcHOTHER
Warming Pedesa ns to Get Into the
Clear and Then Goes For Man Who
He Had Been II Pursuing Unrelent.
lessly Several Months.

M!HAedpous, .Suty ll.-ln revolver
battle at close range, Jerry McCarty,.
escaped convict and known as one Of
the most desperate criminals in Amer
lea, and Patrolman Joseph Ollinger
killed each other Saturday night at
Central and Twenty-tifth avenues N. E.
The hunted man, cornered, did Just
what his pursuer expected him to do,
opened the first fire. Ollinger fired
almost at the same instant. McCarty
fell first and Ollinger, with four bull
lets in his body, fell on him.
The battle, which eclipses any in
the annals Of the Minneapolis police,
was fought alone by the two men
watched at q distance by bystanders,
who had been warned away by the
policeman.
Ends Four Months Pursuit.
The death Of the two men ends a
search for McCarty which has extend
ed u throughout the United States,
while McCarty, who had escaped from
Saltwater penftentiary on March. 4,
continued his career Of robbery.
The fight strangely resembled one
which preceded the capture of McCarty
in October, 1903, when he shot at Pa
trolman Jonas J0nassen, but missed
fire and wounded himself in the hip.
It was for the attack on Jonassen that
he was serving the Saltwater sentence
when he last escaped.
..f:sSaw McCarty In Pool Room.
Oliinger had seen McCarty hanging
about pool rooms in the New Boston
district for several days. Early Satur-
day, after a conference with Ollinger,
CaptaDi OF Detectives Nick Smith said
O1linger had the right man.
), Kissing his wife goodby, Ollinger
said as, he left home. Saturday after
noon, there may something doing
tonight" and then left to go ON his
night watch. 80
From that moment he was after Nc
Carly. He saw McCarty at Central
avenue and Twenty y-fourth avenue and
followed him slowly to Twenty fifth
avenue. Then McCarty turned and
walked along Twenty-fifth avenue to
the rear Of Harry Bussum's drug store.
The fugitive stopped. at the rear en-
trance and Ollinger turned into the
store.
sPm Going to Get Him"
f "McCarty is at your back door and
I'm going to get him." said Ollipger
to Bussum. Anyway, there's going to
be trouble"
Then Ollinger left the drug store
and walked straight around to the rear
door, where McCarty stood in the
shadow.
AS he walked toward McCarty, he
met Harry Stanley Of the fire depart
ment, who had just passed McCarty.
He told Stanley to get back onto Cen
trail avenue.
"There is going to be some shooting
here in minute and / want you to be
out of the way" he said in whisper
as he passed the fireman.
Then he walked straight to McCarty.
William c. Anderson, proprietor OF
poolroom, at 1902 Central avenue, heard
Ollinger say:
"McCarty, I've got you now or
you've got me"
Then McCarty opened fire and o.
linger followed. Each man emptied
the chambers of his revolver almost
In a second. Just as the firing ceased,
McCarty fell with bullet through his
heart and Ollinger, shot six times
through the body. fell on him.
One Dead, One Dying.
When they were still several men
who witnessed the fight ran to them.
McCarty was dead, but Ollinger still
lived.
Police headquarters was at once no
titled and the patrol and police ambu-
lances were sent.
Ollinger was rushed to the city hos
pital where he died at a. m. Sunday.
McCartys body was taken to the
Had Planned Robbery.
A threat by McCarty to blow and
rob the vault of the Central State