Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-18
TOM HATCH KILLED
Bandit Shot Down by Officer at Min
neapoIis Identified a. Hatch-D eject.
ed in Act Of Burglary and Pistol Duel
FoIIows-Reeord of Iowa Outlaw.

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thy, the convict shot and killed by Po-
lice Officer Ollinger in Minneapolis
Sunday morning. has been positively
identified as Tom Hatch, wanted here
for attempting to dynamite and rob the
Polk county treasury on the night OF
March 81, last. Hatch was detected by
Ollinger while attempting to force an
entrance into drug store. He was
shot and instantly killed after he had
shot the patrolman four times, iN1lct-
ing injuries from which the officer died
twenty minutes later at the hospital.
The death of the two men ends a
search for Hatch which has extended
turnout the United States, while Hatch
who had escaped from saltwater penl-
tertiary on March 4, continued his
career Of robbery.
Hatch had been in Minneapolis for
several weeks, and the series OF rob
berries recently pulled off there, are laid
at his door. Police officers had been
looking for him. but he had eludeo
them successfully until caught In the
act Of breaking into store by the Of
ficer whom he killed.
Hatch has a sweetheart In Mime
apolis and whenever he has been Tree,
has made Minneapolis his headquart-
ers.
Hatch first broke into the limelight IN
Des .Moines when he held up the Mabel
Woods sporting house on Cherry
street, securing $1,000 worth of ~dia-
monds. He was arrested the next DAY
at the Summit house by Detective
Jackson and Brunnemer who caught
him asleep. He was sentenced to serve
fifteen years in the state penitentiary
at Fort Madison.
Hatch escaped from Fort Madison
May IS, 1909. after gaining permission
to see the dentist at the prison. 7e had
filed the bars of his cell and forced the
outside lock with coal chisel he had
stolen from the workshop. He went
over the wall just after the guards had
been called into dinner and his escape
went unnoticed for several hours
He next appeared in Minneapolis,
where he fell into the hands OF the po-
lice after shooting an officer. He was
sentenced to ten years in saltwater
Mimi. He secured a wax impression OF
his cell key and made a key to mt the
door He escaped from saltwater
March 4, 1911, with Peter Juhl. They
made straight for Des Moines and lived
near the city for several weeks While
planning the court house Job.
Hatch was wanted in nearly every
state in the union, and was considered
one of the most dangerous CRIMINALS
the country has ever known. HIS hrst
job was helping rob jewelry store IN
Glendive. Mont. he and his pals getting
away with $4,000 worth of diamonds.
He was later caught and turned state
evidence against his pals. He served
three Years in the state penitentiary
at DeerlOdge.
He was arrested in 1899 With a gang
of yesgmen at Blue Earth. MINI. after
blowing a bank there. He again turned
states evidence and escaped with q
sentence of a year and a half, altho
his pals got ten years apiece.
Upon gaining his liberty from Still
water Hatch went to his home near
Jefferson. Iowa, and remained for some
time. He was suspected of number
of bank robberies, but always escaped
the tolls Of the law. His next known
lob was the robbery OF the Mabel
Woods place in Des Moines.
The death of Hatch. or Morrison. as
his real name was. ends the nation
wide search for him. Rewards tOtaling
thousands of dollars are still outstand-
ing and Fort Madison penitentiaries
had offered rewards for his capture.
Hatch was over six feet tall and had
q wonderful build. He was athletic ana
was a former prize fighter and wrestler
before he fell in with a band Of crooks
in Minneapolis. He was 3S years old
at the time of his death. He was a
machinist by trade. and had habit Of
working at his trade for short time
after pulling off his safe cracking
stunts to divert suspicion from him
self so that escape would be easy.
Hatch startled the prison authorities
and DesMoines people shortly before he
ESCAPED from Fort Madison by claiming
that he kwew who killed the Peterson
children in 1908. He agreed to tell all
he knew If an unconditional pardon
would be granted to him.
Des Moines people started a move
ment to accept Hatch's terms and the
state pardon board was on the verge
of granting him a pardon when he
made his sensational escape. The Pc
terson children were killed one night
while going home from church on a
lonely road north OF Highland Park.
The search for the criminals continued
for several years. but the murderer
was never brought to Justice.
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