The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-07-17
Has Long Criminal Career and Had
Twice Before Escaped From
- State Prisons.
FIGHT ON STREET DESPERATE
Fugitive Answers Demand to Surren-
der by Pulling Gun and Open
ing Fire.

Minneapolis, July 17.-In a revolt
yer battle at close range, Jerry Nc
Carly, escaped convict and known as
enc of the most desperate, criminals
in America, and Patrolman Joseph
Ollinger killed each other last night
at Central and Twenty-fifth avenues
NE. The hunted man, cornered, did
just what his pursuer expected him
to do, opened the first fire. Ollinger
fired almost at the same instant.
mccarthy fell first and Ollinger, with
four bullets 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 distance by bystanders,
who had been warned away by the
policeman. -: q
Ends Four Months Pursuit.
The death of the two men ends a
search for McCarty which has ex-
tended throughout the United States
while :McCarty, who had escaped
from the saltwater penitentiary On
March 4, continued his career of
robbery. S. -. r.;
The fight last night strangely re-
sembied one which preceded the cap
ture ct McCarty in October, 1909,
when he shot at Patrolman Jonas
Jonassen, but missed fire and wound
ed himself in the hip. It was for
the attack on Jonassen that he was
serving the Saltwater sentence when
he last escaped.
Sees McCarty in Pool Room.
Ollinger had seen McCarty hang
ing around pool rooms in the New
Boston district for several days.
Early yesterday, after conference
with Ollinger, Captain of Detectives
Nick Smith said Ollinger had the
right man. -
kissing his wife goodby, Ollinger
said as he left home yesterday,
''There may be something doing to-
night" and then left to go on his
night watch. -: -.,
From that moment he was after
McCarty. He saw McCarty at Gen.
trail avenue and Twenty-fourth ave-
nue. and followed him slowly to
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.
I'm Going to Get Him."
"McCarty is at your back door and
I'm going to get him." said Ollinger
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. 49, IL
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's Going to Be Shooting"
There is going to be some shoot
ing here in a minute and want you
to be out of the way" he said in a
whisper as he passed teh fireman..
Then he walked straight to Nc
Carly.
William G. Anderson, proprietor
of a poolroom at 2502 Central ave-
nue., heard Ollinger say:
"McCarty, I've got you. now or
you'v got me-
Then McCarty opened fire and Oh
linger followed. Each man emptied
the chambers of his revolver almost
in a second. just as the firing
ceased McCarty fell with a. 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 headquarterswa at once
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