Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-13
Notorious Criminal Fatally
Wounded in Pistol Bat
tie at Des Moiaes.
CHIEF OF POLICE
JACKSON NAY DIN
Two suIists From cress's Gun rs(sso
Effect in Abdomen Of Officer end
Physicians Fear Wounds Will -
Mortai-Mueh. Sought Man Makss
Dash For Liberty and Fights leesf
ing Battle With Posse eS oHiesrs.

Des Moines. Dec. 13.--William j.
Dutch) Cross. notorious criminal. died
early today from wounds received In :
pistol fight with local police officcts
last night and In which Chief Of Police
c. c. Jackson suffered serious wounds
Chief Jackson'y condition In critical.
attending physicians said today. He
was shot twice in the abdomen. The
shooting occurred at the Cross home,
where officers went to arrest him.
On tip that the much sought
Cross was at his home. Chief jackson
and four detectives went to the place,
located Cross in a clothes closet and
ordered him to come out"
Cross came out" but he came
shooting. his first two bullets striking
Chief jackson in the abdomen, but a.
he fell the chief fired shot that took
effect in Cross abdomen. Cross then
lcaped back in the closet.
An hour later when the house had
been surrounded by officers Cross
made futile dash for liberty. firing an
he ran from a rear door. Officers re-
turned the fire. Cross fell, regainxSi
$3.50 $500 A1i uhotaNt tiAity ydIOB4 anu
dropped again. This time he was un-
able to rise.
Involved in Many Crimes.
Nurses at the Methodist hospital re-
ported the chief spent a fairly good
night. but is not yet out OF danger.
The raid on the Cross home was tha
result OF "tipofY' to police that
Dutch" was in town. and at his home.
iis was wanted for the murder of I
farmer named Gresser, thirteen yeAep
ago, for which he was indicted. 49,
ether crimes. gs
He was captured last March AVA
released on bonds. Later he ana -
companion are suspected OF having
robbed n bank at valeriA, Iowa. He
was captured at st. Joseph. Mo-. aAd
returned to the county jail at Newton,
from which he escaped three months
ago.
Persons who were found AZ the Cross
home when the raid was Made. ac.a
cording to the detectives report. were:
Mrs. Mary Johnson. Gross mother
in-law: her daughter Bonnie. IL years
old. and n soldier by the namc of Zcil
Green. Company l. Eighty eighth di-s
vision. Camp Dodge. who was calling
on Bonnie Johnson Mrs. Cross was
also there, She calls herself Hazel
johnson. Later detectives arrested
Pete Cross, brother of Dutch" ana
his wife.
The pistol with which Jacksah was
shot vas given TO Detective HoliibSugh
by tho chief who told him to keen v
in case he died. It s. 3Scaliber Cot
automatic and when found by Deiac-
tive Hollihaugh and Rrnnhy. had thrsa-
soft noscd shells in it.
Mrs. Cross when taken to head
quarters. asked nccssantly whether
her husband would live, When tod
re was s,,ll living, she wruns hsr
hands and appeared to be In deadly
fear q: him
"In catch II sure" she cried.
When told ne had died she shewsd
no emotion whatever.
Police had been watching the Cross
homo al East Twenty fifth street ana
University avenue for two months. re-
sidents Of the vicinity said None OF
the neighbors knew when Cross ar
ri, cd home. they said
Cross Dies in Hospital.
The family lived quietly and not
MANY In the ncighborhood knew THAI
the notorious Dutch" Cross lived
there.
When they heard tho shots fired
Thursday night the neighbors thought
children at the Cross home we're play.
ing. 8s
Dutch Cross never regaincd con-
sciousness after being taken to thJs
Methodist hospital. He died without
a relative or friend near. Only
policemen. nurses and physicians were
az his bedside when he d"d,
Chief Jackson mas participated ri ~
least a dozen hand to hand fights dur
ing his career on the local police force.
He has been member on the force
for seventeen years assuming the Of
flee OF chief when Ben Woolgar waa
made commissioner two years ago. l.si
For years he was In the detective;
department and in 1910 was made as.
sistant chief Of police.
Many attempts have been made by
his enemies to make away with him.
and he has been shot by criminals be-
fore. IN
Chief Jackson will recover. attend-
ing physicians said this afternoon