The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-09-25
GR|LL|NG SUSPECTS
FOR POLICE SLAYER
OFFICERS SEARCH FOR BANDIT
WHO KILLED CAPT. PIKE
SATURDAY NIGHT.

Sioux Falls, Sept. 25-Police here
are putting suspects under a grill
| Investigation with the hope theyl
will be soon able to identify the man
who shot and killed Night Capt E.
j. Pike, of the police force, about 10
o'clock last aSturday night. One of
the suspects was found to possess an
automatic revolver, from which four
shots had been fired recently, ac-
cording to States Attorney L. E..
| Waggoner.
And while this active quizzing is
| being conducted by the officers the
people of Sioux Falls are turning
their efforts in another direction.
| They are literally subscribing to o.
fund for the widow and nine chill
dren, ranging in age from IL months
to Is years, of the murdered polio -
1 man.
| Capt. Pike was shot down when
| he engaged in a gun battle with a
| Willow Lake hank robbery, suspect
at 7l5 South Fourth avenue Capt
| Pike and Patrolman Berne'l had
concealed themselves behind a wood
shed at that address early SATURDAY.
night to lie in wait for persons suS
pected of being implicated in the
bank robbers and also in the rob
berry OF $4,000 in ,jewelry from two
trunks at the Milwaukee railroad
station about eight days ago
In telling of the shooting Patrol
man Bernau said that about 10
O'Clock an Oakland touring car was
driven into the alley and brought to
a stop near the woodshed Before
alighting the driver threw a flash
i light around the house and then on
to the woodshed catching Capt. Pike
it list glare. hTe policeman immed-
lately opened fire.
Capt. Pike started shooting and
Joined him." Bernau said. Then
the driver of the car opened fire
After three shots in quick success
cession from the bandits gun Pike
dropped to the ground and cried to
me that he had been hit had
emptied my gun and rushed TO the
aid of Pike. who was lying moaning
[ on the ground" 1t is Bernau's
opinion that the bandit escaped un-
. injured.
: Capt. Pike had been hit through
the right side of the breast, in the
left armpit and in the left knee. The
: deep wound in the breast caused
h.s
hospital very soon after her husband
: and been placed on the operating
: table where hopeful fight was
| made for his life. She was stunned
by the shock and tainted.
3 Following the shooting officers
found gallon pail of pennies in the
4 abandoned Oakland car. This is be-
{ lieved to be the loot from the Will
low Lake bank roppery. Fifteen
s cases of shells, presumed to be those
: which were removed from the Tut
{ hill store last Thursday night, were
: also discovered
e Edward j. Pike was born and
5 raised in Sioux City. He was at one
S time fireman on a railroad and
t was on the Sioux City police force
: for number of years before comins
e to Sioux Falls. He has been on the
Sioux Falls force for about six years
/ He was appointed night captain OF
IS September l.
g He is survived by wife and min,
e small children, ranging in ages from
Il IL months to Is years
l. While patrolman he had tn,
c, beat on Phillips avenue north D
l. Ninth street. The last year or so h,
e had been in the habit of patrolin,
s. as far south as Tenth street.
o Captain Pike was well like,
n among the members of the polio
force and the general public. OF
= CHEEKY disposition and always opti
n mistic, he won many friends an,
+ was popular wherever he went.
IS The names of the men arreste,
IS early Sunday morning were given a
e the police station as John Gotch
Ray Ledge, Dennis Moore, Ed Web
ber, Denbo and Ledge.
The man arrested at z o'clock wa
Reynold Knott. It's South Fourt
avenue, and his brother, Glen
q Knots, was arrested at his home a
612 Third avenue, at about /
O'Clock.
IL Within three-quarters of an hou
:. after the shooting occurred, State
Attorney Waggoner had notified th
: sheriff's office and police stations /
: surrounding towns, including Siou
City, Mitchell and Huron.