The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-02-01
Frank Aughe
Shot Down.
by Robber
Bandit Who Held Up Drug
Store at $3.50 Yesterday
Captured After Shooting
30 Minutes Later.
Dead Man Holds SLAYER
Frank Aughe is dead.

Frank Aughe is dead
In city Jail, Joseph Dunn. alias
Savage alias -, held as
his murderer. PAGES his cell like a
Gagged beast. pleading with prisoners
and jail attaches to put bullet in
my head and end me-
| Aughe. for the past two and one
half years working partner of Fred
Franks, was killed by Dunn half an
hour after the latter had held up and
robbed NJ. G. Kreymborg. proprietor
Of the Crosstown drug store, Twenty
fourth street and Poppleton avenue.
at $3.50 yesterday afternoon.
Shot i'm Drug Store.
Death came TO the police officer as
he. the last to leave the emergency
car. of group of four detectives.
entered the S. A. Beranek & Son drug
store at Sixteenth and William
streets. half hour after the quartet
had taken up the trail Of the bandit.
| Dunn, identified as the drug store
bandit. was about to leave the store,
where the shooting occurred. when
the emergency car carrying Detec-
tives killion and Davis, Murphy.
Aughe. and Lester Warner, emerg-
ercy officer, passed the place.
Description of the bandit given by
Kreymborg was that the man wore a
light grey cap.
Identified by Cap.
There is new light grey cap"
Davis SHOUTED.
] Warner swung the emergency car
into a turn of the street. II sho; in
front OF the drug store and all occu-
pants darted into the establishment.
Davis and Killlon entered.
There were half dozen women and
the boy clerk beside Dunn IN the
lstore." said Davis.
Murphy came through the door
followed by Aughe." Davis continued,
in relating the tragedy.
II started around behind to ap
proach the man from the rear. Aughe
came through the door and by that
time Dunn had moved toward the
door a pace or two. I saw him reach
TO his coat pocket and yelled:
Look out Frank
GrappIed With Slayer.
Before the words were out OF my
mouth. there was a putt-putt-putt
of gun fire. Aughe grappled with his
assailant. We all rushed toward
them. Before we gained their sides,
in front OF the store.
-Augh. psling, gasped from be
meath his murderer:
Bill. I'm gone"
Il grabbed Dnnn's gun hand and
pulled il from beneath Aushe. where
he was trying to hide the weapon.
killion took the gun"
According to detectives. Dunn rose
to his feet. when he saw he was cor.
nered and with the ferocity Of mad
bun attempted to beat them off and
escape He was oyerpowered and
taken in custody by Davis and HI
lion.
Death Almost instantaneous.
Police Surgeon William Rance re
sponded with the ambulance to tn,
call OF detectives.
Frank was dead when | arrived,
he said.
But he Immediately ordered sh,
ambulance to take him 10 ST. JOSEPH
hospital in hope he might still r.
saved.
, There. also. physicians pronounce,
the detective dead. when he arrive
in the police patrol ambulance.
| t.4 l.,
shooting and robbery prior TO the kin
ing. according 10 police. but wher
questioned by Deputy County Attor
, ney Dan Gross. he evaded direct con
fession. choosing TO counter-auestior
the county attorney instead of reply
) ing direct.
Pleads for Death.
: Il wish someone would put eu'
) let through my head" he moancd. =
have had trouble all my life
: why did you kill this msn.'
; questioned Gross.
/. lis he deads" oountered the pris
7 oner.
. "why did you shoo,."
did l."
refused TO answer either affirmatiN,
or negative TO anything pertaining
| TO the murder or preceding robbery
l Escaped in Fremont
lie was identified by Detective
Fred rslmtag and William GGrnet
}. as one Of three suspects arrested b,
> them st the Capitol hotel Noyenlce'
!. Is, later sent 20 Fremont, Neo.
TO answer charges Of robbery Of .
] hank car crew in that city.
' There, Dunn made his escape fron
5 Sheriff Condit hy crawling under
I moving train. lie confessed he the,
n went TO Denver and. after SIX week
4 there. hack 10 Omaha where lie ha
> lived since. Police believe him guilt
5 " several OF the late eelsap ans
prowling crimes.
e lie gave the address of ia Soutl
=. Twenty .fifth stree; in his confessions
and when questioned admitted h.
= checked cut of there yesterday aftel
=. the landlady had refused 20 allow hin
; 10 hiring n woman whom police ds
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