The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-11-02
DETECTIVE IS
FATALLY HURT
BUT GETS MAN
Anderson Killed Resisting Ar
rest Concerning Passing
of Bogus Bill
KILLED WITH OWN GUN
Detective Hammond. Wound
ed. Grabs Bandits Gun and
Fires Shot to Heart

MuskcGon. Mich. Nov. 2-(P)--
George "Dutch" Anderson. gunman.
killer. and pal Of Gerald Chapman,
convicted slayer and robber. was shot
to death here Saturday night by De-
tcctivc Hammond.
lndentification was made today
from finger prints and Bertillon
measurements. rs we'll as by secret
service agents who have been seeking
Anderson.
Anderson. for whom q nationwide
search has been made since the slay
ing last August IA in Muncie. In
diana. of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Hance.
died from u bullet fired from his
own weapon, but only after he had
fatally wounded the detective
The detective came upon Anderson
Saturday evening in the crowds in
the downtown section and arrested
nm for questioning concerning pass
ing Il counterfeit $50 bill. On the
way to the police station, Anderson
drew his revolver and began firing.
Hammond, who was shot at close
range and mortally wounded, wrest-
ed the revolver from Anderson and
fired one bullet through Anderson'S
heart.
Noted Criminal
Anderson and Chapman have been
linked in crime for several wears.
Their biggest "job,' according to po-
lice records. was the holdup of mail
truck in New York in 1921. Both
were apprchended. convicted and SEN
fenced to serve % years each, but
both escaped from the Atlanta prison,
where they were incarcerated
The arrest was made after Ander-
son, who had 81 200 in counterfeit $40
bills or his person, had passed one
for box of candy at the Colonial
Cafe. Suspicious of the bill, the
cashier sent her brother. Garcia En-
gals. to the bank across the street.
The bill was declared a counterfeit.
Hammond was detailed by Chief
Hansen to pick the man up. Ham
mond and Engalls found him on
Western Avenue, the main business
street, and Hammond told Anderson
TO accompany him to the station.
Goes Down Fighting
He walked along peaceably, until
he was nearing the police station
Then he slipped a revolver from his
pocket and fired. The first shot
went wild and struck u store window
across the street. The second bullet
hit another store window.
Anderson ran into an alley at the
rear Of the city hall. Hammond fol-
lowed in the face of the gun fire and,
as he grabbed Anderson, the bandit
turned and fired. The bullet went
through Hammond's lung and liver
Hammond wrested the revolver
from Anderson and fired shot into
from the heart. Hammond sagged
Thompson, attracted by the shots,
arrived.
"Get him, he got me-" said Ham
mond Thompson fired shot into
Anderson's body as he tried to rise,
but it was the bullet fired by Ham
mond from the notorious criminals
own gun that killed him.
Hammond, assisted by two fire
men, walked to the police station
where he turned the revolver over to
Chief Hansen. He was then rushed
to hospital where he died two hours
later. 1t was five minutes after the
shooting that Anderson died in the
offices of Chief Hansen. 1t was at
first believed that the bandit was
Martin James Durkin, notorious Chi
cago gunman.
Passing Counterfeit Money
Anderson had been Il counterfeiter
for several weeks apparently, and
had flooded Michigan cities with the
counterfeit $50 bills, according to
secret service operatives.
Two weeks ago he entered q drug
store at Flint and gave Il clerk one
of the bills. The clerk, suspecting
that the bill was spurious, followed
Anderson into the street. Anderson
drew his revolver and drove the clerk
back into the store and escaped IN
the crowd The same day he passed
eight of the bills in Flint. it is re-
ported from that city. Since that
time he has operated in other cities
of the state.
Anderson, who was az years old
was born in st. Louis. His real name
was Brown, police records show He
was first arrested when he was ~
for petty thievery. Subsequently he
served terms in the Missouri state
penitentiary and the Joliet, H., pen
itentiary for forgery and robbery.
Convicted of forgery in New York in
1916, he was sent to Auburn penlten-
tiary. There he met Gerald Chap
man who also had previous police
record. The million dollar mail
truck robbery in New York city in
1919 involved Chairman and Andcr-
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