The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-11-05
DUTCH ANDERSON
KILLED IN BATTLE
NOTORIOUS Bandit Want
ed in Indiana Shot at
Muskegon, Mich.
FIRST KILLS POLICE
Officer, Mortally Wounded,
Seizes Bandits Own Gun and
Shoots Him Down.

Muskegon, Mich Ap<-The bandit
slain here Saturday night, after he had
shot and fatally wounded Charles Ham
mond, city detective. was positively
identified today as Clutch" Anderson,
noted thug and pal of Gerald Chap
man, super bandit.
The Identification was made today
by finger prints of the slain bandit and
those of Anderson. Secret service
operators who arrived here this morn
ing also aided in the Identification.
There is no question but it is Ander-
son, said Peter Hansen, chief of police.
"The finger prints tell the story while
the Bertillon measurements also show
it to be Anderson"
Police took the prints of the ban
dts finger as he was dying Saturday
night at the station.
Clutch" Died Fighting.
Anderson went to his death fight
ing. So did Detective Hammond who
although fatally wounded, wrested the
revolver from the bandits hand in an
alley in the shadows of the police sta
ton and then killed Anderson with
the latter's own weapon.
The arrest was made after Ander-
who had $4,000 in counterfeit $40 bills
on his person had passed one for a
box of candy at the Colonial Cafe.
Suspicious of the bill, the cashier
sent her brother, Grace Engalls to the
bank across the street. The bill was
declared a counterfeit.
Hammond was detailed by Chief
Hanson to pick the man up. Hammond
and Engalls found him mixing with
the crowd on Western avenue, the
main business street, and then Engalls
pointed him out.
81 am not sure he is the man who
passed the bill, but he was in the
store" said Engalls.
Hammond told Anderson to accom-
pany him to the station. He walked
along until he was nearing the city
hall where the police station is located.
Then he slipped a revolver from his
pocket and fired. The first shot went
wild and struck a store widow across
the street. The second bullet hit an
other store window.
Faces Bullets In Alley.
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 at close range,
the bullet going through Hammond's
lung and liver.
Hamm ond wrested the revolver from
Anderson and fired shot into his body
severing the main artery from the
heart. Hammond, wounded, sagged
against the wall as Patrolman George
Thompson, attracted by the shots ran
to him.
sect him! He got me-" said Ham
mond. Thompson fired a 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 firemen
walked to the police station where
he turned the revolver over to Chief
Hanson. He was then rushed to the
hospital where he died two hours later.
1t was five minutes after the shoot
ing that Anderson died in the Office
of Chief Hanson. Officers gave as
ISSUANCE To 11dLunOuQ dIlu 4S1L AuUeA"
son dying where he fell. Later he
was brought to the station and
soon expired.
Thought to be Durkin.
1t was at first believed that the
bandit was Martin James Durkin, no
torious Chicago gun man.
Anderson had been in the counter
feting game for several weeks appar-
emily and had flooded Michigan cities
with the counterfeit $40 bills, accord
ing to sercet service operatives.
Two weeks ago he entered a drug
store at Flint and gave clerk one
of the bills. The clerk suspecting that
the bill was spurious, followed Ander-
son into the street.
Anderson drew his revolver and
drove the clerk back into the store
and then escaped into the crowd. That
same day he passed eight of the bills
in Flint, it is reported from that city
Since that time he haa<operated in
other cities of the state.
Anderson had an automobile license
card bearing the name of James P
Davis, Argonne Hotel, Lima, O. II
developed that he stayed for time at
the hotel in that city and was known
as "Curley" Anderson.