The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-17
81 AVER Of
MORAN
GANG


CH1CAGO, Dec. IA Q.N.SD -
Claimed by police to be the leader
OF the gang Of killers who massa-
cred seven Bugs" Moran gang
sters here last Valentines day,
Fred r. Burke today was the OBJ.
ject Of a man-hunt that conferred
IN the bad-lands realm Of Scar
face AL" Capone here.
Wanted for the Staying Of q
81. Joseph tMich.) policeman last
Saturday night, Burke is also q
fugitive from many other charges
which include scores of bank rob.
berries and several spectacular
murders. Rewards totaling 500,
600 have been placed on the head
of the desperate, termed by po-
lice as "the most dangerous man
alive
Twelve slayings have been as
eribed to Burke.
Are Same Guns
1--WE are ceEtain that the
machine guns found in Burke's
bungalow at st. Joseph were the
same that moved down Moran's
gangsters." police here stated.
Two bulletproof vests found in
the home have been traced to
the man who killed the Moran
gangsters."
Definite tests of bullets fired
from the captured guns are TO
be made by Col. Calvin Goddard,
balhstics expert, now on his way
here from New York.
Although police throughout the
Middle West. were on the lookout
Tor Burke, it is believed he has
sought shelter here.
May Be Killed
Authorities here strongly be-
Neve Burke win be killed by gun.
men with whom he is believed
hiding before he is allowed to fall
into the hands Of police for q
grilling In regard to what he
knows of the massacre.
Burke's real identity became
known last night when police
grilled the woman with whom he
had lived in st. Joseph as his
wife. He was known by the
name Of Dane up until Saturday
night when he shot and killed
Policeman Charles Skelly rather
than pay SIS for damages in m
automobile collision.
The woman, variouSly identified
as Viola Kane, alias Matte
Howard and Mrs. Viola Bren-
Meman, attempted to shield Burke
by saying he was in Hammond,
End, at their apartment the
morning Of the Moran massacre.
Police assert they have proof that
he left early that morning, how.
ever. The woman is identified as
an ex-convict with a penitentiary
term for robbery against i1sr
record.
Burke and a man believed to
Be James Ray or Gus Winkler
were hired to murder the Moran
l1enchrnen, according to Deputy
Commissioner John siege. The
reason, he believes, lay in several
whisky hijackings of trucks pass
ing through Hammond.
Burke and Ray, dressed as
policernen, and accompanied by
two Capone truck drivers TO
identity the hijackers, entered
the Moran garage and lined their
victims up for execution, accord
Ing to the latest reconstruction
of the massacre made by police.
Tracing Burke's movements IN
recent years, police found that
Burke and Winkler fled Detroit
and took an apartment here
which they used to hold kidnapped
Detroit gamblers for ransom. One
Of these victims was Henry Vert
Iaeimer. whose friends are
believed to have paid more than
$4,000 In ransom money.
Burke'S connections with scores
Of bank robberieS throughout the
Middle West were brought out
when police raided his bungalow
shortly after the policeman was
shot Saturday.
Hidden in the home they found
hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of securities which were
stolen last month from the JET.
ferSOn (WiS.l Bank