Evening star., 1929-12-16
CHICAGO MASSACRE.
SUSPECT ESCAPES.
Slayer Of Michigan Officer
Believed involved in
Murder of Seven.

FH the Associated Press.
ST. JOSEPH, Mich, December Ia
Frederick Dane, in whose fashionable
Lake Shore Drive home $3l9,850 in
securities stolen from the Farmers g.
Merchants Bank at Jefferson, Wis, was
found after he had shot and fatally
wounded trafdc officer Saturday eve
ming. was declared today by police to
have been involved in the st. Valentine S
day massacre in Chicago last February.
The assertion was made after local
officers had examined pictures sent here
ny Chicago police. The pictures were
described as those of master gang
7ter," known under a dozen aliases, for
whom rewards totaling Sal, 900 have
been posted. Among the aliases were
Fred Burke, John Burke, Thomas Brokk
and also Camp, Kemp and Kemper.
Police said a woman under arrest
here as Danes wife had confirmed the
naturalization and added that she had
sdmitted she was not married to Dane.
Seven Chicago gangsters were shot to
death after being lined up against the
wall of garage in what came to be
known as the Saint Valentines day
massacre"
"tlllS pUllCC tHIOuSIIOul lIlC NNlOulC
west were seeking Dane today, ac-
ouaintances here and neighbors on the
fashionable drive, where three months
ago he purchased a luxurious home,
were digesting DR.. Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde
story.
Dane got into a tight place Satur-
day night and showed his true self.
After minor traffic accident, he shot
and fatally wounded Charles Skelly, 80,
tor. HTnIa nofl fINaV
to the police headquarters for queS-
tioning, He forced three persons to
aid him in escaping after wrecking his
own car in his getaway.
Police found garage bills in the car
to identify the driver as Dane, as they
rsided his mansion on Lake Shore
Drive. There they found $319,S50 in
securities stolen November Z in q hold
up of the Farmers 6E Merchants Bank,
at jefferson, Wis. Two maehine-gu
a SaWed-off shotgun, two high-powered
rifles, bags and cans of shells and tear
bombs also were discovered.
wife Is Arrested.
Danes wife, Viola, IS, returned home
from Chicago Saturday night and was
taken into custody. She claimed to
know nothing Of any unlawful dealings
by her husband.
To acQuamCanceS mere Dane naQ
posed as the owner of a string Of oil
stations at Gary, Ind. He also was
known as Herbert Church Of the Co
Iumbia Commercial Feed Co." Chicago.
No such company is listed IN the Chi
cago City directory.
In addition to a $4,000 reward Of
fered by the Insurance Co. for the JET
ferson Bank, Berrien County, and ST.
Joseph City authorities and the st. Jo-
Seph Chamber Of Commerce plan to
offer $4,000 reward for Danes capture
Forced Others to Drive.
After fatally wounding Patrolman
Skelly Saturday night, Dane drove his
car to the southern limits Of St. Jo-
seph, where he wrecked il. He forced
Monroe Wolf, a member of the House
of David colony, at Benton Harbor, to
drive him south to StevenSville. Dane
appeared at the home of Steve Rooney,
& German, who had worked for him at
his Lake Shore Drive mansion, and
made Rooney drive him to Coloma, II
miles northeast Of here, in Kooney'S
truck. They passed through the OUT
skirts of Benton Harbor and st. Jo-
seph. The trail was lost at Coloma.
The securities found in Danes home
were identified By Berrien County Of
ficers Sunday in telephone converse
ton with L. H. Smith, president OF the
Jefferson Bank.
A description of Dane Tailed with
that of one of the five men who robbed
the Jefferson Bank. He is 6 feet tall,
has dark curly hair and wears a small
mustache. He weighs about 200
pounds. Dane is 40 years old.