New Britain herald., 1929-12-18
More Robberies and Murders In Many Cities Traced to Fred Burke;
 Believe Killer King of Criminals
Police Say He Taught De- troit Gangsters Kidnap- ing Racket" Executed Moran Yeggs and Got Over Million in Loot.

Chicago, Dec. IS P}-Many cities today cut new pages in the book Of crime imputed 10 Fred Burke as the search for the alleged killer kidnaper and bank robber became more intense.
 The man hunt for the former heutenant of "Scarfacc AT" Capone Stlll was centercd in Chicago, with police seeking definitely to connect Burke with the massacre of the seven Moran gangstcrs last St. Val cntlnc's day, but many other chap ters to the book were written else where.
 Taught Kidnapping Racket
 In Detroit, Burke was described as the man who taught the gun man to become the machine gun ner; the man who gave lessons in hldnaplng-Who made a million from ransoms and robberics.
 In addition. Inspector Henry J. GarVln, of the Detroit crime and bomb squad, called Burke the head of the most desperate band of out laws In the country-and not one of them, l believe, will ever be taken alive"
 From St. Louis, tho inspector added, came gunmcn from the rem nants of "Egan's bats" once d no- torious gang. Others came from elsewhere-the roster containing the names of the following leaders, Garvin said: Ray (Crane NecN Nugent, of Hamilton. Ohio, and Gus Walker, Bob Newbcrry and Raymond McGinnis, alias Shocker all from St. Louis.
 Meanwhile, recognition of Burke in q downtown Chicago hotel by a man who used to play cards with hlm in St. Joseph, Mich.," where Burke posed as a gentleman of means, only bore out previous be- lcts of Chicago police that Burke would seek hiding in this city - where police said he was once the expert machine gunner for the Ca pone gang and as such was in com mand at the Moran massacre
 Recognized Him at Once
 The identification was made by William Hutchinson, of New Buff falo, Mich. "I could not have been mistaken" the Michigan man said. "I know him well. His eyes lighted on me and I knew in q flash that he recognized mo. l got the impress sion he held q weapon and was prepared to shoot me if l tried to have him arrested"
 All of the science of the experts in criminology was put in llsc by Chicago authorities 10 show that included in the arsenal found in the Burke Lake Front home in St. Jo- scph, was the machine gun used to massacre the Moran gaEgsterS as they stood lined up against their death wall
 Major Calvin Goddard, famous ballistic expert from New York. was expected here today to determine if bullets found in the bodies of the 1, Moran men were fired from this l same machine gun.
 Preliminary tests toward this end were made yesterday.
 Loot Reaches Million
 Citing some of the crimes larged !. to Burke and his gang, Detroit po- lice ':sted the following-the total !, loot in which they place at a mill 1. lion dollars:
 Kidnapping ransOms in Detroit ! over q period of eight years, $200,- , 600; Kay jcWelry robbery in De- /, troit, 1921, SG,opp; United Railways . hollup in St. Louis, s3S.000; mail . truck holdups in Toledo. Ohio, l S3Uo. .0UO: bank robbery in Cadillac. i Mich,, sG0,ooo: bank robbery in l Peru, Ind, s9%,OOo; bank robbery . in Jefferson, Wis, S%52.0Oo.
 Seven deaths in the Moran mas sacrc; two killings in Detroit; ono in the Toledo holdup-thcsc are some of the murders charged to Burke.
 And the nationwide search that disclosed this mammoth portrayal . of crime was begun last Sunday following a traffic argument in St. Joseph, Mich. Burke was asked by patrolman Charles Skclly to ac- company him to the police station 10 "straighten out q traffic tanglo.
 Brukc drew his revolver and fired several shots at Skclly. The patroiman fell fatally wounded - ,1, ,Ii io 1n 1i,f oc