The Washington times., 1933-09-25
W|NKLER FAILS
To CO FREE
ON WRIT
Chicago Police Not Frightened
When Lawyer Threatens
Habeas Corpus Move

CHICAGO, Sept. 25 GN.sO
The United States Government
today took technical custody Of
Gus Winkler, former AL Capone
henchman and fashion plate"
of gangdom, held at the De
tective Bureau with his blonde
wife, Georgette, as a suspect in
the Federal Reserve Bank mail
robbery and Staying of Police
man Miles Cunningham.
The Federal Governments
hand in the case was revealed
when Attorney w. w. Smith Wis
tied Chief OF Detectives William
Shoemaker and demanded Wink
ler's release.
MObster Not Freed
When Smith threatened to gel
a habeas corpus writ if the sus
pect was not liberated, Schoe
maker replied:
"YOu may as we'll petition
in the Federal Court, as Wink.
Ter is now a Government pris-
Oner."
Government officials todaV pre-
pared to question Winkler about
recent kidnapings, among them
the Charles F.. Urschel abduction
in Oklahoma City and the Will
liam Hamm, jr., case in st. Paul.
Winkler and his wife were
seized last night in their luXuri'
ously furnished seven-room apart
ment in a fashionable apartment
hotel on the Gold Coast. A small
arsenal was found in the place.
Winkler had been hunted in
connection vii the murder OF
Policeman Miles Cunningham
Friday by five machine gunners
fleeing with a consignment Of
Federal Reserve Bank mail loot
Police ordered his arrest when
the ownership of an automobile
wrecked by the bandits was
traced, revealing that it had
been equipped with bulletproot
armor at the direction of Joseph
Bergl, garage owner and former
partner of Winkler.
Machine Gun Clue
Ballistics tests convinced Au
thorities that one of the ma
chine guns used in the killing
had on June II been employed
in the massacre of five men at
the Kansas City Union Station,
a crime for which Bailey and
his gang have been charged.
Clinching the Identification by
witnesses and other clues, the
ballistics tests also convinced
police that George cMachine
GunD Kelly, henchman of Bailey
and accused kidnaper OF Charles
F. Urschel, millionaire oil man,
took part in the bold raid here.
Wife Also Taken
Detectives located the Winkle1
hideout at midnight and entered
the five-room apartment with q
messenger boy delivering sons
packages.
Winkler and his wife, Geor
gette, were taken in custody and
hurried to the detective bureau
for questioning.
10 the apartment police found
an arsenal which included an
automatic rifle, two automatic
pistols, and a supply Of ammunt
ton. Seven telephones were IN
the luxurious apartment, which
had been rented in the name Oh
M. J. Michael.
Federal operatives and poncA
some disguised as farmhandS
meanwhile we're combing Mlddls
Western underworld hideouts to"
day for the machine gunners.
Worked For Gangs
Questioning of Bergl disclosed
that he had equipped automobiles
of other gangsters, including Fred
KILLER" Burke, friend Of Winkler
who now serving life sentence
in Michigan for murder of ST
Joseph policeman.
Two Kansas City Federal agents
brought the machine gun bullets
taken from the bodies of the five
massacre victims to Chicago and
the ballistics tests. while not con-
elusive yet, indicated that the
machine gun used here has been
employed in the Staying OF a
policeman in st. Paul during a
$50, 900 bank messenger robbery
August 80, as we'll as the Kansas
City shooting.