The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-22
RAID ON APARTMENT
ENDS IN short But
DECISIVE GUNF|GHT.
Police Sought to Arrest Mem.
bers Of DiI|inger Gang;
Get Others Instead
19 OFFICERS IN ROUNDUP
Suspects Begin Shooting a.
Bluecoats Close in De-
manding Surrender
10 OFFICERS IN ROUNDUP

Chicago, Dec. 22.-(R)-A band Of
sharp shooting Chicago policemen.
bent on capturing John Dillinger and
members Of his ring Of escaped In
LLAMA convicts. wrote finis to the ca
reers OF three other gunner with
bullets in q sensational raid on an
apartment In the Rogers Park district
Thursday night.
In short but decisive gunfight the
police shot and killed the trio and for
two hours afterward believed that
their victims were Dillinger, and two
Of his lieutenants, Jack Hamilton and
Harry Pierpont.
Fingerprints taken from the dead
men, however, revealed that they were
Louis Katewitz, 28, and Charles Tat
tlebaum. 80, alias Chuck Tilden, both
Of whom were suspected Of helping to
hold up the Union National Bank Of
Streetor, ILL.,, and Sam 0insburg, 80,
a paroled convict from the Michigan
state prison at Jackson.
Receiving q tip from an uniden-
titled informant that the first floor
apartment at 1923 Farwell avenue
was hideout for Dillinger and his
men, 10 picked officers, led by Su-
pervising Captain John Siege, swoop-
ed down on the place, posting men
with sub-machine guns at the rear
to cut off escape in that direction.
Answered With Bullets
Captain Siege, Sergeants Frank
Reynolds, Harry Newman and Harry
Bingham remained in front with q
group Of their men. After one po-
liceman had forced open the door to
q stairs leading to the apartment,
Sergeant Reynolds, Detective Jack
Dave and Captain Siege, with sever
al others, crept up. The bell Of the
apartment, was rung and when the
door was opened Sergeant Reynolds
leaped forward, shouting, Were po-
lice officers. surrender"
Instead Of doing so. the man ut
the door fired three times, but hit
no one. Forcing his way in. Reynolds
dropped his foe with two shots in
the head. The second Of the trio Of
gunner also fell before Reynolds
deadly aim, as he stood In the living
room with two pistols In his hands.
He had bla1ed away blindly ct Rey-
nolds, and Captain Siege and the
other policemen, who by this time
were storming into the place. The
third gunman, firing at the police
men as he backed into the kitchen
cite, fell wounded before the police
bullets and finally was killed by Ser
geant John DAILY.
Captain Siege said he had estab-
lished connection the slain men had
with . 100000 robbery Of an express
messenger In st. Paul recently and
with the hitherto unsolved Staying OF
two policemen In Chicago who were
killed when they stopped to question
number Of men riding In an auto
mobile on West Warrington Boule-
ward several months ago. A revolver
found at the scene Of the st. Paul
robbery, the police said. was once
carried by Katzewitz.
Capt. Siege searched through the
police recorde Of the three slain men
today and declared he believed they
would be linked with 50 bank rob-
berries and other major crimes In Illi-
nois. Indiana, Minnesota and other
midwest states.
He notified the American Bankers
association and asked that about 100
bank robbery witnesses from several
states be sent here to attempt identi-
Iication Of the bodies.