Evening star., 1933-09-26
Federal Agents and City Po-
lice Seize Desperate, Wife
and Two Men.
DROPS GUN AS HE FACES
WEAPON OF DETECTIVE
Woman Says She Will Return to
Oklahoma to Fight Kid
naping Charge.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, September 90
George E. Machine Gun" Kelly, no
torious desperado, surrendered with
out struggle here today when de-
tective sergeant pointed a sawed-off
shotgun at his heart.
The Southwests bad man" was
asleep in a bungalow when Department
Of Justice agents quietly perfected plans
for his capture to face trial in con-
nection with the 100000 kidnapping Of
Charles F. Urschel, Oklahoma City oil
man.
The house in which he and his wife,
Kathryn, and two others, j. r. ITCH
nor, 80, and S. E. Travis, 26. were stay
ing, was surrounded by officers.
Drops Gun Quickly.
Detective Sergt. Bill Raney entered
a front door. AS Kelly opened bed
room door, revolver in hand, Raney
told him quietly: Drop that gun,
Kelly"
Kellys pistol dropped to the floor.
His hands pointed to the ceiling.
At the police station to which the
four were taken. Kathryn Kelly i'm
mediately agreed to waive eXtradltlon
and return to Oklahoma City to face
trail Kelly was not as communlca-
tive as his wife. and not nearly as
agreeable to returning to Oklahoma
City.
He readily admitted his identity, but
told Police Chief Will D. Lee, I'm not
talking about anything.
"I was going back to Oklahoma City
tomorrow and give myself up his
auburn-haired wife said. Kelly told
me he would kill me if did, but I was
going anyway"
She said she wanted to save her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Shannon,
who are now on trial in connection with
the kidnapping.
Early this morning police received a
telegram from the Department OF
Justice that the Kellys were hiding IN
Memphis. his black hair dyed yellow,
and his wife wearing a RED wig
Fly to Scene of Arrest.
The agents. headed by w. A. Rorer,
New into Memphis by plane and were
met at the airport by local police. 10
gether. they went to the house on Ray
ner street, and surrounded IT.
Kelly, police said, was traced mere oy
a telegram sent in code to Tlchnor.
The messages contents were not re-
vealed, but it presumably was UP 10
Tichnor concerning the movements oi
officers.
Tichnor. police said. is not wanted
IN connection with any of the crimes
charged to Kelly, including partlcl-
nation in the Staying OF PohcemaH
Miles Cunningham, who attempted u
CAPTURE five men who robbed Feoelel
Reserve Bank automobile in Chlcago
recently and fed behind smoke
screen. .,o ooo
Chief Lee said there was a slOeuO
reward for Kelly in connectloh W3on oon
the IJrschel kidnapping and S3,oop
reward in connection with the bank
iob Who is entitled to the rewards
has not been determined.
Arresting Officers Named.
The actual arrest of Kelly and the
other three was made by Sergt Raney'
detective Sergt Floyd Wlebenga. "A; ~
Clark. a patrolman; Rorer, B. r. rItl.
simmons and r. E. Patterson, lne lass
three agents of the Department OF
Justice.
A short while after the capture was
effected. planes bringing Department
Of Justice operatives from st. LOUIS
and Chicago arrived in the city.
chief Lee was taking no cnanceS
with his prisoners. The cells in Wnlch
they were placed were surrounded oy
officers with machine guns ana sawed
off shotguns.
Rorer Immediately telephoned the ar
rest to J. Edgar Hoover director oL tle
bureau of Identification, in washington.
him in he'd ~ ROTer WlTeu,
"and he was captured without
struggle" tho
A Gordon of police surrounded tne
house about am. group OF ON
GERS made its way through the ironC
entrance. Another stood in the nall
Wav. facing Kelly's closed door
Suddenly the door swung. open anu
Kellv appeared with revolver IN hlS
hand. A shotgun, however, was poinIeo
straight at his heart.
Kelly's gun dropped TO the moor ana
his hands pointed to the ceiling.
Waiting for Them, He Says.
"I have been waiting for you all
night" Kelly said. ,s
9Weu here we are" Raney said'
smiling. o,,;ru
Later, smiling broadly and smoking
one cigarette after another, Kelly re-
waived defiant in another interview
with police. r -,
AS Chief Lee walked into his cell he
demanded
who are you?"
"I'm Chief Lee" was the reply.
"C;ive me a light. then" was Kely's
response. ,,o ,,;r
Noticing the fugitive's yellow hair,
lee asked: When did you dye your
"Thats been that way long time"
Kelly answered. ,,,,,
At the time of the Chicago ROBBERY,
a feverish hunt was being stageo III
other sections especially Oklanoma, Ior
Tallv Oficers alleged he had threat
ened the families of prosecutors, W.T.
ness and the victim in the Urschel kid
naping trial. . ,or,.