The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-30
CHASE IN CHICAGO
SUBURB CL|MAXED
BY BOLD MOVEMENT
Pursuers Are Threatened With
Machine Guns When They
Catch Quarry
FOUR OFFICERS DlsARMEO
Desperadoes Get Clear After
Sensational Maneuver at
Filling Station

chicago, April SU.-(A)-fOur gun
men climaxed q two-mile chase with
a hand-to-hand battle with police In
suburban Bellwood early Monday and
the officers said one Of the four, Ill
Of whom escaped. Cooked like" John
Dillinger, the hunted killer.
Another of them, said Police Lieu
tenant Joseph Hagemeister, resem-
bled George Baby Face" Nelson, the
little gunner Of the Dillinger gang.
and third bore q likeness to Henry
Fox. another Dillinger aide.
The chase ended when the hood
lums disarmed the officers. One Of
the men hit Policeman Harry Whalen
over the head with q machine gun
before speeding away into the dark
ness with his companions.
Whalen and two other officers,
Lieut.. Joseph Hagemeister and Police
man Gus Mendze, began the chase in
a police car when the gunmen's ma
chine failed to halt at q red light.
The police caught up when the
other machine pulled up 1T . filling
station for gasoline.
Two Of the gunner jumped out.
One. armed with q machine gun.
forced the three officers to give up
their weapons and struck Whalen.
The other two men, remaining in
their car, held machine guns on the
officers.
Make Clean Getaway
The four then resumed their flight.
eluding Forest Park policemen who
attempted to intercept them.
The gunmen's car, new dark %.
dan. was believed to have been stolen
from DR.. Merlee sweeley 1T Aelrose.
The skirmish came as . rtlfn0E ~
Dillinger's death was gaining circula-
ton. This report had It that tho
desperate may have been uaortally
wounded when he and his pals biased
their way out Of the Little Bohemia
resort country near Mercer, via, 1
week ago Monday morning.
The rumor, heard several times
since the greatest manhunt q the de-
cade began. received office notice
Sunday night. Melvin H. Psirvis,
chief Of the Chicago office Of the gov
ernment's bureau Of Investigation,
made the terse announcement that
federal officers had been unable to
verify reports that Dillinger Is dead
in Wisconsin"
I'VE are still looking for him." he
added:
"All poppycock" was the comment
of Tom McGregor, sheriff Of Villas
county, where last weeks gunplay
cost the lives Of q federal officer and
a private citizen.
Federal investigators at st. Paul de-
clined to discuss the report. but con-
tinued to push their investigation, be-
gun eight weeks ago after Dillinger.
with his wooden gun, bluffed his way
out Of the Crown Point, Ind, jail.
Rumor Crop Il Heavy
There was the usual crop Of reports
on the whereabouts Of Dillinger.
Northern Minnesota meanwhile was
the hunting ground in the search for
Nelson. also reported seen" ct Marsh
field, Wis.
Authorities established definitely the
identities Of the three young women
caught in the Little Bohemia resort
ana since held In jail 1T Madison.
Wis. They named one Of them as the
wife Of Baby Face Nelson and the
other two as friends Of Tommy Car
roll and Homer Van Meter, hench-
men Of the Indiana desperate. Van
Meter was identified through photo
graphs, the leader Of band Of hank
bandits that looted . bank In sub
urban Villa Park last Friday Of
5000.
The authorities said that CAROLS
girl friend comes from st. Paul, that
her name is Delaney, and that she y
the sister -iu-law Of Pat Riley, for
mer st. Paul American Association
baseball club mascot now sought for
questioning in connection with the
Dillinger search. The agents accused
the third girl-Van Meters friend-of
making arrangements for the rental
Of an apartment used as one Of the
gangs hideouts in Minneapolis.
A warning was sounded by District
Attorney Randall Elmer Of Monticello,
Wis.,. that Nelson might try to Nberate
the women. He said he believed he
had sighted Nelson in Z car between
Monticello and Madison and told fed
eral agents and the sheriff at Madi-
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