Evening star., 1934-03-09
D|LL|NCER GUARD
ACCUSES BUNK
84-Year-0Id Prison AttaChe
Says Fingerprint Expert
Locked Him In.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PRESS,
CHICAGO. March 9.-The uproar
over slippery John Dillinser's walk
away reached a new high today with
charge that a flngerprint expert
locked special guard in cell few
minutes before the outlaw escaped the
Crown Point, Ind. Jail.
Attorney General Philip Lutz, jr., of
Indiana. said at Indianapolis that
Matt Brown, "a, was the guard locked
in. He said the aged man testified
% Assistant Attorney General Edward
Barce that Ernest Bunk, fingerprint
expert at the jail, locked a door on
him before I realized I had been de-
:oyed into the cell"
Shortly afterWard, the guard was
quoted as saying Dillinger appeared
= in the jail corridor, armed with a
machine gun.
Two Arrested.
Bunk is free on bond on a charge
If misfeaSance. He and Sam Cahoon,
another Jail attache, were arrested
recently in connection with the des-
perado's escape.
The attorney generals statement
was but one of a series of repercus-
sions that have followed Dillinger's S
escape Saturday.
Chicago police. receiving new re-
ports he had been seen here, were
making plans to capture Dillinger and
send him back to Indiana lin a
wooden box" officials at Washington
also took cognizance of the situation
Attorney General Cummings criticized
Sheriff Lillian Holley and Prosecutor
Robert G. Estill of Crown Point for
posing for a picture with Dillinger.
Sheriff Holley denied she had posed
With the outlaw, but Sanford Bates,
Federal prison director, issued an
order to discontinue use of the Crown
Point Jail for the confinement OF
Government prisoners.
The eight Federal prisoners were
taken today TO St. Joseph County
Jail at South Bend Meanwhile. one
of the two guards charged with aid
ing and abetting" in Dilinger's es-
cape was released on bond. He was
Turnkey Sam Caho0n Ga
Judge William F. Murray Of Crown
Point discharged the March grand
jury. He announced that special
grand Jurors would be called and that
special prosecutor would supplant
Estill in the investigation. Estill said
he would oppose the appointment OF
special prosecutor.
Declaring that this Dillinger case
Is beginning 10 smell" " the judge added
that "the present grand jury could not
properly investigate the escape. The
foreman, Clyde Rothermel, owns the
garage from which Dillinger stole the
sheriff's car Gin which Dillinger fed
and is the employer of Edward Saager
whom Dillinger kidnapped with him
for few hours
The hunt for Dillinger last night
brought forth a man who claimed to
have talked with the outlaw a few
hours previously.
Warns Attendant.
e. H. Deacon. 35, identified photo
graphs of Dillinger as a man who en-
tered his filling station on ChicagOs
South Side last night, washed his
hands and face. adjusted shoulder
holsters holding two pistols and left
with a veiled warning for Deacon to
be quiet.
Deacon's report caused Supervising
Police Capt John Siege to revive his
special "Dillinger army of sharp
shooters assigned to hunt the des-
perado and his band last Fall. 1t was
dsbanded when he was captured with
several of his leaders in Tucson. Ariz.
Eight squads with riot equipment were
assigned under Siege.
That Dillinger was hiding on the
South Side was the firm conviction
Of Chief of Detectives william Schoe-
maker. We've had six telephone calls
In two days tipping us off that he's
ir certain district" Schoemaker
said.