The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-14

lice officers, overpowering the main floor telephone operator and going to the fourth floor where Mills and Perkins were under guard.
 The fourth floor nurse demand ed to see their police badges, where-upon the two men flashed revolvers and ordered Perkins and Mills released. When that was done, both convicts were given guns, Perkins taking command of the actual release from the hos pital.
 Because of his condition, Per- kins could not walk to an awaiting automobile. The nurse was forced to aid one of the bandits in carry ing him to the car. Mills also had to be aided.
 Nurses Life Spared
 On reaching the automobile. discussion arose as to whether. the nurse should be shot, liberated, or taken along as hostage, The escane was effected with such smoothness, however, that the nurse was permitted to return to the hospital as the automobile with it's strange cargo roared out Of sight. =,
 One of the two men who broke into the hospital to free Perkins and Mills was understood to have escaped jail at Houston July 4.
 Baby Faced Nelson San Francisco. Aug 14-tU.PD-- "Baby Face" Nelson, the nation present public enemy No l" was reported to-day to be heading westward in a 12-cylinder tan au- tomobile atfer Salt Lake City holdup. Teletype messages to de- partment of justice agents and po- lice here identified the bandit as the much-wanted Nelson. member of the late John Dillingers gang and widely sought since Dillinger was killed by federal operatives Tn Chicago. A woman was with the man who held up gasoline sta ton attendant, slugged him with a revolver and cut telephone wires a: Salt Lake City. Nelson is charged with several murders, including the slaying of a federal agent during a wisconsin escape of the old Diiiin-
 The dispatch received in police headuuarters here came from de- partment of justice agents polica said. It was accompanied by re quest to place Nelson's description on the teletype wires in Caiifor- l mia. and also in Nevada, throwlhs out a cordon of the same type ol flick town police as those whn captured Dillinger and three ol his gang without bloodshed III | Tucson, Ariz.. early this year.
 The fugitive-Nelson--was des- cribed as 25 years old, feet "A | inches, 133 pounds, and with vel l low and gray slate colored eyes 1 light hair and light complexion The report did not state whether | the description of the Salt Lake | City bandit was the same, put police said the federal men were | positive in their Identification. The woman with the bandit was described in the dispatch as about years of age, slender, and dress- | ed in brown. She wore brown slacks with buttons on the sides, small brown beret and brown leather jacket, police said. The car was a Cadillac phaeton and police had its license number The number. they said, was a opPpA from the Los Angeles district.
 Salt Lake City Is about soc miles east of San Francisco. The highway connecting the cities runs largely through bleak desolate country with Reno the principal city between the California bordet and the Utah capital.
 His Mother Speaks.
 Chicago, Aug 14-(UP)-The 65-year-old mother of George | (Baby Face) Nelson, alias Lester Gillis, said today that she hopes the authorities never take her son alive.
 Mrs Mary Gillis, widow of a policeman slain when the now in- famous public enemy No. l was boy in his teens, said that police were watching her home on Chi cago's South side night and day. But they needn't think he'd bt so dumb as to come here" she | added scornfully.
 | T know what kind of treatment he would get if they ever captur- ed him. They say they want tu learn lot he knows. But hope they never take him alive.
 But don't see how he can ga on escaping much longer"