The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-07-23

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While Mrs. Sarber and a dep
. uty looked on the man then beat
Sarber with the butt of his gun
until the sheriff was PROSTATE on
the floor. They delivered Dillin-
| ger and locked Mrs. Sarber and
the deputy in the Jail cell block.
They escaped in two waiting autos.
On Sept. &c, while Dillinger
was in jail at Dayton. 10 con-
victs were delivered from the
prison at Michigan City, Ind.
Dillinger was suspected by In
diana state police of the robbery
of the Daleville, Ind, Commercial
bank of $500 on July II, 1888.
and of the robbery of the Mont
Pelier, Ind, National bank Of $i2,-
900 on Aug. 5, 1888.
Dillinger Suspected Trap
In mid-November. Indiana and
Chicago police set traps for hini
about a physicians office where
he was going for treatment. Dill
linger, apparently aware of wait
ing police, hurriedly jumped in his
automobile along with a woman
companion and fled amid hail of
bullets while his gun-wOman splat-
tered lead at pursuing officers.
His bullet-punctured automobile
later was found abandoned.
On Nov. 10, Harry. Copeland,
henchman of DiIlinger's, was ar
rested in Chicago and rushed back
to prison in Michigan City as a
parole violator on Nov, 20.
A few hours after he reached
prison gang of five machine gun
ners, raided the American Bank e.
Trust Co., at Racine. Wis, escap-
ed with $4,000 and abducted
three persons in their flight, later
freeing them. Warrants the next
day named Dillinger, Charles Max
ley and Harry PierpOnt, as MEM
bers of the gang.
|; The Dillinger-PierpOnt gang
supposedly had its center in the
convicts who escaped from Michi-
gan City on Sept. &c.
Fire Causes Arrest
Mary Kinder, one of the women
taken with the gang when ar
rested in Tucson, Ariz., after be-
ing held for some time. recently
was released by Indiana authOri-
ties.
1t was a hotel fire which led TO
the arrest of the Dillinger gang at
Tucson, Jan. 25. Two firemen
recognized pictures in a detective
magazine of Charles Makley and
Russell Clark as two men they had
aided from a burning hotel two
days before. They tipped the pO-
lice. Clark was taken at a house
with a woman identified as Opal
Long; Makley was seized in a
downtown store.
John Pierpont. with Mark Kind
Ter, was apprehended at a tourist
camp. Dillinger walked into a pO-
Elice trap set at a house where
Clark was nabbed. A large amount
Iof money, many guns, and much
ammunition was found with the
gang. PierpOnt submitted to ar
rest willingly at the tourist camp.
Later he suddenly drew toy pistols
at the police station but was quick
ly subdued.
Career Given
The mile posts of Dillinger's
career are the best index to his
character. Beginning with his
birth they show:
1902-BOrn in MOOresville,
Ind, a rural village, the son OF a
highly respected family of Quaker
stock.
1916-Entered MOoresville high
school to become a baseball star
and proficient in his studies.
1924-Robbed an aged MOOres-
vile merchant, Frank Morgan, of
$3.50, smuggling him on the street;
sentenced to a term of 10 TO 20
years.
May, 1933-ParOled from In
diana state prison at Michigan
City. and promptly went on a bank
robbing spree.
Sept. Is, 1933-Ten cOnvicts
escaped from Michigan City with
guns struggled to them by Dillin-
ger. On the same day, Dillinger
was jailed at Dayton, o., for bank
robbery, being transferred to a
Jail at Lima, o.
Oct. 81, 1933-Freed from Lima
Jail by fugitives he had helped de-
liver from Michigan City. Sheriff
Jess Sarber of Lima was killed.
Jan. Is, 1934-Killed Police
man William p. 0'Malley while
robbing an East Orange, Ind.
bank of $4,000. one of a score
of bank rObberies that Melted the
gang 100000 or more.
Jan. %. 1934-Captured with
Harry PicrpOnt. Charles Makley
and Russell Clark. all since con-
victed for killing Sarber. at Tue
son, AriZ.
Jan. 20, 193I-Jailed at Crown