The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-02
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DILLINGER AID
p JAIL BREAK
Outlaws Escape Is Solved
by Confession, State
Reveals.
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saw the four in custody in the hotel
TODAY. the formal return on the
Vrit. which was dismissed on mo-
ton OF County Attorney Charles
Clark, indicated that Mr. Hitch had
seen none OF the four.
Mr.. Twyman. however. said ne had
no desire 70 go behind" the returns
Yesterday, Judge Cox had seemed
sympathetic toward Mr.. TWymanls
criticism Of the BARGE tactics. call
ing the investigation a most II
diculOus procedure" and intimating
dire things for Mr.. BARGE and his
assistants when they appeared in
court.
Mr. Barce's subsequent release Of
the eight witnesses and the an
nouncement that the state had OBJ
tanned a complete confession Of the
Jailbreak plot. however, effectively
ended any chance Of Mr.. BARGE and
his assistants facing Judge Cox.
The attempt 10 serve the habess
corpus wits came after newspaper
men and Mr.. TVyman had located
the BARGE party in the Lockerbie,
temporarily turned into a building
where state business had precedence
over private and where patrons
were denied. by the management.
the courtesies usually extended in
hotels.
Eight Witnesses" Released
The newspaper mems siege Of the
LOckerbie lasted all day. but II
was not until Mr.. Hitch found" the
four witnesses named in the habeas
corpus writ that any one &C ually
had seen any OF the BARGE party.
Even then, Mr.. Hitch could not
locate Mr.. BauCe or the investiga-
tors specifically named IN the writ.
II was this which prevented sue
ceSsful court action to free the men
before Mr.. BARGE released them of
his own will
This he did in the same dramatic
fashion which had marked the
bixty-hOur investigation, during
which the witnesses were grilled be-
hind carefully guarded hotel room
doors. Suddenly. the eight and sew
eral burly state policemen appeared
IN the LOckerbie lobby.
They rushed past newspaper men.
scattered TO cars parked IN different
locations and rOared of into the
night. An indianapolis Times re-
porter followed one car as far as
Flackville on Road 50, leading north
TO Lake county and the prisoners
homes. This was the first real hint
that they we're bound home, though
Mr.. Twyman had talked vaguely of
the attorney-generaIS Office want
ing to make peace"
Times Gets Story
Back at the I,Ockerbie. Mr.. BARGE
and a man later identified as Meyer
BOgue, Chicago underworld char
acter. were in the lobby. Bogue
apparently was not under arrest.
Mr.. BARGE said that the witnesses
had been sent home and that the
investigation was ended. This led
90 an erroneous conclusion by some
newspaper men that the investiga-
ton had been a "dud." especially
since Mr.. BARGE made it clear no
charges were to be placed against /
any Of the eight
Then. while the eight were being |
rushed back to their Lake county
homes. The Times obtained from
Mr.. Klinger the story of what ac-
tually happened.
The Klinger statement, in part,
was
Proceedings which ultimately
Will result in the placing of evil
dsnce before the federal grand jury
were put under way when BARGE re-
ported TO Governor McNutt tonight.
Late this afternoon. Mr.. BARGE
returned 70 Indianapolis with an
unidentified man in custody and a
confession from this person involv-
ing at least two others in the deliv-
cry Of Dillinger.
Because of the fact that some
Of the violations confessed in the
statement are violations Of the fed
eral law. the Governor deemed it
expedient and necessary TO place
the future conduct of the inveStiga-
ton in the hands of the district
attorney for northern Indiana. Mr..
Fleming was advised of the devel-
CpmentS in the situation and ar
ranged to meet Mr.. BARGE in Chi