The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-28
Believe Baby Face
Nelson Is Wounded
Wisconsin Deputy Says Car
SWerved After He Shot at
: Fleeing Auto
SEARCH FOR GANGS SPREADS
Area from Louisville, KY, to
Twin Cities % Combed for
Raiders

chicago, April 28.-R1-The laws
bullets are putting creases, one by one
In the John Dllinger gang, but the
outlaws haven't lost enough blood e
halt their gun-roaring terror over TIN
central west.
George (Baby Face) Nelson, dimin.
utive gunner, Is the latest reported.
Al Johnson, Z special deputy, re-
ported Saturday at Superior, wis.,, hi
believed he had wounded Nelson II
an exchange Of shots with him neal
Scion Springs, Wis, Friday night
The deputy was wounded slightly.
Wooden Gun John" and his first
lieutenant, John Hamilton, were
treated for shoulder wounds q few
weeks ago but apparently have re-
covered completely.
II took q pop at him and I think
I hit him." johnson said Of his brush
with Nelson. His car careened e
the side Of the road. He probably
was hit In the arm or shoulder, as ]
did not aim high"
Twin Cities Excited
Saturday afternoon Minneapolis and
st. Paul police redoubled their efforts
after an automobile resembling one
stolen in Moose Lake, Mimi, by q
man believed to be Nelson was spotted
on University Avenue In st. Paul
heading toward Minneapolis.
Earlier In st. Paul . grand jury had
indicted four persons on charges Of
conspiracy to conceal Dillinger. They
were Evelyn Frechette, girl friend Of
the outlaw; Beth Green, reputed wife
Of = slain Dillinger henchman: DR.
Clayton May Of Minneapolis and hi
nur1e, Mira. Augusta Salt.
st. Paul police also believed they
had q clue indicating the possibility
Dillinger gang members were in St
Paul prior to the kidnapping Of VIII
liam Hamm, Jr., brewer. The clue
was q medicine bottle bearing pre-
scription by Dr.. N. q. Mortensen, sus-
pended city health officer.
While 5000 or more heavily armed
peace officers, augmented by hun.
dreds Of volunteers, searched from
Louisville northward to the twir
cities Of st. Paul and Minneapolis
without further definite trace Of Dbl.
linger or Nelson, another Of thu
Dillinger men was identified as thu
leader Of Q quintet Of robbers who
raided q villa Park bank Friday.
Van Meter Gets Busy
He was Homer Van Meter, th<
swashbuckling ally who recently
helped hts chief In . sensational raid
on the Warsaw, Ind, police station
where they replenished their stocl
Of guns and ammunition.
Waving their guns, the robbers
swooped down on the villa Park Trust
and Savings bank, terrorizing foul
employees, and scooping up the money
They fled in an automobile In Z clear
getaway.
Van Meter was also with Dillingel
when the latter shot his way out o.
an apartment house in st. Pau
March 81. He exchanged shots witt
federal officers while Dillinger, armeC
with . machine gun, blaxed away q
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later forced . Minneapolis physician
to dress under threat Of death.
Later the bandit chieftain was re.
ported seen In southwestern Michi.
gan, but like Baby Face" Nelson
wanted for killing Federal Agent w
g. Baum ct Mercer, WIS.,, last Sunday
night, he disappeared without leav.
ing any definite trace.
During the early morning hours o.
Friday, Nelson, after hiding out fo1
two days In the shack Of an Indian
Ollie Catfish. was believed to have
been cornered by q posse near Fifield
Wis.,, In the heavily wooded section
Of the state, but he slipped past hi.
guards.
Guard Louisville Bridges
Still later Nelson was reported Il
have been stalked down q blind road
in the vicinity Of Squirrel Lake, Wis.
and the officers combed the woods
Of that area in the hope that he might
be bottled up. Rumors had hin
sighted at other points. Louisville
KY, police guarded bridges on q tiT
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