The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-18

which he disguised himself as a
gdllgSCer, Mi. Ddrce had retuI. leo
70 The ~otarenouSe unwilling to ad-
nat tnaC ne mad uone anyCnlng un-
Usual.
CluLching in his right hand the
oIue-SCeeI ~.45-CaI1oer auGomaLlc
WnIcn lie personally took from
ourns as the uesperaao vas trapped
n ms nIdeout, Mr. BARGE aumlCCeu
mat the Slightest lnlssCep on MS
part would nav meant instant
ueath.
Il can not see that there was
anything unusual ABOUT the whole
analr, MIR. BARGE sad when pressed
lor detaIIS OF the sLory OF his pos
ing as a gdngSCer, winning Inc con-
Ileence "a burns ana Va nlng nm
over to Chicago ponce auCnUIlLIes.
Inc Deputy Attorney General CoId
how n aICerlIoon lie sat in the
gangSLer ) nIueouC, WIN Tie woman
at ufSt Jnougnt TO be Buns SISTER.
and watched ner tune IN the snort
wave raoIo SCI In the apal blnent to
listen IOr ponce repOrGS on the
no1dup IN winch Burns at mat mo-
ment was engaged.
Il WenC NV Gne apartment one
afternoon Mr.. BARGE SAID, and
burns gnl was there. l asked tor
Jerry anu she tod me Jerry was
OUT On a JOB. she SAID he left at
ABOUT Z clock ana had promised
70 De BACK at f."
Scanned Crime Reports
Mr.. BARGE related how the m
~oO dnA4ouSly Desloe Lne snolv ave
-aulo SCI AotellIng IOI ponce re-
p~4.S. NUne Came.
Lea ,Ing Clle apartment, Mr.. BaIce
od4u lie ndI1Icu 20 ponce n~cau4ua4-
CcAo wneIe ne scanned cluIe le-
pO4 Us.
LaJe in the afternoon he uiscoY-
cleo what ne mad Oeen IooAnlg IUr.
haIIler repoICs naa recOunCcd Tie
usual quota VI tlliIng SUaClon noIuupS
ana pcltlt ~larcenleS.
AS he thumbed the pink police
reports, he discovered one descrip-
ing the THEFT OF $4,000 in Jewels
rom the LaSalle Hotel, Chicago.
That, Mr.. BARGE reasoned, would
nave been the job on which jerry
was engaged wnen he arrived at the
apartment.
Identification Is Positive
Sending for the robbery victim,
a complete description of the 0 o
Der was obtained, Mr.. BARGE said.
Then the victim was confronted with
a rogues gallery picture OF The
bandit. Identification, he said, was
onen positive.
Burns, one of the last of the Dill
linger mobsters, was in the hands OF
the law.
For two months before he went to
Chicago to hunt Burns, Mr. BARGE
told The Indianapolis Times, he was
in possession of information that
Jerry" Burns was connected with
the $4,000 South Bend bank hold
up of last July, in which Officer
L az R1diACy WdO Slolls
Unwilling to Talk
Little doubt remains" Mr..
BARGE insisted, that ballistic identi-
fcation of the machine guns found
in Burns hideout will connect them
with the South Bend robbery and
murder"
Mr.. BARGE refused to disclose COM
plete details of his hunt for the
gangster and of his life in tie hide
out.
The methods which I employed
we're the only ones possible" Mr..
BARGE insisted. In no other way
could Burns have been discovered
and apprehended without blood
shed.
When I was ready for the trap
to be sprung" Mr. BARGE declared.
glancing at Burns automatic which
was lying on his desk In the Attor-
ney Generals office, L informed
Capt. Siege, who has conducted
gangster raids for Is years without
losing a single man.
Revelation by The Times that Mr..
BARGE had posed as a gunman to
meet and TAX frst-hand with the
mobsters first was denied late YES
terday afternoon by Cart. John
Siege of Chicago's "Dillinger
Squad
Today, however. Capt. Siege had
reversed his story, credited MIR.
BARGE with posing as an Indiana
convict. Mr.. BARGE" said Can't.
Siege, pretended he was an Indiana
convict and tough guy and moved in
on them"
Gangster retribution feared, Mr..
BARGE was secluded in the Chicago
Federal Bldg. all day yesterday, TAX
ing part n the Burns interrogation.
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