The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-01

Lie CIlICG IIlOOoCCIOy AAoI
Pierpont, alleged trigger man
of the Dillinger gang; ruddy-
faced Charles Makley, and
Russell Clark, his head
swathed in a crown of band
ages, were arriving after a
tiresome trip from Tucson,
Ariz., and after a bitter bat
tie between three states for
their custody.
Corridor of the station that led
to the elevator connecting with tne
upper level was bristling with ma
chine guns as the manacled MOP
sters detained under guard OF cap
tain Matt Leach of the state police,
and Chicago detectives.
A horde of newspaper men ana
photographers descended on tine
group and the recurring glareS OF
flash bulbs made the police guards
finger their subnachine guns nerv-
ously. They we're alert against re-
ported plans to deliver the hoodlum
trio
Heading the reception commit
tee" at La Sale station were Captain
John CBulldog) Siege, ace homlcloe
man of the Chicago detective de-
partment, and Sergeant Frank
CWolf) Reynolds, terror Of the Chi
cago underworld, whose pistol alone
has taken the life of dozen GRIM
inals during his ten years on the
force. Sergeant Reynolds is the
sharpshooter of the Chicago depart
ment.
5000 Jam Station
Captain Siege estimated crowd
upward of 5000 damned the envi-
rons of the upper level of the La
Sale station when the mobSters
we're led out to waiting automo-
bile escort of thirteen cars.
Pierpont was placed in one car,
Makley in the second and Clark in
third, all under heavy guard, and
the procession proceeded through
downtown Chicago, with sirens
screaming and accompanied by a
motorcycle escort Of outriders.
The caravan drove on through
Upper drive, through Lake drive
and thence to Hammond, Gary and
Michigan City. Part of the heavy
guard was dispensed with at the
state line, but Siege, Reynolds and
several other Chicago detectives
continued on to Michigan City. The
trip to the prison was made with no
excitement, except the encounter
with another battery of photo
graphers and newspaper men at the
prison.
In Separate Cells
The trio passed into the prison
in the same order they were loaded
for the trip to it. Pierpont, then
Makley, ducked as photographers
went to work. The apathetic Clark
shambled in lingering the blood
stained bandages on his head.
They were gratefully, if not hos
pitably, received by prison officials
who placed them in separate cells
and said they would rot be allowed
to communicate with each other.
1t was reported they might be
questioned by Captain Siege on
further information Pierpont and
Makley gave Indiana state police
on hush money" they said they
paid while evading Chicago police.
Pierpont is said to have told In
diana state police on train jour-
ney to Chicago that he paid
thousands of dollars" in protection
money to Chicago policemen.
Meanwhile, with the mobster trio
safely ensconced behind bars in
Michigan City, few miles away, at
Crown Point was John Dillinger. He
is being held at Crown Point for
trial in the murder of Patrolman
Patrick O'Malley in the holdup of
bank at East Chicago, Ind.
The appearance Of the prisoners
as they neared Chicago matched
the drab landscape, Pierpont,
silent and brooding after the
departure of his sweetheart, Mary
Kinder, slept intermitently. Clark,
his head freshly bandaged by
Kansas City doctor. sprawled out
on a seat in the car holding his
head in his hands. Makley, who
had enlivened the tedious trip from
the far west with occasional witt
cisms, appeared sleepy and uneasy.
At all stops along the way,
swarms of detectives met Captain
Leach at the door of the pris-
on car and filed through to look
the prisoners over. At Kansas City,
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