The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-03
No Idle Gesture

sell Clark was recalled by state po-
icemen
No Idle Gesture
Riding back on the Golden State
Limited. from Tucson. Plerpont ana
Makley admitted to the writer that
the four prisoners had pledged
themselves to help each other or
die trying to do it" 1t was no idle
gesture. the bandits were frank IN
admitting.
Listen" Makley said once on the
long trip back to Indiana, the gang
Is made up of us IOur-Dillinger,
Pierpont. Clark and myself. That's
the whole gang. the rest Of the guys
who escaped with us were Just
punks. We're sticking together. All
for one and one for all, see.
Remembering this underworld al
lance. police today were tightening
their guards around the little jail
at Lima. O.. where Pierpont, Makley
and Clark are being held awaiting
trial for the murder of Sheriff jess
Sarber early in October, when Dill
finger vas freed from that jail,
on that occasion, police recalled,
that same undying and twisted 10y
atty to each other was displayed
when the desperadOes, led by Pier
pont. delivered Dillinger from the
iail with a brutality and GOODNESS
seldom equalled in criminal annals.
Most Desperate Gang
And today. with Dillinger deSper-
ately engaged in cheating the cleo
trio chair for the murder of De-
tective Pat OMalley in East Chi
Cago in November. police recalled
the astounding events which have
led I'D to the new chapter being
written in the esccapades Of the
terror mob" conceded to be the
most desperate gang in the country
today.
on Sept. p. guards and trus-
ties at the Indiana state pulSon
we're overpOwered by ten cOnvlcts
led by PierpOnt Makley and Clark
and. amidst a Secene of wild con-
IuSloil. uldQt tllClA LsNoPN- NANsAAOtS AA4S
an aged sheriff.
Taking the little used back and
side roads in the northern part of
Indiana, the cOnvicts made their
wav to Indianapolis. leaving the
sheriff at the roadside on the way.
The bandits hid in a house in the
westerin part OF the city and Sc
cured clothes and automobiles.
Desperate FOrays Short
Then. in a series of desperate
forays. the bandits terrorized this
city and set out upon a series of
carefully planned bank robberies.
The state was aroused. An elaborate
system of highway blOckadeS was
set throughout the state. manned
by the national guard.
Despite the greatest man-hIJ.t in
the history Of the state. the bandits
played hOp-scOtCh with the police
and perpretrated at last four bank
robberieS. at Greencastle. East Chi
cago. Fl. Wayne and South Bend,
which Melted them more than $780,
600.
In a brush with the state police
at Ben Davis. James jenkins, one
of the deSperadOeS was thrown out
of the car and later killed by a
Brown county farmer. James Clark
was captured near Gary. Walter
Dietrich was taken captive in Chi
CagO Edward ShOuSe was captured
while planning to hold up bank in
Paris, H.. after Eugene league.
state policeman. had been killed &C
Cidentally in the raid.
One by one the lesser members
Of the terror mob" were captured
or killed. Only the ringleaders and
two lesser members we're at large.
Police were anxious to get Pierpont.
Dillinger. Makley or Clark.
Chicago Detective Slain
But these desperate members of
the gang had moved TO Chicago.
With Mary Kinder and other wom-
en- alleged to be their decoys. buy
ing cars and renting apartments
for them. the gang kept a Jump
ahead OF the police. A Chicago
detective was killed in an attempt
10 capture iPerpont in a garage.
Dillnger successfully evaded
small regiment Of Chicago and In
diana police when he shot his way
through Gordon Of officers leaving
a doctors office.
But the heat was on the gang. 1
After a sojourn in Florida. the gang
moved west TO Tucson. Ariz. The
story Of their capture there by the
"hick town" police force is history. |
Without a shot being fired, the four
most desperate members of the
gang were taken by the Tucson Of
ncers and turned over to the In
diana police.