The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-23
he theater were the longest ever

the theater were the longest I eve,
spent.
by the time he left the show. my
men were covering the neishborhooc
50 thoroughly that cat couldn't have
gotten through.
when Dtllinger left the show. he
started south and again passed my
car without noticing me. As soon al
he had gotten step r,st the car.
thrust my right arm out and dropped
my hand and closed 1t, the prearrang-
!! 81 signal for closing IN. Instantly my
men appeared from al sides.
"Dillinger gave one hunted look
about him and attempted to run up
an alley. where several OF my men
were waiting. As he ran, he drew
an automatic pistol. As hts hand came
up with the gun, several shots were
fired by my men before he could fire.
He dropped, fatally wounded. I had
hoped to take him alive but was
afraid that he would resist to the last.
Government Is Gratifled
The government hailed John Dill
fingers end as one OF the most smash
ing blows ever delivered at crime In
the United States.
It vowed that the manhunt would
never cease until 1t Furnishes all menu
bers OF the Dillinger mob and any
one who ever gave them any aid.
comfort or assistance" .==
Attorney General Cummings, told
Of the killing OF the desperado. said:
The news Is exceedingly gratifying
as well as reassuring."
1t appeared likely that no one would
receive the $4,000 reward that the
federal government. striving TO wipe
out organized crime had offered for
Dillinger's capture.
Department Of justice agents, who
predominated In the law force that
waited outside q Chicago movie thea
tire and shot the desperate down as
he emerged, are not permitted to
accept rewards.
The flash that Dillinger's career was
over came to the department Of JUS
tice Sunday night even as he breathed
his last.
J. Edgar Hoover. noted chief Of the
bureau Of investigation, who had d.
rected the hunt from Washington,
received over the long distance tele-
phone the terse message:
"Dillinger Is MORALLY wounded and
will be dead in four or five minutes"
He announced that Dillinger, before
he died. drew Z gun. but that Melvin
H. Purvis, agent in charge Of the
Chicago office. pulled 1t from his
hand.
Mob Wrote Diary In Blood
The name OF Dtllinger and his
henchmen. emblazoned over front
pages. filled police blotters. Their
crimes-climaxed by the wooden gun
escape OF the leader from the jail at
Crown Point. 1nd.-became political
Issues. subjects for congressional &C.
ton. IS the raiding mobsmen preyed
oil banks, shot down peace officers
and Knocked laws In general.
Notorious In the blood written
diary Of the mob were the Staying Of
Sheriff Jess sarber 1t Lima, o., when
Cillinger, awaiting trial for bank rob-
berry, was freed by henchmen: the
comic opera" escape Of Dillinger
from Crown Point: escapes from sew
e,al police and federal traps.
The inception Of the gang was
snlouldering hate engendered by
prison walls and the belief Of Dillin-
ger that he had been given q bum
rap"
With another youth Il. 1924 Dillin-
ser assaulted and robbed 4 village
merchant. The accomplice turned
states evidence. pleaded guilty and
was let off with q light sentence. But
1t was 10 to 20 years for Dillinger and
when he twice tried to escape from
a penal farm he was sent to the
state prison at Michigan City.
Brooaed Over "Bum Rap"
Dillinger brooded over his "bum
rsp." made pals with notorious GRIM
inals I'm stir" and when a virtual UNI
known. was paroled on May q. 1888,
He left with hate In his heart and re-
solve against society In his mind.
Quickly Dillinger assembled his now
notorious clique. He engineered the
escape Of 10 former prison pals from
the prison on Sept. Is, 1893. but hts
henchmen were freed only to find
their leader behind the bars.
It was on Oct II that the raid at
Lima occurred. John Hamilton, soon
to become Dillinger's chief aid. Harry
Pierpont, Charles Makley. Russell
Clark and others appeared and freed
him at the cost Of Sarber's life.
Grabbing recruits. the mob reared
through the midwestern states, rob-
b.ng and piundering. Authorities
estimated the amount OF their loot ut
nearly 100000. mostly obtained from
banks.
On Jan. Il, the mob, with Dillinger
ii, the van. swooped into East Chicago,
Ind, and killed Patrolman William
OMalley during bank robbery. For
that, Dillinger was indicted for MUIR
der, the only staying held against him
personally on the records.
Authorities over the nation massed
to get Dillinger." Tuscon, Ariz.. po-
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