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

tied Many of the cops carried sub
machine guns in the crook Of their
arms.
Pierpont's farewell to Mary was
blighted by the press OF detectives
and photographers as the train lay
in the Kansas City station for more
than half an hour.
Mary and Pierpont chung together
in a close embrace shielding their
faces from the cameras.
Leach, Gang Swap Stories
Makley pulled his coat collar up
around his ears and kept his face
covered until the photographer
horde moved out of the car
AS the final chapter was being
written today in the amazing career
of the captured members of the
terror mob Pierpont, Makley and
Clark became noticeably more de-
pressed.
From a late hour on Tuesday
night until Wednesday morning,
they RECALLED Captain Leach, At
General Phillip Lutz and
other members Of the party with
stories of prison life, high life in
Chicago and Florida and renin-
sciences of the four month search
for the terror mob" over a score
of states.
AS the train passed through Mis-
souri, and Illinois today, Makley,
whose good nature has been un-
bounded during the long trip from
Tucson, became morose. His mood
seemed to have been induced by the
actions Of the Kansas City reporters
and photographers. Earlier last
night, Makley and Pierpont
snapped stories with Captain Leach.
At times the stories became hi
larious.
Il thought you had me one night"
Pierpont said to Captain Leach,
But all I got was a bad scare"
Denies KOkOnO Paid
'It was during the highly adver-
tised Indiana highway blockade"
the bandit chief laughed. Il had
been reading how the militia had
been called out to stop us. One
night was on Road 40 when I saw
a red light straight ahead I
thought it was the blockade, 1 told
my partner to get Mrs. Tom, the
machine gun, out and ready.
threy my car in high and stepped
on it. We went roaring past the
red right with the gun ready. 1t
proved to be a railroad sign"
Pierpont denied that he intended
to hold up Kokomo bank, which
had been reported about to be
robbed by the terror mob"
1--WE had no thought of sticking
up that bank. but during the day
we passed the bank accidentally and
saw the crowd standing around
with the cops. 1t gave us laugh"
Many times during his converse
tons with Captain Leach, Pierpont
took obvious pride in his exploits.
MY greatest thrill on this rip"
said Captain Leach, "has been the
opportunity to check the move
ments Of the gang with my deduc-
tons. find that I have been
wrong many times, but right In
many instances"
Captain Leach revealed that he
had purposely given the newspapers
false leads as to the direction in
which the gang was supposedly
headed in order to throw the mob
sters off guard His surmise that
the terror mob" read the papers
religiously was amply justified by
Makley and Pierpont
Prison Conditions Attacked
I'VE got lot of laughs out Of
the papers," saio Pierpont. But
they also made us plenty sore, too"
Why refer to us as kill crazy
or say that mothers and children
fed as we passed through cities"
exclaimed Pierpont. "Of course,
we're not angels, but we only take
bankers and I'll never shed a tear
over any banker we robbed. Just
look at the records of some of our
best bankers"
Reports that heavily armed
squads of police met Dillinger in
Chicago and whisked him to the
state prison, did not tend to in
crease the good spirits of the mob
sters. Makley denied that story
attributed to Chicago police Off
cial to the effect that members Of
the gang had made solemn pledge
to die in attempts to assist members
who might be captured
That's just the bunk" was his
laconic comment.
Before the entrance of the crowd
at Kansas City. Makley enlarged
further on his attack Of prison con-
ditions at the state prison in Mich
igan City. Some Of the food which