The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-12-17
D|LL|NCER M0BS7ER,
NAbbED in CHICAGO,
LINKED With CRIME
Joseph Burns, Escaped Indiana
Convict, Believed to Have
Confessed Part
PREDICT QUICK CLEAN UP
Postal Inspector Init m a tes
Cangster Has Talked; More
Arrests Expected
PREDICT QUICK CLEAN UP

Chicago. Dec. 17-(R-Solution of
the $427 900 armored truck robbery
In Brooklyn last August was pre-.
dicted Monday by Chief Postal In.
spector Walter johnson as a result
Of the arrest Of Joseph Burns. Dill
linger gangster.
At the same time Supervising Police
Capt. John Siege announced that the
escape Of John Dillinger from the
Crown Point. Ind, Jail last March ;
had been solved" and that the in
side story Of the break Of Burns and
nine companions from the Michigan
City. Ind, prison in 1888 was "prac-
tically cleared up
Captain Siege said the departments
was not ready at this time to disclose
either solution. He indicated that
much Of the questioning Of Burns had
been in connection with these escapes.
johnson had been questioning
Burns since the escaped Indiana
'1ifer" was captured Sunday in q
south side fiat. Monday the postal
inspector said:
I'VE are quite certain that Burns
H. one Of those connected with the
Brooklyn job"
Eastern postoffice officials and
Brooklyn police are enroute to Chi
cago. johnson added.
Holdup Largest In History
The inspectors statement seemed
\ AAt o,1aA III
had learned to connect Burns with
the $427 900 robbery they had learned
from Burns himself. Only one bit Of
cirounastantial evidence WAS found
In the flat when the ratding squad
descended.
That was 4 set Of figures, worked
out on the back Of IN old maya
zine, in which Burns had divided
100000 by II. Police aiding tho
postal men in the raid assumed from
this that Burns had had . hand In
the truck robbery and that the loot
was to have been split among Il.
The most sensational holdup Of
the year, the Brooklyn truck rob-
berry was carried out On August Il
In the style Of . lurid crime '.thril-
Ter" Two men In shabby dress had
been working near the Rubel Ice
Corporation office on Bay Nine.
teenth street, equipped with . push
cart.
When two guards driving the money
express truck stopped to collect
$4,000 from the zee plant, the push-
cart men whipped back . tarpaulin,
revealing machine gun. Others Of
the bandit gang raced up in two
automobiles. In three minutes they
had unloaded the trucks cargo OF
cash.
Johnson Predicts Cleanup
Speeding to the waterfront, the
bandits boarded . motor launch
and roared out to sea.
It Is possible, Inspector Johnson
said, that the postal authorities may
put Burns to trial for the 4497 900
robbery, but he indicated 1t was not
likely.
Johnson said:
This thing should be cleaned up
in ~ hours"
Indiana authorities were already on
hand and Johnson said most prob
ably Burns would be surrendered to
them. Sentenced to Indiana peni-
Tertiary in 1921 for murder, Burns
was one Of 10 convicts who escaped
after the late John Dillinger, then
on parole, tossed guns across tho
wall to them. That was the origin Of
the Dilinger gang.
Spotted for Days
Burns, So, one Of the last Of
the late desperado's followers, was
arrested Is he drank beer In his south
side flat with . woman Sunday, and
police sought to wrest from him the
secrets OF two remaining members Of
the band-John Hamilton and Joseph
Fox.
For several weeks, Deputy Attor-
ney General Edward BARGE of Indiana
has been In Chicago working with
Supervising Captain John Siege in 4
relentless campaign to round up the
remaining members of the band For
several days they knew where Burns
was living, but merely kept him UNI
der surveillance.
The fact that several days elapsed
before Burns was spotted and ar
rested, lent weight to reports that au.
thorities planned at least one more
arrest.
Supervising Captain John Siege
said tests of machine guns found in
the flat would be made to determine
II they were used In the recent death
battle between George Baby Face
Nelson and two department Of jus.
tice agents.
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