Evening star., 1934-07-23
'uT1ERY NATION
AWA|TEDCAPTURE
Bank Raids and Other
Crimes Kept Country
Constantly on Edge.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press,
CHICAGO. July 23-The death Of
swashbuckling John Dillinger today
marked Tire journeys end for the
most dangerous desperate Of the de-
cade.
The machine cunning outlaw and
his uhIans ranged the country for
months. raiding banks. looting police
station srsensls, clashing with officers.
vanishing and reappearing like so
many modern headleSs horsemen.
Escapades OF the head man and his
henchmen crowded police annals.
DiIlinger bullied his way from the
Crown Point Ind. Jail; drove through
an elaborate official ambush in Chi
cago; shot his way out of a Federal
trap in st. Paul; mocked the largest
army of the law ever assembled in
the Middle West With his aides he
was captured under dramatic circum-
stances in Tucson. Ariz., only to take
to the crime trail again and blast to
freedom through a ring of Govern
ment operatives at the Little Bohemia
Lodge in Wisconsin.
The report, "Dillinger sighted. was
bulletined from coast to coast His
name was bruited in the Senate
Chamber and mouthed on the stage.
He was the subject of endless edito-
rials. an object lesson to law enforce
ment officials, factor in politics
Humorists found in him a fruitful
source of gags. and some civic au-
thorities the cause of chagrin.
Little Known When Paroled.
On May 20. 1893, he was paroled
from the Indiana State Prison at
Michigan City. He was virtually un-
known--a leering man Of 81, with
hatred for law engendered during his
nine years of incarceration. A year
later few world figures were more
widely publicized.
Dillinger engineered the escape OF
10 former fellow convicts from the
Indiana State Prison on September 25.
1888. But they emerged to find him q
prisoner himself in the Lima, Ohio,
Jail, where he was held for bank rob-
berry. Four Of the fellows, John Ham
ilton. Harry Pierpont. Charles Makley
and Russell Clark, hurried to the lock-
up on October II and demanded his
liberty Sheriff Jess Sarber resisted
and was shot to death.
Picking up recruits, the liberated
Dillinger and his thugs ranged ruth
lessly through Ohio. Indiana. Illinois
and Wisconsin, robbing and plunder-
ing. Authorities have estimated their
booty in that swift campaign at $780,
000-most of 1t carted out OF banks in
daring raids.
They established hide-outs in Chi
cago, but darted out periodically to
increase their riches. Sergt. w. T.
Shanley happened upon Hamilton in
the gangs garage and was slain. A
"Dillinger detail" was Immediately
formed by the Chicago Police Depart
ment and it's SO crack-shot members
set out to bring the outlaws in.
Apartment Is Raided.
They raided an apartment on De-
cember 81, Staying Lewis Katzewitz,
Sam Ginsburg and Charles Tilden, ex-
convicts. who, they had been certain,
were Dillinger and two lieutenants.
Still searching, officers slew Hand
some Jack" Klutas a mob leader af-
f1liated with Dillinger, in Chicago
suburb on January 6, 1884.
The sangsters, Dillinger in the van,
swooped down on an East Chicago,
Ind, bank on January IA and shot
Patrolman William O'Malley to DEATH
Aroused authorities massed their
forces to strike, but the marauders
evaded the blow by fleeing to the
Southwest. But Dillinger. Makley
Clark and Pierpont were caught in the
bloodless coup carried out by police at
Tucson, Ariz.
Pierpont. Makley and Clark we're
sent to Ohio. and tried for the Sarber
murder The former pair we're SEN
fenced to death; Clark to life impris-
onment. Dillinger was rushed to the
Jail at Crown Point. Ind
While preparations went forward to
try him for the O'Malley Staying. Dill
linger whitfield wooden pistol. He
whipped it out on March 3. cowed
some 33 inmates and keepers, seized
several machine guns and walked out
Accompanied by Herbert Youngblood
colored jail mate, he went to a nearby
garage, commandeered Sheriff Lillian
Holley's car and wheeled away. Deputy
Sheriff Ernest Blunk and Edward
Saagers. garage attendant, were car
ried along as far as Peotone, ILL.,, and
there thrown out
A Nationwide search was launched
Dillinger was reported to have been
seen in uncounted places. Attorney
General Cummings criticized Indiana
officials; a special grand jury investi-
CATION of the break was begun.
Malfeasance Charged.
Sam Cahoon, turnkey. and Blunk
we're accused of malfeasance. but sub
sequently freed. Robert Estill, prose-
cutor at Crown Point, and the woman
sheriff were censured for having been
photographed with the deSperado's
arm around them. Estill was defeated
for denomination.
Meanwhile. Dillinger was chased by
the Chicago police on March 3,
wounded in the shoulder while plum
dering the Mason City. Iowa. Bank
on March IA. and forced a physician
to treat his hurts at st. Paul on
March IA.
Youngblood engaged in a death
duel with officers on March 16 at
Port Huron, Mich. He slew Under
sheriff Charles Cavanaugh, but was
slain himself
Government operatives trapped Dill
linger, Eugene Green and woman
companion in a St Paul apartment
March 81. The outlaw bulled his way
out behind a whitening barrage of
bullets. Green succumbed to his
wounds on April II, but Dillinger sur
vived through the aid he compelled
Minneapolis doctor to administer.
An automobile reputed to have been
used by Dillinger was found on April s