Evening star., 1934-01-26
D|LL|NGER'S BOND
IS SET AT 100000
Gang Leader and Henchmen
Will Fight Extradition
From Arizona.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
TUCSON, Ariz, January 26.-John
Dillinger, Midwest gang chieftain, and
three henchmen, Harry Pierpont, Rus
sell Clark and Charles Makley were
held under 100000 bond each on
fugitive charges by Justice of the Peace
c. v. Budlong today.
Earlier Dillinger had served notice
on authorities he would pull every
string" to prevent eXtradition to In
diana or Ohio.
The gang chieftain. talking through
the bars of his cell, requested news
paper men to ask the best lawyer in
Tucson" to get in touch with him i'm
mediately. prepared to frame up"
something to keep him and his gang
members in Arizona.
II wonder" he said, "how long we
could stay in this State by fighting
extradition."
Refused Jail Food.
Apparently not much ruffled by his
night in a solitary cell, Dillinger re-
clined on his cot after breakfast and
read newspaper accounts of his capture
by Tucson police last night
He had refused to eat the jail food
and sent out for ham and eggs from
q downtown restaurant.
DO you think you'll stay very long
In jail?" a reporter asked him
We'll" he replied unhulriedly, ''it
looks that way right now. but you never
can tell about those things. We're
in now. though. and that's what mat
ters."
The men are wanted for murder,
iof1 hrao kinu ond honk rnhhprioc iY,
the Middle West. Ten Of the gang.
only three Of them now at large. shot
and dubbed their way from the prison
at Michigan City. Ind. September 26.
Shortly thereafter they allegedly shot
to death Sheriff Jess Sarber at Lima,
Ohio, and liberated Dillinger from
Jail there.
Slammed Door on Officer.
Opal Long. red-headed woman COM
panion of Clark when the gangsters
were captured here last night. was
held under bond of $1,000 for OBJ
structing an officer in performance OF
his duty.
She slammed the door at Clark's
house on the hand of Patrolman Dal-
las Ford when he attempted to enter
to aid Officer Chet Sherman in fight
with Clark. One of Ford's fingers
~dS DlOhcu.
A woman who asserted with Pier
points assent, that she is his wife. but
who is believed by police possibly to be
Mary Kinder, wanted for murder in
East Chicago, ILL., and Anna Martin,
arrested with Dlllinger, were held under
bend of $500 each as material wit
nesses
Arizona law prohibits higher bond for
holding of material witnesses and police
were not yet certain of the identity OF
the woman taken into custody with
Pierpont.
Hearing on the charges was set by
Justice Budlong for January 80.
Budlong denied a request of Clarence
Houston. Pima County attorney, that
the fugitives be held without bond.
John Van Buskirk, Tucson attorney,
represented them in court.
The prisoners entered the court room
surrounded by 25 patrolmen and
aherif 8 deputies, armed with pistols
and not guns.
The men were handcuffed together
but the women were allowed to walk
free
Taken In Police Net.
Dillinger and his three henchmen
were drawn into a police net and cap
tured late yesterday.
oluCclS 1OUllu luc INtu u
for battle. Not shot was fired, al
though two of the four attempted to
use pistols.
A hotel fire, the keen eyes Of two
firemen and the memory of a police
man for q soft voice." were RESPONSE
BILE for the arrest of the quartet wanted
for long series Of crimes, including
murder robbery, prison breaking and
Jail delivery.
Dillinger calmly surrendered under
the threat of leveled guns and admitted
his identity after his asserted followers
were taken into custody one by one.
Clark offered fight as he was sur
prised with a woman companion in an
apartment, but the crash of police
weapon across his head ended the brief
battle Pierpont whipped out two
pistols after he was brought to police
headquarters but was quickly disarmed.
The four gang members carried $36. 1000
In currency and $l2500 in cut and
uncut diamonds. OF this amount $9,l75
was found in Dillinger's clothing and
in coin belt about his Waist. Officers
said they believed the money was OBJ
tanned in a hold-up of the Central
National Bank Of Greencastle, Ind.
Firemen Furnish Clue.
Besides the money and jewels police
found an arsenal of submachine guns,
1 bulletproof vests. so pistols and re-
volvers, $500 rounds of ammunition and
3 automobiles all equipped with police
radio sets.
Two Tucson f1remen William Benedict
and Robert Freeman. who last Monday
aided Makley and Clark in removing
baggage from burning hotel, were
credited by authorities with providing
the clue that led to the gangs capture.
The day after the hotel blaze. the two
flremen noticed photographs in a de-
tective story magazine, which contained
an account of the Dillinger gangs
activities.
They observed that the men they had
aided at the hotel resembled outlaws
pictured in the magazine and reported
the discovery to police.
Following the clue, detectives found
the baggage taken from the hotel had
been removed to residence recently
rented to u. c. Davis" Davis turned
out to be Clark and he was captured
after battle with police.
Makley was captured without
struggle as officers traced him to an
electric goods store in Tucsons business
district where he was purchasing a
policetype radio receiving set.
Draws Two Pistols.
Pierpont was tracked down by what
officers described as his soft voice"
after he had allegedly made arrange
ments by telephone with an attorney,
o. E. Glover, to go to the police sta
ton and represent Davis Clarks
alias
Accosted by officers at an auto camp.
Pierpont smiled pleasantly through his
spectacles and affably consented to go
rfa Tn, he nfhnn
of the chief of police Pierpont drew
first pistol from a waist holster and,
uopn being disarmed reached for an
other from a shoulder holster.
In the struggle the outlaws spectacles
dropped of Without them to aid in
disguise, he was Immediately identified
as Pierpont by a DEPARTMENT of Justice