The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-29

doing time in the Indiana state
prison, but that doesn't seem to
make much difference"
He offered no reason for Pier
points reported decision to join his
mates in accepting Wisconsin ex-
tradition.
Meanwhile, Captain Leach and
Gene Ryan, Vernon Shields,
Donald VIM, Harley Hire, state
police men, and Miss Marie
Croft of 1903 North Pennsylvania
street, indianapolis, of the finger
print division, waited anXiously
around the patio of the Pima coun-
ty courthouse for developments.
Captain Leach made it clear that
he had authority from both Ohio
and Indiana to take the prisoners
first to the Michigan City prison
and then turn Dillinger over to the
East Chicago Qnd) police for the
murder of policeman Pat O'Malley
in East Chicago in october and
Pierpont, Mickey and Clark to the
Lima co. authorities to answer for
the murder of Sheriff Jess Sarber.
In both cases, according to Leach,
the death penalty is mandatory.
Extradition Hearing Tuesday
The battle of the brief cases to
be waged Tuesday among attorneys.
prosecutors and police of at least
three states, when hearing on the
fugitive charges before Judge Bud
long of the local justice court is
scheduled, also gave grave concern
to Captain Leach.
Mr. Van Buskirk announced his
intention of fighting to the last for
his clients"
These prisoners have certain
rights under the law he announced
To-Day.
Il shall file civil suits in the
superior court today restraining any
one from taking the property OF
these prisoners. That will require
several days here for my clients to
file dispositions. If authorities from
any state try to get them out of
here before justice is done, 1 will
serve those authorities with writs Of
habeas corpus And then, besides +
all that, have an ace up my
sleeve"
Lawyer Hides "Ace- In Hole"
The tall, grayhaired lawyer who
moved to this ranching town twen-
ty years ago from Michigan, refused
to disclose his alleged trump card"
Sheriff Bolton obvi ously is
anxious to get rid of his notorious
prisoners, whom he claims are cost
ing Pima county 500 day to keep.
All of these developments worried
Captain Leach and Robert G. Estill,
Lake county Ind) prosecutor,
who is here with Sheriff Carroll
Holly and Chief Nicholas Makar of
East Chicago, not a little
Added to that was the scathing
denunciation which Pierpont gave
Captain Leach when the latter app
peared at his cell door Sunday. He
vowed to take Captain Leach's life
before 1 am through and disclosed
that he had intended to kill the
police captain ever since his escape
from the state prison.
kidnapping Theory Secuted
"You dirty" he cried, gripping
the bars of his cell in frenzy,
you had my mother arrested in
Terre Haute"
Captain Leach protested that he
had done no such thing. but Pierpont
shouted him down, screaming like
mailman.
Unconfrmed reports that the inn
prisoned terror mob" had succeed
ed in smuggling out message to
Hamilton and Burns, members OF
the gang still at large, seeking de-
livery from the jail, caused the
guard here to be doubled and extra
precautions taken.
Two federal men from the DEPART
ment of justice still worked as
siduously in town today on various
angles of the case. One of these OPP
eratives admitted that they stib
were tracing possible connection Of
the Dillinger gang with the Bremen
kidnapping in st. Paul, MINI.
Captain Leach was inclined to
disparage the kidnapping story.
"Dillinger and his mob are killers
and bank robbers" he said, and
that let's them out kidnapping 10
not their racket"