Evening star., 1934-11-28
CoW|ey, Justice Inspector,
Second to Die in Chi
cago Battle.
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Car Brought to Chicago.
Government agents brought the ma
chine to Chicago, where it was under
stood they would go over it thoroughly
for finger prints.
At Elgin, a Kane County coroner's
Jury urged authorities to run down the
slayers Of Cowley and Hollis and to
bring them to trial for murder.
The jurors, sitting at an inquest into
Cowley's death, did not mention
George Baby Face" Nelson in their
formal verdict but made 1t clear that
they we're reasonably sure" he was
one of the savage gunners who ended
the Government operatives lives in a
furious battle.
"Cowley came to his death from gun
shot wounds in the abdomen suffered
in a gun fight with two unidentified
men and a woman which occurred
when Cowley and Department Of JUS
tice Agent Hollis stopped the car In
which they we're riding on the outskirts
of Darlington" the jury said.
Federal Agent Silent.
They recommended that Federal
State and other authorities make
every possible effort to apprehend the
men and the woman responsible fol
the shooting and bring them to triaI
for murder in Lake County, in which
the shooting occurred"
G. c. WoltZ, Federal agent from Chi
cago. was the only witness. Asked by
a Juror if he wasn't reasonably sure
that Nelson was one of the killers" the
Government man replied:
Il am not permitted to say any
thing"
Woltz testified that Cowley and
Hollis were out on a Special secret
mission for several days
Cowley's body was held at chape
here until arrangements are completed
to send it to Salt Lake City for funeral
services.
Even as he lay dying it was disclosed
by Department Of Justice agents that
Cowley was the real leader in the
Federal drive that brought down the
notoriuS Dillinger, although Purvls
had been generally credited with being
Dillinger's nemesis. Cowley also com
manded the Governments manhunters
in tracking down Charles pretty Boy
Floyd in an Ohio cornf1eld last month
Department Of Justice agents dis
closed
Hollis was reported to have fired
one Of the bullets that killed Dillinger
in front of a North Side movie the
ater last July.
Thus Nelson, the Nations Public
Enemy No. !, took deadly vengeance
for the Staying of Dillinger. but in sc
dong he signed his own death war
rant, for Federal agents carried on
relentless search for him, with orders
to shoot first.
Detectives Called in.
In addition to all the power the
Department Of Justice could concen-
trate in this area, half of the zoe
detectives of the Chicago police force
were called into the hunt for the
baby-faced killer.
For hours after the new outburst
of warfare between the Government
and the remnants Of the Dillingel
gang the police combed the bad
lands" of the city. striking here and
there for a clue to the whereabouts
of the pair. The second fugitive Is
believed in some quarters to have been
John Hamilton, lieutenant in the
Dillinger mob.
Two arrests were made by raiding
squads of police and Federal agents
Chester Leader, garage owner, and
Lester Van Huston, operator of a
tavern, both described by police as as
sociates of Nelson. were seized for
questioning. Detective Bureau squads
also searched the home of Nelson's
mother and sister, but found no trace
Of him.
Hunt Extends to Twin Cities.
The killers, who fought a running
fight with the Federal agents as they
sped along highway, escaped in the
automobile Of the Federal officers
"a dark blue 1884 sedan bearing an
Illinois license). They had halted
their old machine and pumped their
deadly machine gun bullets at Hollis
and Cowley when the two stepped
from their car and advanced toward
the gangsters with drawn guns.
En- Route to Search House.
Hollis, who was with Federal Agent
w. Carter Baum when the latter
was slain, allegedly by Nelson, near
the Little Bohemia Summer resort
not far from Mercer, Wis, last
April %, and Cowley were en- route to
a house in which they believed Mel
son and possibly Hamilton were hid
ing when they spotted the desper-
ADDE'S car. In it were two men and
woman, the latter believed to have
been Nelson's wife. She was believed
to have been wounded.
AS the gangsters' car roared past
the machine in which the agents were
riding the officers swung their ma
chine in pursuit.
I'VE could hear the roar of the
motors and then shots as the men in
the second car began shooting at the
other" Mrs. Frances Kramer, oper-
ator Of gasoline filling station and
a witness to the killing, said.
Two Use Machine Guns.
"Some one in the first car shot back.
Just before they reached my station
the second car pulled abreast Of the
other on the outside. I heard the
tires of the first car screech as the
driver swung sharply into a little
side road about 200 feet past the sta
tion.
The second car swerved with 1t
and managed to pull ahead just of
the highway, blocking the way of the
other car, which slid half into q
ditch. A woman jumped out, ran