Evening star., 1934-04-24
D|LL|NGER E[UDES
CAPTURE: IN W|LDS
"Shoot to Kill" Order Is
Given 100 U. S. Agents
Put on Trail.
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some investigators believe the Moores-
vile, Ind, bad boy had gone into
hiding.
If that is the case even the elements
were helping the outlaw, for the roads
were covered with snow, handicapping
the hundreds of law enforcement OH
GERS in the hunt.
After the gun battle in the streets
Of the st. Paul suburb the police in
veStigated reports that a car which
sped past the city limits had contained
a man bundled in blankets. Ofiicers
believe this may have been one of
their foes in the gun fight-wounded
or dead. They pointed out that if he
had been killed his comrades could
have disposed Of his body in one of
the many lakes that dot the country
side or in swamp.
Activity increased along the Wis
consin- Michigan border with the state
ment of Lieut.. o. E. Demaray Of the
Michigan State police that car be-
lieved to have been used by the fleeing
mobsmen had been found near
Marenisco.
MlCuiSdH DDIuCT Ou6TOcQ.
Authorities were quick to hem the
killers in gigantic circle that ex-
tended from Duluth to st. Paul and
Minneapolis, to Chicago and to Milwau-
kee. Synchronizing their movements,
the constabulary of Michigan took up
strategic posts along the Wisconsin
border to preclude the possibility of
the gunner back-tracking through
the upper peninsula.
Roads were guarded, and all bridges
too. Officials in the entire district CO.
operated in forming a Gordon Of
marksmen urged to fire, If necessary,
at first sight of Dillinger.
The fact that the deperadoes might
be hampered by a shortage of arma-
ments was disclosed when Federal
agents announced they had confls-
Gated six machine guns. dozen shot
guns and rifles, and five steel vests
left behind by the seven men of
Dillinger's mob tavern.
The officialdom, which had watched
the toll Of deaths ascribed to Dillinger
and his no-quarter nomads grow to
13 with the Staying Of w. c. Baum,
a Government operative, and Eugene
Boisoneau, a Civilian Conservation
Corps employe, in the Sunday night
gun engagement, apparently had de-
cided to beat them at their own ma
chine-gunning game.
Condition Still Critical.
While four of the desperadoes had
not been located since they burst out
of the Mercer tavern, one of their
victims, John Morris, another c. c. c.
worker haplessly caught in the cross
fire, remained in a critical condition
at an Ironwood hospital. Two other
casualties, Constable c. c. Christen-
sen of nearby Spider Lake, and John
Hoffman of Mercer, were conval-
escing, while the fourth Of those
wounded IN the resort battle, Federal
Agent ]. c. Newman, left the In
firmary.
The women the criminals deserted
at the inn when they beat their re-
treat were spirited out Of the Eagle
River Jail last night under heavy
guard and started for an undisclosed
destination. The girls declined to
yield any information concerning their
erstwhile escorts.
President Roosevelt, meanwhile, de.
manded that Congress expedite pass
age of pending legislation that would
greatly strengthen the Governments
hand in smashing criminal combines.
An official in the National Capital
significantly pointed out that the
death of Dillinger would obviate the
expense of his trial on the charge of
killing Policeman William OMalley
during the attempted robbery of an
East Chicago, Ind, bank in January.
1t was on this count the arch GRIM
inal had been held Immediately prior
to his comic opera break from the
Crown Point, Ind, Jail.
Dillinger has undergone some de-
cided changes in appearance since
he broke from Jail last March 8.
Emil Wanatka. owner of the resort
where the gunf1ght occurred, said
that Dillinger's hair had been dyed
a bright red. 1t used to be light
brown.
Possibility that Dillinger had slipped
through the ranks Of searchers to Chi
cago was seen last night when Motor