Evening star., 1934-07-28

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nodnred, hut II you win come back
a. 2 O'Clock on the afternoon Of April
II I viii x-ray the leg and see vhat
] can do for IL
DilHnger urged that he be given
immediate attention. but the ply
slcian was obdurate and finally Dill
llnger agreed 10 come back at the
specified time.
The doctor picked up the phone as
soon as Dillinger left and notified the
police. The Louisville authorities
quickly advised the Government men.
who quietly prepared a hastily
planned but nevertheless elaborate
tran. The Louisville doctor on the
appointed afternoon had medical eN-
perts" in and around his office who
had never seen the inside Of medical
school
But the preparations were all In
vain. Early editions Of a Louis
Vile paper appeared on the street be-
fore the hour OF the planned coup and
announced 10 pillinger and the world
that the OUTLAW was expected 10 ap-
pear at the doctors Office for treat
ment. Dillinger must have breathed
prayer OF thanks 10 the press when
he read the papers that day.
Trap Again Spoiled.
OVerzealouS newspaper men also
spoiled raid planned on a place
where the gang leader was hiding out
In Elkhart. Ind.
Acting on q confidential tip. a de-
tail of heavily armed agents pro-
ceeded 10 South Bend, about is miles
away. TO lay plans for the capture.
While the agents we're perfecting
their plot, a South Bend reporter OBJ
tanned and published an interview
with a druggist who had seen Dillin-
ger in his shop. The gangster lost no
time in vacating that vicinity.
Meanwhile, the Justice operatives
were gradually whiting away at the
structure of underworld fences, Joint
proprietors and other collateral aides
of the fugitive gunman. The scheme
was to narrow down Dillinger's field
OF refuge until he could find few, If
any, friends to help him.
On the night Of April an attrac-
tive young woman sat with a fidgety
man in a cheap beer parlor in Chi
cago. -Four or five other men lounged
at tables or stood at the bar. One, in
cidentally. was reporter for a Chi
cago newspaper. He was in drunken
stupor and thereby "muffed" one of
the big stories Of the Dillinger hunt.
His city editor never knew,
The others we're regular habitues of
the place resort well known to
ganglAnd as a safe hangout. That is,
all but one of the others was a reg
ular customer. He had been coming
In frequently for several days and had
struck up q chubby acquaintance with
the bartender. Apparently he was
nothing but down-and-out fioater
in quest of convivial companionship.
This man semed to have no par
ticular interest in any one in the
room--except that he glanced COW
ertly once or twice in the direction
Of the girl with the rough customer
at the table. Finally, he yawned,
stretched his arms and sauntered to
the door, where he expectorated to-
bacco Juice.
Arrest Of Sweetheart.
Almost before he had turned back
in the room several strangers rushed
into the place with drawn guns.
ITS a stick-up," somebody yelled.
Hands Of all. Including the tobacco
chewing man, went up, but the in
vaders centered attention on the girl
and her companion.
Its all right--we're Government
agents." the youthful, thin-bodied
leader Of the armed men announced
TO, the bartender.
The young man was Melvin Purvis
and his prisoners were the half-breed
Indian sweetheart of Dillinger, Evelyn
Frechette, and an underworld friend.
The Frechetse girl had been widely
sought as the woman who had es-
capped with Dillinger from a St. Paul
apartment.
She was to give the Federal men
valuable information to guide them
in their manhunt-and Purvis, agent
in charge of the Chicago Office of the
Division of Investigation, eventually
was to set the trap that sealed Dill
linge~S doom.
After the Frechette woman had
been led away the bartender turned
TO the man with the cud. shook his
head wisely, and said: L knew they
were Federsls as soon as I saw them.
Those guys don't fool rne!"
You're a smart fellow. all right"
the customer conceded. They GER
talnly had me fooled"
Purvis and the agent (the tobacco
chewing bum) later laughed over the
incident-especially at the discomfi-
ture of the Chicago reporter when he
woke up next morning and learned
how he had dozed through a genuine
raid by the Government Dillinger
squad.