The Washington times., 1934-03-06
SIGHTED
7 VICE IN
CHICAGO
Criminal Was in Company With
Pretty Girl, Believed One Who
Saw Him in Jail

SIOUX FALLS, s. D., March 6
UN.SO.-Virtually holding the
entire city at bay, seven criminals,
believed to have been led by John
Dillinger, escaped Indiana convict,
raided the Security National Bank
today and escaped with several
thousand dollars.
The bandits fled after critically
wounding Hale Keith, a motor
cycle policemen, taking two girl
employees Of the bank as hostages
and disarming a squad Of police
men who had rushed to the scene
of the robbery. =.
P. R. Clark, president Of the
bank, said he was confident one
Of the bandits was Dilhnger.
He declared:
81 am positive one Of the
bandits was Dillinger. He seemed
TO be the leader and the calm
est Of the robbers"
The roofing nails punctured the
tires Of the posse cars when they
resumed the chase, and delayed
pursuit. Two miles further on
the bandits abandoned their car
and the girl hostages, held up
Alfred Musch, seized his sedan
and continued their flight.
It was pointed out by police
that Dillinger could easily have
driven here from Chicago, where
the automobile in which he es'
capped the Lake county jail at
Crown Point, Ind, was found. The
distance here from Chicago is 600
miles. Dillinger, authorities said,
may have departed from Chicago
late Saturday night.
Policeman Shot Down
Policeman Hale Keith was shot
when he surprised the bandits as
they were scooping up the cash on
the counters. Physicians at the
hospital where the policeman was
taken say he is critically wounded.
AS the bandits started to
emerge from the bank, scores
of townfolk, attracted to the
scene by the car and the pres
ence of two armed men in front
of the bank, watched, perched
on automobile bumpers and tops
while others leaned from win
dows of nearby buildings.
A police car dashed up, but
two of the bandits trained their
machine guns on the car, and
diSarmed the officers.
Motorcycle Policeman Keith
dashed up, gun in hand, but
one of the bandits, firing through
a glass window Of the bank,
dropped him as he got off his
vehicle. He was shot in the back
and arm.
Two Girls Kidnapped
Then the bandits calmly
walked out to their car, fired
q round into the air from one
Of the machine guns as a warn
ing to the spectators and drove
away, carrying two girl employees
Of the bank as hostages.
Three cars loaded with officers
gave chase. Two miles from the
city the bandits halted, and, with
the girls in front of them as
shields, drove back their purSuerS
with machine-gun fire. Then
they scattered roofing nails along
the road and sped on.
The raid, police announced, was
carried out with the precision
that has characterized the work
of the Dillinger gang in numerous
bank holdups attributed to the
Indiana desperadoes, under the
leadership Of Americas public
enemy No. l.
Two Wait in Car
Two thugs remained in the car
outside the bank while five en-
tered, carrying machine guns and
sawed-off shotguns. Twenty bank
employees and customers were
cowed while two of the bandits
went back of the cashiers counter
and Scooped up the cash.
Authorities were unable to i'm
mediately disclose the amount
taken from the bank.
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