The Bismarck tribune., 1934-04-28
Believe Baby Face
Nelson Is Wounded
Wisconsin Deputy Says Car
SWerved After He Shot at
Fleeing Auto
SEARCH FOR GANGS SPREADS
Area from Louisville, KY, to
Twin Cities d Combed for
Raiders

Chicago, April 28.-R-The laws
bullets are putting creases, one by one,
In the John Dillinger gang, but the
outlaws haven't lost enough blood to
halt their gun-roaring terror over the
central west.
George (Baby Face) Nelson, dimin-
utive gunner, Is the latest reported.
AL johnson, . special deputy, re-
ported Saturday at Superior, Wis.,, he
believed he had wounded Nelson in
an exchange Of shots with him near
6olon Springs, Wis.,, Friday night.
The deputy was wounded slightly.
wooden Gun John" and his first
lieutenant, John Hamilton, were
treated for shoulder wounds q few
weeks ago but apparently have re-
covered completely.
II took q pop at him and think
I hit him." johnson said Of his brush
with Nelson. Ills car careened to
the side OF the road. He probably
was hit in the arm or shoulder, as I
did not aim high"
Twin Cities Excited
Saturday afternoon Minneapolis and
st. Paul police redoubled their efforts
after an automobile resembling one
stolen In Moose Lake, Minn., by q
man believed to be Nelson was spotted
on University Avenue In st. Paul,
heading toward Minneapolis.
Earlier In st. Paul grand jury had
indicted four persons on charges Of
to conceal Dillinger. They
were Evelyn Frechette, girl friend Of
the outlaw: Beth Green, reputed wife
OF Z slain Dillinger henchman; DR..
Clayton May Of Minneapolis and his
nur1e, Mrs. Augusta Salt.
st. Paul police also believed they
had q clue indicating the possibility
Dillinger gang members were in st.
Paul prior to the kidnapping Of VIII
liam Hamm, Jr., brewer. The clue
was medicine bottle bearing . pre-
scription by DR.. N. q. Mortensen, sus-
pended city health officer.
While 5000 or more heavily armed
peace officers, augmented by hum
dreds Of volunteers, searched from
Louisville northward to the twin
cities Of st. Paul and Minneapolis,
without further definite trace Of Dill
linger or Nelson, another Of the
Dillinger men was identified as the
leader Of q quintet Of robbers who
raided q villa Park bank Friday.
Van Meter Gets Busy
He was Homer Van Meter, the
swashbuckling ally who recently
helped his chief In q sensational raid
on the Warsaw. Ind, police station,
where they replenisled their stock
Of guns and ammunition.
Waving their guns, the robbers
swooped down on the Villa Park Trust
and Savings bank, terrorizing four
employees. and scooping up the money.
They fled in an automobile In q clean
getaway.
Van Meter was also with Dillinger
when the latter shot his way out Of
an apartment house in st. Paul
March 81. He exchanged shots with
federal officers while Dillinger, armed
with q machine gun. blazed away Ut
city detectives, receiving q wound he
later forced Minneapolis physician
to dress under threat Of death.
Later the bandit chieftain was re-
ported seen In southwestern Michi-
gan, but like Baby FACE" Nelson.
wanted for killing Federal Agent w.
@. Baum ct Mercer, Wis.,, last Sunday
night, he disappeared without leav-
ing any definite trace.
During the early morning hours Of
Friday, Nelson, after hiding out for
two days in the shack Of m Indian.
Ollie Catfish, was believed to have
been cornered by q posse near Fifield.
WIS.,, In the heavily wooded section
Of the state. but he slipped past his
guards.
Gusrd Louisville Bridges
Still later Nelson was reported to
have been stalked down q blind road
In the vicinity Of Squirrel Lake, Wis.,,
and the officers combed the woods
Of that area in the hope that he might
be bottled up. Rumors had him
sighted at other points. Louisville,
KY, police guarded bridges on q tip
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