The Bismarck tribune., 1934-04-24
SLEUTHS HUNT FOR
INDIANA DESPERATE
NNOR7HERN WOODS
Bad Mans Luck Holds But Net
Is Declared to Be Slowly
Tightening
PREFER TO TAKE HIM DEAD
Reports From Chicago and COL
umbus Indicate Dsspsr-
ado Near Ohio
PREFER TO TAKE HIM DEAD

John Dillinger = cop-killer, banh
robber, highwayman and Jail fugitive
still was on the loose Tuesday.
He was hunted in the wooded wilds
Of the north country, freshly white
with snow, while reports from Chi
cago and Columbus indicated ho
might be nearing Ohio.
Advised that maroon sedan, bear
ing Minnesota license plates and be-
leved to carry members OF the
desperado's gang, had been seen near
Fort Wayne, Ind, the Ohio state
highway patrols radio station broad
cast q statewide bulletin to police
to be on the lookout.
Motorcycle Policeman william Hoth
OF the Cook county highway force
was wounded In the shoulder Monday
night several miles north Of Chicago
by gunner who he believed were
members Of Dillinger's gang.
In conflict. mysterious midnight
raid on an Ellsworth. WIS.,, oil sta
ton by three desperate men who kid
naped the proprietor intensified the
search for Dillinger mobsters in the
Twin Cities area.
Wallace Gray. one Of three men ar
rested by Minneapolis police In . raid
In connection with the Dilliueer In
vestigation, was released from the
North Dakota penitentiary last Feb.
II after serving four and one.half
years.
The government had nearly 100
picked men on the job in Wisconsin.
Some Of them were drafted from
points as distant Is Philadelphia and
Washington. Many airplanes dropped
from the skies. bringing reinfoece-
menta.. 49, s-.s. -,..e-----.
The department Of justice men
were under orders to shoot to kiil
The sentiment was openly expressed
that Dillinger dead would b more
desirable to the forces Of Law than
Dillinger alive.
| Will Take No Chances
The memory Of the outlaws latest
victim-a government agent slain q
Dillinger blasted his way from Z tay-
ern near Mercer. Wis, Sunday nieht
was not calculated to encourage
the officers to take any chances With
the heavily-armed desperate and his
gang Of criminals
Dillinger was believed hiding Tues
day either in this northwoods coun.
| try or to have taken refuge in one Of
several hideOutS he is believed to
| have prepared in the Twin Cities Of
Minneapolis and st. Paul.
The casualty list from SUNDAY
nights two gun fights remained two
dead and four wounded, with the
condition Of one Of the wounded men
critical.
The belief that Dillinger may be in
one OF the Twin Cities arose after
| the skirmish which three men had
Monday with three deputy sheriffs in
st. Paul Park, suburb Of st. Paul.
One Of the men is believed to have
been Dillinger.
The deputies. who had been guard
ing the roads In the search for tho
Dlllinger mob, exchanged shots when
they encountered the trio in . small
automobile bearing Wisconsin license
plates. Here again fortune smiled on
Dillinger-if Dillinger it was.
Gets Lucky Break
A numbering truck, coming in from
side street, delayed the deputies
machine just long enough to permit
the trio to escape. One Of their
number, however. was believed to
have been wounded. Bloodstains were
found In the triox car when It vas
found, abandoned.
There also were rumors that the
Dnlinger gang, which apparently split
into two groups, after the Sunday
night gun fights near Mercer, lost
another man in the gunfire IN the
Wisconsin woods. The rumor had II
that the victims body had been car
r1ed away In the woods-in which
some investigators believe the
Mooresville, Ind, bad boy" had gone
into hiding.
After the gun battle in the streets
OF the st. Paul suburb. the police inves-
tigated reports that car which sped
past the city limits had contained
. man bundled In blankets. Officers
believe this may have been one Of
their foes In the gun fight-wounded
or dead.
| Activity increased along the wiz
conSin- Michigan border with the
statement OF Lieut.. o. 7. Demaray
that = car ct Ironwood, believed e
have been used BY the fleeing mohs-s
men, had been found In Z ditch near
Marenisco.
Hemmed IN Huge Clrcle'
i Authorities were quick to hem thu
killers In Z gigantic circle that ex-
tended from Duluth TO st. Paul and
Minneapolis. to Chicago ana . MI
waukee. synchronizing their move.
ments, the constabulary e 1kichignn
took up strategic posts along tn Wis
conSin border to preclude tia poosibil-
ity of tho gunnaen bAck-tE1clEing
through the upper peninsula.
| The fact that tho deapoeaAoas
| might be hampered ~ . ahogtano 6
armaments WAs discloeed When 1o0oral
agents announced thsy had con1iaaat-
led six machine er8, . dnn go
guns and rillos, an6 M ooooa voGA
; left behind ~ tho seven mon = II.
fingers m0h ~ - taxoen.
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