The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-14
GOVERNMENT SEEKS
Missing WITNESS
IN ST. PAUL TRIAL
Woman Who Was to Have Tes.
titled Against DilIinger
Aides Disappears

Copyright 1894, The Associated Press
st. Paul, Mimi, May 14.-(R)-An
important government witness In the
case Of three defendants charged with
harboring John Dillinger, has disap-
peared and Monday, q hours before
the scheduled opening Of the trial, the
department Of justice was frantically
searching for her.
Object Of the extended search Is
Mrs. Dolores Smart, attractive a.
year-old Minneapolis blonde who was
released on her own recognizance to
appear at the trial Of Evelyn Frech.
cite. half breed Indian sweetheart Of
the notorious killer, DR.. Clayton May
OF Minneapolis and his nurse, Mrs.
Augusta Salt.
George F. Sullivan, United States
district attorney, said II feel conf.
dent that she will be located in time
to testify at the trial. OF course, we
arc anxious to find her."
The government, 1t was learned
from q reliable source, had banked"
on Mrs. Smart's testimony as one Of
the strong links in It's chain Of EVIL
dence against DR.. May and Mrs. Salt.
Was Friend Of Doctor
Mrs. Smart was patient and friend
Of DR.. May. According to infor.
nation in possession Of the depart
ment Of justice, the young woman
accompanied DR.. May to the apart.
ment at 5000 Fremont Avenue, Min
neapoliS, on at least one occasion when
the physician treated Dillinger for q
bullet wound. The desperate was
wounded In the leg when he shot his
way out Of st. Paul apartment house
on March 81.
A few days after DR.. May ana Mrs.
Salt were arrested, federal agents took
Mrs. Smart In custody. She was ques-
toned about her association with the
defendants and then released With the
understanding that she was to appear
as a government witness at the trial.
It was learned that the government
will attempt to show that DR.. May was
with Mrs. Smart several times dur.
ing the four days that Dillinger lay
wounded In. Mrs. Salts home and at
$500 Fremont avenue, the apartment
Of Mrs. Beth Green. thereby refuting
his claims that he was lin fear Of his
life." Mrs. Green, also. charged with
conspiracy to conceal and harbor the
Indiana killer, has pleaded guilty and
was expected to be the governments
star witness In the trial, slated to
open at 10 q. m. Tuesday.
Claimed Compulsion
In . recent interview DR.. May and
Mrs. Salt said they were forced to
treat Dillinger and were warned they
would be killed II they refused. DR..
May claimed he was trailed by Eugene
Green. slain Dillinger gangster, dur
ing the time that the desperate was
under his treatment.
A few days ago several federal
agents left for unannounced destina-
lions and 1t was believed they were
running down clues that might lead
to the woman,s whereabouts. Up to
noon Monday these agents had not re-
turned to st. Paul.
Meanwhile. George F. Sullivan,
United States district attorney, con-
tinued preparations Of his case in
which he will attempt to prove that
Miss Frechette was the woman who
slammed the door Of a st. Paul apart
ment in the face of ST. Paul police
man and federal agent a few minutes
before Dillinger and Homer Van Meter
engaged in a gunfight with them
to prove that Miss Frechette. named
in the indictment under the alias Of
Mrs. John Dillinger." is the legal wife
Of George Sparks, now serving term
in Leavenworth prison.