Evening star., 1936-12-19

agents found a detective had kept
members of the Karpis- Barker kid
nap gang advised of steps being taken
to capture them.
At the trial of a member Of this gang
on Federal kidnapping charges, it was
testified by Government witness,
forperly allied with the gang. that
$25 900 OF ransom money had been
earmarked for certain police cap
tain.
There have been numerous other
distressing incidents to discourage
r. B. l. agents in their efforts to pro-
mote cooperation among the various
law enforcement agencies.
The most advanced step toward ce-
menting Of good relations was the
establishment Of the F. B. l. National
Police Academy, through which the
bureau affords free training to rep
resentatives of State. county and city
police departments.
With reference to the New York raid
that has been so much criticized,
Hoover disclosed that had it not been
for the sharp eyes of an F. B. l. agent
on a rowing surveillance, Brunette
might have eluded the trap that
shared him.
He told how this agent, scouting
the neighborhood a block away from
Brunette's apartment, spotted a man
resembling the kidnaper on the street
about midnight A woman was with
the suspect.
"Shadowing" the couple. the Oman
trailed them until they entered the
West 102d street apartment.
Neither the New York police nor the
New Jersey police were aware of the
fact that Brunette had gone into the
apartment. This was because the New
York police had left the scene about
four hours earlier for reasons known
only to them. and because the New
Jersey troopers, stationed in a nearby
building, had not seen Brunette enter
the apartment, due to darkness.
The r. B. I. director stressed that
had his men wished to put anything
over on the police that was the time
to do it. Since neither police agency
was aware that Federal agent had
seen Brunette 60 in the apartment,
it would have been an easy matter
to proceed with the raid without
notifying the police.
Police Notified.
Instead Of pursuing that course
Hoover said, the agents notified the
New Jersey officers Of Brunettes ap-
pearance and invited them to join in
raiding the apartment. Since no New
York police officer was on the scene
at the time, the raid began without
them. After the raid was in progress
Hoover said. Deputy Police Commits
sioner Byrnes Macdonald and an
other New York officer arrived and
joined In the firing. After Brunette
surrendered. Macdonald drove the
Federal agents and their prisoner to
the F. B. I. Office.
As for the allegations of unneces-
sary sunplay, Hoover said a careful
check of ammunition used py his
men has shown that exactly 80 bull
lets were fired into the apartment,
instead Of the Hundreds" charged in
some press accounts. Brunette during
most Of this firing kept out of range
in an alcoye Of the kitchenette. The
apartment was dark throughout the
battle.
He pointed out that less than 10
Federal officers and the two New
Jersey troopers effected the apprehen-
sion within an hour. Their efforts
were retarted, he explained, by the
fire that resulted when q tear gas
candle ignited window draperies. Fire
men were warned that q desperate
gunman was in the apartment and
none Of their lives was endangered
by gunfire. Hoover asserted, because
the only shooting after firemen arrived
was that which was directed into the
apartment from the front by New
York officers and that which took
place between Brunette and Federal
agents at the rear.
The head Oman recalled that New
York police, in effecting capture in
1881 of Francis ("Two-Gun") Crow
ley, are reported to have used more
than 100 men and to have poured
tear gas and machine-gun fire into
Crowley's apartment for more than
two hours.
"Our little raid appears to have
been comparatively tame" be COM
mented.
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