Evening star., 1936-08-01

scription tailed with that Of Van
meter. The manager said the apart
ment had been rented two weeks be-
for by Mr. D. A Stevens" and that
the latter had turned the apartment
over to the man answering Van Me-
ter's description.
The agents obtained permission to
enter this apartment. They found
leather bag, Thompson machine gun
stock that fitted stockless gun aban-
doned by Van Meter in his escape on
March 81, large quantity of ammu-
milton, a revolver holster, a pair of
field glasses, a 2-foot piece of dyna-
mite fuse and several getaway"
charts and road maps used in bank
robberies.
While the agents were in the apart
ment two colored women appeared and
announced they had been sent to
clean the apartment" These women,
upon Interrogation, eventually admit
ted that the ID. A. Stevens" who had
rented the apartment was really Eddie
Green, for whom they had worked at
a road house.
They said Green and his paramour
had called at their house that morn
ing and asked them to go to the "Stev-
ems" apartment on Marshall avenue
and get suitcase, a coat and some
laundry. Their instructions were to
take these articles to their home, where
Green would call for them later that
day.
Several Agents Planted"
Several agents were planted" in the
colored women's home. They were
armed with rifles and automatic pis-
tols-for they believed they were to
face a desperate man, an associate of
Dillinger and Van Meter. The latter
pair had machine -gunned their way
to freedom only a few days before.
They were determined not to let an
other member of the gang escape.
One of the colored women was in
structed to open the door and hand
the bag to Green when he appeared
then step aside. Three agents were
hidden at strategic places on the first
floor, where they could watch develop
ments through curtained windows.
Just before pm. a sedan pulled to
stop in front of the house. There
were woman and man in it, Green
and his paramour.
Green began getting out cf the car
almost before it stopped, ran up to the
front door of the house and received
the suitcase from the colored woman.
Then he turned quickly and dashed
back toward the car, the motor of
which had been left running.
Commanded to Halt.
AS Green leaped down the front
steps the agent in charge of the squad
commanded him to halt.
Instead of obeying this command,
the F. B. I. files show, Green quick
ened his pace and, startled by the
command, reached toward his pocket
as though to draw gun.
That instructive, menacing gesture
was fatal one. It was the signal for
the agents to fire-or seek safety and
let another gangster escape without so
much as struggle.
Actually, that impulsive sweep of
Green's hand toward his gun pocket
was a futile move. He had left his
guns at home-and it proved to be
quite an arsenal, when G-men found
it later.
His woman companion was arrested
and questioned. She had on her
$1,155.
Green was found to have two safety
deposit boxes containing $4,000 and
$4,700, respectively.
Getaway" Charts Found.
In Green's car were found two
boxes of 20 caliber cartridges, an
eight-page getaway" chart on tablet
paper, giving mileage between desig-
mated points over distance of 1888
miles; a getaway" chart, penciled
on a map of Yellowstone Medicine
County, Mimi, and 18 road maps for
counties in Minnesota and for the
State of Iowa.
A search of Green's apartment on
Fremont avenue in Minneapolis re-
vealed the following robbery equip
ment:
One Thompson submachine gun.
One drum magazine for machine
gun, loaded with so shells.
One .351 caliber rife