Evening star., 1936-05-04
HOOVER HITS LACK
OF AID FOR G-MEN
"Rotten" Cooperation Held
Rule in Some Places
in Middle West.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May Al. Edgar
Hoover, here after delivering Alvin
Karpis to st. Paul authorities for
prosecution on kidnapping charges, said
today that cooperation with his men
In some Middle West communities is
''rotten."
Corruption or ineflciency among
police authorities Is the cause of
notorious lack of cooperation with
the department in many communi-
ties" declared the director of the
Justice Departments Bureau Of In
yestigation.
"It is rotten in some places. won't
name them. But they are in the
Middle West. Nationally-in general
cooperation is excellent. We will CO.
operate with officials anywhere there
Is not lot of politics, crookedness or
the officials are publicity crazy"
Planned Raid.
Hoover disclosed that he was pre-
pairing to lead personally an armed
assault on the front entrance of the
gangster's New Orleans apartment
when the desperate appeared Friday
night with two companions and was
captured.
Hoover said other groups of agents
had been posted to guard three other
exits to the building. The Hoover
party was driving a half block past
the structure preparatory to return
ing on foot for the frontal attack, to
be prefaced by surrender demand
and gas bombs.
'we'd have killed him if he'd tried
to shoot it out, but he didn't get a
chance" Hoover said.
Hoover expressed regret that word
of Karpis' personal threat against his
life had ever gone out of the depart
ment, because "all enforcement off,
cials get threats and pay no atten-
ton to them"
He declined to say whether he in
tended his raid leadership as reply
to the desperado's boastings
Hoover said the raid in New Or
leans, conducted in district of heavy
late afternoon traffic, would certainly
have resulted in deaths had agents
been forced to storm the dwelling as
they expected. But they dared not
wait because Karpis was quick on
the move" he said.
big, Bad, Bold Boy"
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man, TO whom we're attributed some
dozen bank robberieS one to four mur-
ders, three mail robberies and three
kidnapingS, as "a big, bad, bold boy"
from whom any vestige Of courage
fed when he saw his captors.
"On the way downtown in the car"
Hoover said, they invited us to kill
them because they thought they'd be
killed anyway. But, of course, they
hadn't drawn guns"
Hoover explained he never gave an
order in any case to shoot to kill''
and that agents did not shoot unless
fugitive started the fracas. He was
asked about reports John Dillinger,
who was slain in attempted capture in
Chicago, was executed"
That was lie," Hoover said.
KarpiS' fear when he was taken,
after boasting throughout the under
world that agents could never take
him alive. made his knees knock to-
gether as we fr1sked him." the director
said.
Hes crude, vicious and cunning
killer. with rather a pleasant person.
atty. He'd been a lone wolf since
last Fall. He thought that by keeping
away from his gang he could avoid
U.s."
Hoover said that Karpis had no
1nkling the Federal officers were close
on his trail. Karpis said he had
planned to go fishing that day, Hoover
continued, and reproached his girl
companion for not having avoided the
trouble by obeying orders he had given
her to go back home"
Hoover said that the girl, some
times called Connie" of Hot Springs
end other Arkansas cities, probably
loud no. oe held unless j. vas shown
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