davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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and Chase as the men who had made
the reservations.
Cowley, with the cooperation Of the
hotel man, assigned two agents to take
a room in the hotel keepers home and
await the return of Nelson and Chase.
He stationed other agents In and
about the hotel, disguised as employees.
The surveillance continued unevent-
fully for weeks.
Then, on the afternoon of November
81, 1884, in the absence of the hotel
man, the agents at the house saw a
V-8 sedan stop in front Of the house.
Two men and a woman were in it.
The visitors, whose identities could
not be determined by the agents, left
quickly after getting no immediate re-
sponse to their knock.
The agents telephoned the Chicago
Office of the F. B. I. about the mys-
terious visitors, giving the license
number of their car-Illinois 639-578
As the car containing this trio
passed through Lake Geneva a few
OH dSC1lI Oll dSo1Sll-
ment there recognized Nelson in the
drivers seat and also noted the tag
numbers. He, too, phoned to Chicago
Cowley Called Chicago.
Immediately upon receipt Of this
second call, Cowley got in touch by
telephone with two agents who were
on special assignment on the out
skirts of Chicago. directing them to
proceed at once toward Lake Geneva
over the Northwest Highway and to
keep close watch for a V-8 sedan con-
tanning two men and a woman and
bearing Illinois tags No. 639-578
Cowley said he and Agent Hollis would
follow at once, with machine gun and
shotgun, and would endeavor to over
take them on the highway.
The first pair of agents was armed
only with pistols. They were in a
decrepit coupe they had been using
in their undercover assignment.
About 5 miles east of Darlington,
Ill, these agents saw headed toward
them a V-8 sedan containing two
men and a woman and bearing Illi-
nois tags, only the last three num-
berS of which they were able to
catch" The numbers were 5 7 8
They turned around in the road
sharply In order to follow this car
and identify the tags definitely.
AS they wheeled, Nelson became
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PARK AREA

left right "Ba6y Inspector Samuel coy and Special Agent
/,
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Silk Shipments Large.
France is shipping an average Of
$685. 900 pounds of silk to other coun-
tries every month.
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THAT the gangster always has
the advantage over the law
enforcement officer in the mat
u ter of gunplay is illustrated
perfectly by the case of George (Baby
Face) Nelson - christened Lester E.
Gillis-who murdered three G-men
before they ended his kill-craZy career
at the battle Of Darlington"
Some critics of j. Edgar Hoover's
special agents have claimed the sharp
shooting F. B. I. men executed" some
members Of the Dillinger gang with
out giving them "a chance"
If there can be any just criticism
of the agents in the Nelson case, 1t is
that they gave Baby Face" too much
chance.
The records, opened to me by Di-
rector Hoover in The Stars own in
quiry Of Oman gunplay. disclose that
Nelson, himself, did not believe in
the theory of giving the other man a
chance for his life.
Killed Baum Near Inn.
This thrice-paroled gangster shot
down Special Agent w. Carter Baum
near the Little Bohemia Inn, Mercer,
Wis, in the most cold-blooded fashion.
Baum, the F. B. I. files show, did not
have any opportunity to defend him.
self.
Nelson ordered John Paul Chase to
open fire with an automatic rifle on
two F. B. I. agents whose official
status he only suspected. That was
just before the fatal Darlington bat
tie.
He turned q machine gun on In
specor Samuel P. Cowley and Special
Agent H. E. Hollis as they were getting
out of their car to demand his sur
render, after having overtaken him
near Darlington, Ill.
1t was only after the deadly bullets
from Nelson's and Chase's guns were
pumping into his body that Cowley
turned his own machine gun on them
fatally wounding Nelson.
During the 70-mile- -an-hour chase
which Immediately preceded this bat
tie, Inspector Cowley had ample op-
portunity to fire his machine gun at
Nelson's car.
Fear of Killing Innocent Couple.
He withheld his fire for one good
reason-but one which is given little
consideration by underworld killers
his fear that he might hit the woman
companion of Nelson and Chase. That
is where the law-enforcement officer
Is at disadvantage in a gun battle.
Cowley was certain of the identity
OF only one person In the car he was
purSuing-Nelson. He must have suS-
pected the woman was Mrs. Nelson
and he may have suspected the other
man was Chase, but the tip which sent
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suspicious that he was being followed
and he, too, turned around In the
highway, heading back toward Lake
Geneva. Satisfied. apparently, that
he was the object of curiosity by the
men in the coupe, Nelson suddenly
swerved completely around once more,
sped up and sought to compel the
coupe to pull up at the side Of the
road. .~~~'. 'r,.,.,. ,-r,,,,,.a,..., ...,.
The agents found themselves looking
down the muzzle of an automatic
rifle, held by Chase, who was seated
in the back Of Nelson's car.
Wild Chase Down Road.
Instead OF obeying Nelson's stimuli
taneous demand that they halt, the
agents sped up and swerved down the
highway. As they started away, Chase
began firing at them through the
windshield Of Nelson's car. One OF
the agents returned the fire through
the rear window Of the coupe. pune
turing the water pump Of Nelson's
car with one of the bullets.
Shortly after this encounter, Cow
ley and Hollis, proceeding from Chi
cago, met Nelson's car on the high
way near Darlington. They turned
and took up the pursuit.
Nelson Immediately stepped on the
gas and tried to outdistance Cowley's
car. which was a high-powered Sc
dan. After a short and furious chase.
during which Nelson's car began to
overhead badly from loss Of water,
Nelson jammed on the brakes and
veered into a driveway Of the North
Side Park in Darlington.
Cowley's car skidded to . stop
about 200 feet ahead.
In the meantime Nelson, Chase and
Mrs. Nelson had jumped out OF their
car, the latter running and throwing
herself into a ditch. Nelson and
Chase got behind their car and lev
eled an automatic rifle and q machine
gun over the hood.
As Cowley and Hollis emerged from
their car-Cowley with machine gun
and Hollis with shotgun-Nelson
and Chase turned loose deadly bar
rage Of lead.
Hollis leaped behind pole and re-
turned the fire with his shotgun. He
was killed instantly by a shot in the
head as he aimed his shotgun.
Emptied Gun at Attackers.
Cowley, although hit several times
by machine gun slugs. and while sink
ing to the ground from his wounds,
managed to empty his machine gun
at his assailants. Mortally wounded,
he crumpled to the ground.
Nelson and Chase ran over to Cow
ley's sedan and started of in 1t. Mrs.
Nelson jumped to the running board
as the car was in motion. Nelson
took the wheel at first, but, it was
learned afterward. was so badly
wounded he was forced to surrender
the wheel shortly to Chase
Cowley identified himself to persons
who soon rushed to the scene. Taken
to a hospital he asked that agents be
rushed to him from the Chicago Office.
His chief concern was to confirm to
his men before hes died that it was
Baby Face" Nelson with whom he
had battled. He died several hours
after gasping his story to his GRIM
faced agents.
A telephone call to an undertaken,
made by q mysterious woman who
hung up quickly, led Cowley's men
to ditch near a cemetery in Niles
Center, near Chicago, where the re-
mains Of Baby Face" Nelson were
found-nude and torn by II bullets.
Another gangster had been crossed
of the list-at the cost Of the lives
of three G-men.
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which to file suits that banned melodie

which to file suits that banned melodies
were broadcast
A. S. C. A. P. further disputed the
copyright claims to a long list of songs
and advised broadcasters they might
use the melodies.
Two Roxbury, Mass, stockholders of
Warner Bros. entered the lists with a
suit demanding an accounting on the
grounds the assets of the film concern
and the music publishing firms were
wasted and misapplied when Warner
Bros. Quit A. S. G. A. P.
Evening star., 1936-08-02
BY REX COLLIER.

the gangster always has
the advantage over the law
enforcement officer in the mat
~ Tor of ciirn1au iS ill1lSf fa ted
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him into his final battle had identified
only Nelson by name.

UIlly NcLSUkl ny uduiC.
Cowley apparently thought OF the
possibility that the man and woman
with Nelson were innocent citizens,
kidnapped by Nelson in his flight.
The inside story of gunplay in the
Nelson case goes back TO the cold
night of April %. 1884, when Agent
Baum, Agent j. C. Newman and Con-
stable Carl Christensen left the raided
Little Bohemia Inn to investigate a
disturbance" reported from a nearby
farm.
The officers drove to the farm and
pulled alongside an automobile, parked
without lights in the driveway. The
constable had recognized the car as
one belonging to resident of the
community.
As the agents car stopped, man.
later identified as Nelson, jumped out
OF the parked automobile and ordered
the officers out. Without waiting for
them to comply, Nelson began firing
at them point-blank with an auto
matte pistol.
Two Others Were Hurt.
Baum was killed instantly. New
man was knocked unconscious by
bullet that grazed his forehead. Chris
tensen also was rendered unconscious
by a serious bullet wound.
Newman recovered his senses in time
to fire several futile shots at Nelson,
who disappeared in the darkness.
Hoover assigned Inspector Cowley.
one of his most trusted aides, to the
job of hunting down Dillinger, Baby
Face" Nelson and other members of
their gang.
Cowley was Sunday school teach
er turned Oman. Quiet. unassum-
ing, fearless, Cowley had risen to the
rank of inspector by repeated achieve
ments that marked him as an out
standing officer Of the law.
Cowley, as related in a previous ar
ticle, was in charge of the detail Of
agents and police, which, three months
after the killing of Baum, surrounded
and shot Dillinger outside a Chicago
motion picture theater.
With Dillinger out of the way, Cow
ley concentrated on Nelson. He had
an intensive, methodical study made
of Nelson's career, of his habits of
his associates, of places he had been
known to visit in the past. Surveil-
lance was begun of the homes of rela-
tives and friends of the gangster..
Hotel Men Suspected Guests.
In the course Of this investigation
hotel keeper at Lake Geneva, Wis,
told F. B. I: agents he suspected that
some previous guests at his hotel were
members of the Dillinger gang. He
said that on September 3, 1894, two
of these men had visited his home and
arranged to rent rooms at his hotel
after the close of the regular season.
I'll
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Train Boosts Lumber.

Wood for Good" is the slogan of a
lumber exhibition train which will
tour Great Britain to encourage the
use Of lumber in building and decora-
ton.
Evening star., 1936-08-02

This Is the third Of a series OF
authentic inside stories OF Oman
gunplay. based on files of the
F. B. I,
Evening star., 1936-08-02

upstream engineering. This, he ex-
planned, involved the putting of steep
pasture lands into trees and lower
slope lands into pasture to prevent
water run-offs.
Waving to some workers on the
platform at Brattleboro, Vt, while he
talked with newspaper men, the Presi-
dent said Federal relief rolls were be-
ing cut in Vermont by town boards of
selectmen taking care of increasing
numbers of the type that used to be
on the county poor lists. The peak
Federal relief load had thus been cut
so per cent in that State, he said.
He added his conferees informed
him the Home Owners Loan Agency
was not only saving homes but keep
ing a lot Of country banks on their
feet.
Returning to his description Of the
hood-control situation, he said the
Barre and Wrightsville Dams had saved
more money in land damages, figured
on the basis Of the 1927 food, than
these two and the Little River Dam,
still underway. are costing to build.
He predicted the New England food
danger would be over If the Federal
State cooperative plan were carried
out piece-neal over a period Of Is
years.
Cruise Started July Is.
The President left Hyde Park, N.
Y. July IS. on his two weeks sailing
cruise in Canadian waters, climaxed
yesterday by goodwill visit to Que
bee. He expects to remain at the fam
lily estate on the Hudson until some
time next week. when he will return
to Washington.
Sitting in his open car atom the 90
Evening star., 1936-08-02

Evolution does not necessarily mean
progress-it only means change.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-18
SANFORD DEFEATS
TOBAccON|SES, So
Edwards Stars in Relief
Role; Visitors Score
Heavily Early

Sanford did all of its scoring in the
first two innings of its ball game with
Henderson Tobacconists here yester-
day afternoon at League Park, rap
ping the offerings of Price and Smith
for nine runs and II hits in the first
two frames before James Edwards
came to their rescue, hurting master
full ball the remainder of the tilt,
which Henderson lost to 6.
Henderson rallied in the eighth for
five runs, but could not muster
enough to overcome the commanding
lead of the Peach Belters.
The visitors hit two home runs i'm
the first two innings to pile up their
score.
/ Henderson was playing in Clover
today, and will go to Lawrenceville to-
morrow.
Beaman, stellar catcher, has return
ed to his home. Langley performing
the catching duties yesterday in great
style.
Score by innings:
Sanford ;. -. 720 900 000--9 10 I
Henderson -. O1O 900 O50-6 13 q
Price, Smith, Edwards and Langley;
King and Clayton.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-18

that no one can give you. You find
it only within yourself.
II have then, I guess" She went
back to her busting.
Il don't think you have" he said
thoughtfully. "You couldn't be ex-
pected to, my dear. You are too
young still to have ever learned the
way through the hills and valleys of
life that we call disappointments and
triumphs. You have to experience
that journey before your eyes look
clearly beyond them to the final
horizons, past the shadows Of the
valleys and the bright chimera Of the
heights"
do you have to live lifetime be-
fore you are equipped to cope with
what you need when you are as
young as we are?' she asked pas
sionately.
Julian smiled sadly. "As young as
we are? My child. you are only an
infant"
Don't say that" she said, as
though she were pleading with him
to meet her on equal ground.
"No. you aren't" he said slowly,
looking into her face.
From there they must go on but
what was there to say? Julian did
not ask her for more and she didn't
know that there were things he
wanted to say to her and couldn't
Julian who was master Of articula-
tion.
you're lunching with Mr.. Kit
tredge at one" she said slipping into
the protective role of secretary, glad
Of it's defenses against the rising tide
of her emotion.
That's right" Julian took his cue.
It'll not be back until around five.
If there's anything you want to
do. :"
eft will take me the whole after
noon to finish this job" she said.
It would have had she not beer
interrupted.
Her smock was dusty, the smudge
stayed on her nose IN company with
a new one on her cheek. Her hands
were dirtH and her hair rumpled
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when Kobe announced that there waA
a lady to see her.
Did Julian have an appointment to
see someone and she had forgotten?
She gave quick glance at the an
pointment book. It was probably
some actress calling to see him.
There were always beautiful actresses
stalking Julian.
"Ask her to come in," Joan wiped
her hands on her smock and did the
best she could with her hair.
It was dim in the dusky library
and Joan did not recognize the smart.
slim girl standing in the doorway.
| II didn't announce my name, Miss
Spencer" she said in a pleasant
drawl.
Wont you come in? I must ask
you to excuse my appearance. I've
been busting books. Mr.. Sloane isn't
here but I expect he'll be in around
five if you'd like to wait"
81 didn't come to see him. I came
to see you. I am Beatrice Winsloe."
| The silence that followed that was
pretty loud. Joan didn't break it:
Beatrice had come to see her. It was
for her to make a beginning.
She did.
"Are you in love with my hus-
band?" she asked. She said it Just
the way she might have said. do
you care for my sable scarf?"
NO." said Joan. II am not. since
you're so frank with your question,
may I ask why you want to know p
Certainly" Beatrice lit a cigaret
and passed her case to Joan. You
see happen to love him and I want
him to be happy. think perhaps
you're the kind Of a girl who could
handle him. 1 can't. so I'm going to
divorce him."
Joan was too stunned to say any,
thing.
81 love him but I don't want him.
He is a useless philanderer. I know
he's unfaithful to me so I'm going
to divorce him and name Sheila
True"
- (TO BE CONTINUED
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-18

ulty to their being out late at night
in distant places among strangers.
Il agree with the trustees and the
student body that the experiment of
supervised dances is worth the trial"
DIR. j. III. Gorrell, who for almost a
half century has preached the evils
of the dance both from the pulpit and
in his classroom, observes:
a. That dancing has become more
or less common in every social COM
mlnity in North Carolina.
-. That most of our young peo-
pie of social standing, comprising a
very large number of our college
students of both sexes, indulge in
this amusement
80 That rarely, if ever, have any
disciplinary measures been taken by
any church against any member for
dancing in Itself.
IL That unsupervised dancing
that has increased by leaps and
bounds among the students not only
of Wake Forest but of every other
institution of college standing
chaperoned dancing in private houses
the attending of public dances in
nearby cities and resorts, uncontroll-
ed and uncomfortable by any admin
istrative body-has produced a situa-
ton harmful to the moral life and
the serious work of our young peo-
pie, situation which according to
my observation has been growing
worse from year to year and can be
remedied only by allowing. supervised
dancing in suitable college buildings.
"The churches, by and large, do not
and cannot prohibit dancing today.
Wake Forest College cannot prohibit
dancing. But Wake Forest College
can and should control dancing-and
that's the milk in the ccoanut."
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-18
FIRST METHODIST PROTESTANT

Rev L. r. Medlin, pastor.
9:45 Church school. E. 0. Falkner,
superintendent.
II Morning worship. Sermon sub
ject, obedience of Sacrifice"
Evening worship. The Union Ser
vice will be held at this church with
the sermon by Rev. r. E. Brown. His
topic will be "Rejoice in Hope"
Monday evening at o'clock, Young
Peoples Society of Christian En-
deaVOr."
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-18
THE SALVATION ARMY.

Adjutallt and Mrs. Joseph Willett il
charge.
Sunday school 10 a. m.
Morning worship II a. m.
Young Peoples Legion $50 p. m.
Open Air Service 7:3O p. m.
Evening worship 8 p. m.
Everybody cordially invited.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-18
AMERICAN LEAGUE
'6(laB5111es

PIEDMONT LEAGUE
Rocky Mount at Asheville.
Portsmouth at Richmond
Durham at Norfolk.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia at Chicago.
New York at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh.
Boston at st. Louis.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland at Washington.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
st. Louis at New York.
Detroit at. Boston.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-18
WEST END BAPTIST.

Rev. E. R. Nelson, pastor.
Sunday school 10 a. m. w. H. Perry,
superintendent.
Morning worship IL a. m. preaching
by the pastor, sermon subject, Our
Daily Bread"
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-18
Results
PIEDMONT LEAGUE

Durham 2; Norfolk 7.
Portsmouth 0; Richmond ~.
Only games played.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-18
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Detroit. 4; New York 9.
st. Louis 1; Boston 2.
Washington 5; Chicago IS.
Cleveland 5; Philadelphia 1.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-18
FIRST M. E. CHURCH.

Rev. r. b. Brown, pastor.
Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
Sermon by pastor, why people go
Away from Jesus"
Union services at First Methodist
Protestant church at 800 Reverend
Robert E. Brown will be the preacher
and has chosen his text from Romans
1912, Rejoice in Hope"
The third quarterly conference will
be held Monday night July 9th by
DR.. j. H. Barnhardt of Raleigh.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-18
FIRST BAPTIST.

Rev. A. S. Hale, pastor.
9:45 Sunday school. J. G. Gardner,
superintendent.
IL Morning worship service. The
pastor will preach on the subject,
"The Power of Partnership"
E. C. Shaw, Jr., will sing as the Of
fertory solo Consider and Hear Me"
by Pflenger
8 The Union Service will be held
at the First Methodist Protestant
church with Rev. r. E. Brown in
charge.
Rev. Hale will be in charge of re-
vival services at Island Creek Baptist
church during the coming week.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-18
HOLY INNOCENTs EPISCOPAL

HOLY INNOCENTS EPISCOPAL.
Rev. I. w. Hughes, rector.
9Th Sunday after Trinity.
1880 Holy Communion.
9:45 Church School.
10 Mems Bible Glass.
II Litiany, Antecommunion and
Sermon.
8 Evening Prayer.
st. Johns Mission, North Hender-
con.
2 o'clock, Church school.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-18
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Boston 5; Chicago 1.
New York 6; Pittsburgh 0.
Brooklyn 5; Cincinnati 3.
Philadelphia 4; st. Louis S.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-18

Lord Philip Snowden Britain's one
time chancellor of the Exchequor,
born Y years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-18
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.

Rev. James A. Jones, pastor.
9:45 a. m. Church School. r. W.
Bruin, general superintendent. Ser
vices of worship and classes for Bible
study for all age groups.
Hoo a. m. Morning worship. Sub
ject: Lessons Out of the Past" Ser
mon by the pastor,
800 p. m. Evening worship. The
third. in the series of Union Services
will be held in the First Methodist
Protestant church, and the Rev. r. e.
Brown will be the preacher.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-18

Rear Admiral George T. Pettingill
(above), who is in his 39th year of
naval. service and won commenda-
ton for conspicuous service in the
Boxer Rebellion, has been appointed
commander of the Washington,
D. c., Navy Yard to succeed Rear
Admiral j. l. Defrees.
Central Press)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-18

This picture wildly illustrates
what farmers in midwestern Unit.
ed States have had to contend
with besides the drouth and the
heat, namely, grasshoppers. The
hopper hoard have eaten all the
foliage off fruit trees, leveled corn
fields and even have attacked
fence posts on this farm.
Central Press