Evening star., 1936-05-03

deaths OF at least fue persons, and
rob0eries and kidndpin0s netting
them $500 900. His most notorious
Jobs" Dere the kidndptngS OF WA.
Hanln, jr., st. Paul brewer, June
IS, 1888, and Edwdrd G. Bremen,
st. Paul banker, just sir months
later, for phich he probably wiH
stand trial.
BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May "A series of new
arrests along the crime trail Of Alvin
Karpis, captured Public Enemy No.
l." was predicted tonight by J. Edgar
Hoover, chief of the United States
Justice Departments Bureau of In
vestigation.
A "diligent search" was under way
for ANY one who harbored or aided"
the gangster in his long flight from
justice, Hoover asserted during a brief
stop here on an airplane fight from
st. Paul-where Karpis was a prison.
er-to New York.
Doctors, auto mechanics, private
airplane pilots, gasoline station at
tendants and others" were under sur
veillance, he said.
Although refusing TO say directly
how many aides Karpis had, Hoover
hinted at the possibility of a large
number.
Only Five In Actual Band.
There were only five in the actual
(Hamm and Bremer) kidnap band"
he said, 'and rs persons are now un-
der arrest in the case"
Hoover said Karpis definitely vas
known to have used private airplanes
in fleeing the law. 1t was also known,
he added, that Karpis' face was lifted
by DR.. Joseph F. Moran, Chicago, after
the Bremen kidnapping
Karpis had boasted he wouldn't be
taken alive" but Hoover said Karpis
was so damned scared he couldn't
talk" when he was seized yesterday in
New Orleans.
"Karpis' arrest was brought about
entirely by Department of Justice
agents" Hoover said. There were no
tips from outsiders and no reward will
be paid"
Rewards totahng $1,000 had been
offered for the apprehension and con-
viction Of the gang leader.
Not a shot was fired by the heavily
armed agents who ended a three-year
search with the quick raid.
Karpis was brought here on a a.
hour sleepless airplane trip marked by
detours and hazardous flying weather.
Arraignment Not Yet Set.
Shackled with heavy chains on the
long ride, the prisoner was rushed
under heavy guard to the Federal
building here for questioning. When
he would be arraigned and whether he
would be tried first for the s200,0 900
KIDNAPPING of Banker Edward G.. Bre-
mer or the seizure of William Hamm.
Jr., brewing company head, who paid
100000 for his freedom, District At
torney George F. Sullivan was unable
to say as yet. Hamm was kidnapped
June IS, 1888, and Bremen. January
II, 1884.
A sidelight on the capture was the
statement in Port Clinton. Ohio, of
John Zetser. IS, who said he believed
he had unwittingly aided Karpis and
two companions by flying them to Hot
Springs, Ark. and Tulsa. Okla, q few
weeks after the $4,000 machine gun
hold-up of an Erie train last November
Z at Garrettsville, Ohio.
Karpis' seizure followed by only a
few days his indictment for the Hamm
kidnapping, and capture of three others
as plotters in the crime.
The only member Of the gang still
at large is Harry Campbell, long an
associate of Karpis. Asked II Camp
bell now would succeed to designation
as public enemy No. /. Hoover replied:
I'VE don't give them any rating in
the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
They are all yellow rats to us. That
was proven last night"
Indicted in Hamm Case.
Indicted here several days ago for
the Hamm kidnapping along with
karpis and his former partner, Arthur
(Doc) Barker, now serving a life term
in Alcatraz for the Bremen abduction
were:
Bryan Byron Bolton, in Jail here
awaiting sentence on his guilty plea in
the Bremen case; Elmer Farmer, serv-
ing a Jail term for the Bremen abduc-
ton; John Peifer, st. Paul night club
operator; Charles Fitzgerald. Los An
geleS. and Edmund C. Bartholmey.
former Bensenville, III. postmaster.
Other former members or associates
Of the Barker-Karpis gang serving
prison terms for the Bremen kidnapping
are William Weaver, Harry Sawyer,
Cassius Mcdonald, Harold Alderton.
Volney Davis and Oliver Berg. Several
members, including Fred and Ma"
Barker. mother of Arthur and Fred;
William Harrison and Fred Goetz,
have been slain.
Traced to New Orleans.
Saying Karpis had been under sur
veillance by Federal agents for two or
three days before his capture, Hoover
asserted the gangster. quite q fisher
man and hunter" was in and out of
New Orleans.
WHEN we ndu QeHulLe lnlormat1on
he was in New Orleans. we surrounded
the apartment house in which he lived
with Fred Hunter.
Within three minutes after their
arrest, there were more than q thou
sano people swarmed around Ksrpis'
car and the apartment house"
Hunter. wanted in the Garrettsville
case, and the woman taken with
Karpis, were held in New Orleans.
Authorities planned to return Hunter
to Ohio.