Evening star., 1937-10-12

nus OeeH NO. man on the G-menS
list since year ago yesterday,
1Dhen, ,Ofth t,Uo compdnions-Cldr-
ence Sha1er, jr, and James Dali
houer-he escaped Jail at Green
field. Ind. Several murders in
hold-ups were laid at the door OF
the Brady gang as it terrorised the
countryside in Indiana and Ohio.
Its members armed brapado against
oNcers OF the ldU iUds notorious.
Ry the Associated Press.
BANGOR. Me, October 12.-Federal
sleuths, operating with characteristic
precision, today erased with a hail OF
machine gun fire the notorious Al
Brady gang of Indiana outlaws.
Swept to swift death as the Federals
struck suddenly were Brady, leader OF
the gang, and Clarence Shafier, jr.,
one Of his henchmen.
A third member, James Dalhover
threw down his pistol and surrendered
after a machine gun bullet flecked his
nose. He was quickly lodged in a Jail
cell.
Only one Oman suffered injury
and he. Walter Walsh. was shot in the
shoulder. At the Eastern Maine Gen.
eral Hospital surgeons said they be-
lieved his wound was not serious.
The showdown between the Gov
ernment and the gangsters came as
the latter left a sporting goods store
they had visited to buy pistol cart
ridges. A Federal officer and a men,
ber of the Bangor police were in the
store and the three gunmen became
suspicious and fed.
Met by Machine Guns
AS Brady emerged, pistol in hand,
they were met by hail of machine
gun slugs directed by G-men con-
cealed in = vacant building across
the street. An attempt was made
by the gunmen to return the FIRE, but
spectators said the fusillade lasted
less than five minutes.
Brady then lay writhing on the
pavement. blood gushing from his
chest. Shaffer lay beside him, his
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fled up an alley and attempted to
hide. but he offered no resistance
when Inspector Frank Golden Of the
Bangor police came up and snapped
handcuffs about his wrists.
In an automobile the gunmen had
parked outside the store, officers found
two Army machine guns, a can of
engine oil and blankets. The car bore
Ohio registration plates numbered
KY747
After the coup, the officers said II
Federal officers, headed by Myron
Guerney. had been in the city working
on the case during the last four days.
They sprang into action today when
Inspector Frank McClay Of the Bangor
police reported the bandit car was
entering the city.
Gang Had Awaited Guns.
The Federal officers, as is their
custom, declined to discuss their latest
victory over outlawry, but Thomas J.
Crowley, chief Of the Bangor police,
disclosed the Brady gang had been
waiting week for arrival of the two
machine guns found in the bandit car.
He said it was his opinion a fourth
member of the Brady mob" was in
the city, presumably the gangster
who brought the machine guns.
Crowley estimated that about 30
shots were fired in the brief but
deadly fusillade.
The Brady gang had enjoyed the
unsavory prominence of occupying
the head of the G-men's wanted"
list since fms was written to the
career of John Dillinger.
In the killing of Brady, the Depart
ment of Justice ended a career which
they charge included the murder of
an Indianapolis police sergeant,
Richard Rivers; an Indiana State
policeman, Paul zimmerman, and Ed
ward Linsey, Piqua, Ohio, grocery
clerk
Brady also led his mob in numerous
raids on banks in the Midwest, the
officers said He was known, like