The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12
Public Enemy No. I
 Slain Ir1 Bangor, Me.
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of ammunition. The unusual size of the sale caused him to report it to Police Chief T. I. Crowley. He in turn sent to Washington to check the customers descriptions against federal records.
 Back came a circular listing Brady, Shaffer and Dalhover and the clerk identified the first two as the customers.
 The clerk recalled that the cus- toners had said they would return "1n couple of weeks"
 On the basis of Chief Crowley's report, 17 G-men were sent here and had been in Bangor the past four days,
 Indiana Sends Aid
 Meanwhile Indiana authorities were notified and dispatched state police officers who would be able to swiftly identify the much-sought deSperadoeS.
 So there were IT G-men, Indiana, and Maine state policemen, and local inspectors concealed in and around Dakin's sporting goods store when the gangsters' sedan, bearing Ohio license plates, drove up and parked shortly before a. m. (EST.
 Dalhover entered the store first and was greeted by waiting G-men.
 Where Are Partners?
 Where are your partners?" a federal agent asked.
 Before he could answer, Brady and Shaffer began firing from the street, drilling holes through the stores plate-glass windows.
 A fuSillade of G-men bullets dropped Brady and Shaffer as sens- ing trap, they spun around and headed back toward their car.
 The bullets narrowly missed Clerk James Seeley, 9, believed the orig inal tipster, who was sweeping the sidewalk in front of the store.
 Bystanders Duck
 Dropping his broom, he flattened himself on the walk while bullets whined above.
 Six customers inside the store sought shelter behind counters and other obstacles.
 Store Manager Shep Hurd, 40, said "25 or 30 shots" were fired dur ing the battle.
 When :ne shooting ended, Brady and Shaffer lay dead in the street and G-man Walsh was sprawled c:l the floor, with blood streaming from wound in the right shoulder, and Dalhover still was struggling in the grips of other agents.
 Traffic In Snarl
 Outside the store holiday traffic snarled as panicky pedestrians and motorists strove to evade the lethal crossfire.
 Mrs. Grace Hardy of Bangor, an eyewitness, told the United Press:
 T was sitting in parked car in front of the G-men's car, which was parked in front of Dakin's sporting goods store. was writing a letter.
 "A man-T guess 1t was one of the G-men standing behind my car-shouted Look outl' Then heard 8 rifle shot and dropped to the floor. There were lots of other shots.
 "When the shooting was over looked out and saw two men lying in the street in front of my car. It was awful.p A#
 Manager Takes Movies %F'|
 Unperturbd by the most exciting event in Bangor's recent history, Store Manager Hurd got out his movie camera at start of the shoot- ing and proceeded to record 50 feet of film.
 Afterward he said: ..
 q was the one who furnished the police with the original tip on this gang and they tell me I'm in line for @ $500 reward, $500 on each of the gangsters."
 CIimaxes Crime Series
 Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 12-(UP) Staying of Al Brady, self-styled successor to John Dillinger, and his lieutenant, Clarence Lee Shaffer, climaxed series of crimes that had made the outlaw one of the out standing public enemies"
 For more than a year and a half the short, sullen gunman and his associates had terrorized the middle west in an effort to make good their leaders boast to make the late John Dillinger look like piker."
 Brady, Shaffer, James Dalhover and Charles Geisking, the last of whom was tried and imprisoned by Ohio authorities on a robbery charge. eluded trap~after trap laid by federal, state, and county law enforcement agencies.
 Four Murders Alleged
 At least four murders, including the Indianapolis police force and