Evening star., 1948-09-07
Two Fugitives Seized
In Staying, Abduction
OF New Orleans Police
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW onLEANS, Sept. J.-SJatS
police said today two armed fugi-
tives sought in connection with the
Staying of New Orleans detective
were captured without a fight at
Galyez, La, early this morning.
Supt. Of State Police Goldman
Grant said the arrest was made by
City Marshal "Red" Bourque of
Gonzales, 5 miles from Galvez, and
State Trooper L. e. Wright, jr, sta
toned at Gonzales.
! Supt. Grant said the two are
being taken to the Ascension Parish
County jail at Donaldsonville. He
said they were armed with four
pistols but made no attempt to re-
sist arrest.
Officers Walked In.
He said they were taken at q
store in Galvez, where they appar-
emily had gone for breakfast. He
said the two officers "just walked
in and arrested them"
Gonzales is q few miles from
Hobart, where the gunmen last
night released John J. jackson, as
sistant chief of New Orleans de-
tectives, after abducting him from
police headquarters here.
Police identified the PAIR as Dale
Simpson, 26, of Salt Lake City, the
alleged slayer of Detective Nicholas
Jacob, and H. E. Miller, %, a native
of Monticello Miss
Chief jackson early today told OF
the tense seven hours he spent with
the fugitives driving over maze
Of backwoods roads.
Mr.. Jacobs was slain yesterday
morning as he and Detective Joseph
Tardo were returning to New Or
leans with Miller and Simpson from
Gulfport, Miss, where Miller had
been arrested on a theft charge
sworn to by Simpson.
Miller and Simpson subsequently,
hitchhiked to New Orleans, seized
chief jackson and his car at police
headquarters and forced the detec-
tive to aid in their getaway.
They had been taken to police
headquarters by truck driver with
whom they caught a ride.
Chief Jackson said Miller guarded
him closely during their long ride.
He clicked that trigger back a
hundred times and died hundred
times" the assistant chief of detec-
tives related.
Died Many Deaths
Every time we passed a car on
the road, Miller, who was riding in
the front seat with me, would click
back the trigger of his automatic.
And every time he clicked it, died
again. I was sure they intended to
kill me, but I didn't know when 1t
would come"
Chief jackson said he sought to
persuade the men to give themselves
up-and prayed for his life under his
breath as he did so.
The warrant sworn to by Simpson
charged Miller with taking $3.50 In
cash and a pistol while the two
were roommates at downtown New
Orleans hotel last week.
Mr.. Tardo said the pistol, with
which Mr.. Jacob was later shot in
the neck, was returned empty to
Simpson just before the quartet
started on the s0-mile trip back to
New Orleans.
The surviving officer said Mr.
Jacob was shot as they neared the
outskirts of town and that as he
twisted in the drivers seat he saw
the pistol in Simpsons hand. He
said he does not know what made
Simpson turn on them.
After being forced to drive to a
lonely road where Jacobs body was
thrown into a cluster Of bushes, Mr..
Tardo managed to escape from the
car.
The two gunner, meanwhile, had
thumbed a ride on Highway 30 into
New Orleans with Thomas Stayton,
a New Orleans truck driver. Mr..
Stayton, ordered at gunpcint to
drive to Baton Rouge, suddenly
swerved into the police exit as they
passed headquarters. He leaped
from the car as Miller and Simpson
fired at him, but he found refuge
behind a group of palm trees.
Simpson and Miller then leapec