Show POLICE CLAIM CREDIT FOR TIP Shadowed Dillinger for Week Then Jhen hen Told U. U S. S Agents Officer SaysA Says Says' A CHICAGO July 24 2 The IP-The The Chicago Chicago Chi cago Herald and Examiner ina COp copyrighted copyrighted copy copy- righted story toda today said that John Dillinger had been under police observation observation ob ob- ob- ob for lor a week before he was shot and killed Sunday night by de dc of Justice ustice agents agents- The central figure in the case the then n newspaper said quoting Captain Timothy Timothy Timothy Tim Tim- othy A. A ONeill O'Neill of the East Chicago Ind hid police who was at the scene of the shooting was wa a Croatian Informer informer in in- former fonner a former gambling tn- tn tance of or Dillinger Six weeks ago aco this man who has becA living in Chicago for or months month came to me and told me mc he had seen Dillinger I informed him that if this were true he had an all excellent chance of collecting the reward money This informant then told his story that that he had seen een Dillinger in in front of ot the theater eater at 2433 North Lincoln avenue later the informant A lew few days das told me of seeing Dillinger at the theater ag again fn And on the night of or orthe the Saturday that Dillinger and his gang accomplished a spectacular bank robbery at South Bend he reported reported reported re re- re- re ported seeing our man at the theater a third time Two days later J I told Sergeant Martin of the Indiana harbor harbor harbor har har- bor police comrade of the policeman Dillinger shot down downin in an Indiana harbor bank robbery more than six months ago Zarko went on his vacation Immediately afterward but he spent his time trailing down Dillinger On July 16 16 sat in front of the theat theater r in a car and saw linger visit the theater Next day when the program e changed again acain he came back once more I had observed that DU- DU linger Unger was a regular attendant at that particular theater making it a point to see each new film Believing that the time was coming to spring the trap Z called me to join him last Saturday night From a parked car car we s saw w Dillinger Dil linger come to the theater He walked as he had done on each cach other occasion occa occa- lion sion but when he left he went in a taxicab We trailed him but we fou found lound d that he changed to ano another her cab about a mile away as he had done on each previous time he was observed Incidentally Dillinger always was at least one woman and nd sometimes by two By using two taxicabs taxicabs- he shook hook us las off Saturday night but when we drove back past the theater we saw that a new film ilm would be shown Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day and we guessed that Dillinger would come again We therefore got in touch with the federal agents of Melvin Purvis Purvis' staff and the trap was laid v vAs As J expected Dillinger strolled up to the theater with a woman A second sec see second ond onci cn about cr bot the s same c ct t t- t qt tWe Av t fco bo sure eth ether er eror er or was with Dillinger When he left the theater two women were again near him One of If th the women seeing the officers seized Dillinger by the shirt and cried 1 Oh John John thoSe those men men i Caught of off his his' guard this last time Dillinger r leaped back reaching reaching reach reach- ing lug lor for his gun At that moment the thew thew w woman man man or w women men disappeared And Andar ar moment later Dillinger fell dying a as ahe he had seen een many maly men die at his hish h nd ha n And at at an any time In the past 10 days we could have taken John Ham Ham- ifton and George rge Baby Face Nel Nel- son in But we realized that i if we arrested ar are arrested r rested ted these men would esch es es- es- es ch cape |