Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-12-31 | Page 1 | Gang Killings Probed by U. S.

GANG jANO KILLINGS i I PROBED BY U. U U S. S S I Indictment of Chase for Murder Murder Murder Mur Mur- der of ot Cowley Hollis Sought CHICAGO Dec 31 UP The UP-The The federal federal fed fed- ed eral government acting secretly and with great speed d went before beCore a grand jur jury today seeking indictments charging murder against John Chase accused accomplice of G George orge Baby Face Nelson in the slaying of two federal agents I IA A little more than an hour after alter Chase Was as returned here from Calif Cal if ornia U Di rS M 2 Dwight ight H. H Green went before th the grand rand jury It was understood he planned to request indictments charging both the murder of Herman E. E Hollis and that of oC Samuel P. P Cowley of Salt Sall Lake Cit City the thc federal agents who were killed In a gun battle with N Nel Nd l- l son Federal Agents Move To Arrest Gang Aids SAN FRANCISCO Cal Dec 31 i UP With UP-With With two men already in custody cus tody federal agents moved secretly and swiftly today to arrest 12 persons accused of 01 aiding the flight of 01 the thelast thelast last remnants of ol the Dillinger gang of 01 outlaws I The suspects they sought were mainly in California and Nevada where the late George Baby Face l Nelson elson spent several weeks after Dillinger was slain The first arrest in the renewed I roundup was made in Shasta City i Calif where John Paul Chase 31 was seized i. i I Suspect Barely Evaded Officers in Provo Special to The Telegram PROVO Dec 31 Arthur 31 Arthur Pratt 30 held in San Francisco on charges of or obstructing justice in apprehension of John Paul Chase accused henchman of Baby Face Nelson barely slipped through the fingers of 01 local police in October it was disclosed lada today On October 9 Officer Albert Halladay Halladay Halla- Halla day and a department of justice agent from Texas took up Pratts Pratt's trail on information he had been seen in Provo They learned that a few days before before be be- fore Pratt had visited the Elks club and V Vivian Vian ian Park resort in iii Provo can canyon yon He had not been seen since Pratt was Identified by John Carter resort owner and Paul Vincent Elks club members who remembered Pratt from a 1 visit several years ears ago when he was promoting sales of lots lols in the canyon