Show PAL OF NELSON TO FACE COURT CHICAGO March 16 P John John JohnPaul JohnPaul JohnPaul Paul Chase goes on trial here Monay Mon Man day ay- ay Chase former small time small time San Francisc Fran Fran- bootlegger is charged with murder murder mur- mur der er for lor his part in the bloody battle ot of f Barrington last Jast November 27 when two federal agents cornered Chase and the notorious George Geore Baby Face Ne Nelson on in a duel which cost ost three lives Jives Capt Captured red in California when he turned up to make a touch from some ome old acquaintances Chase goes goeson goeson on n trial alone Nelsons Nelson's body was found in a suburban ditch the day after fter the fight Th The law invoked against Chase is isone isone one ne of the new ones passed by the third seventy congress which provides provides pro- pro vides vides ides that the punishment prescribed in in section of the United States criminal code shall apply to any anyone one who vho murders a federal agent in the pursuit pursuit of his duty Section specifies hanging as ashe the he punishment The law has has' never before been used sed For its star witness the government government govern govern- ment will have Mrs Helen Gillis Nelsons Nelson's widow She was riding with Nelson and Chase when Federal Agents Herman E. E Hollis and nd Samuel P. P Cowley of at Salt Lake City engaged the ie two in a short range battle batlle Vicious machine gun fire from Nelsons Nelson's Nelsons Nelson's Nel- Nel sons son's n's ns car killed both H Hollis llis lIis and Cowey Cowley Cowley Cow- Cow ley ey the latter reputedly the man who vho got Dillinger |