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Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-12 | Page 3 | Dillinger Hunt Turns to South

Type issue
Date 1934-04-12
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Dillinger Hunt Turns to South
Type article
Date 1934-04-12
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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OCR Text DILLINGER HUNT TURNS TO SOUTH S Police Block Highway High High- way to Halt Desperate Des Des- Outlaw SHREVEPORT La April 12 W- W Reports that John Dillinger the desperado des des- from irom Indiana was Indiana was headed this way with a machine gun threw this section into wild excitement early today to- to day Advices from Dallas and New Orleans Or Or- leans sheriffs sheriff's officers blocked the Dixie overland highway to halt the desperado for whom the nation is searching They were told to watch for tor an automobile au which was seen yesterday at Carbon Hill Ala and several small towns in Walker county Alabama The belief was expressed officIally that one of oC the occupants was Dil Dillinger linger and that he was wounded DENVER April 12 A P deputy I sheriffs sheriff's encounter with a car car he he said contained members or of the Sterling I bank robbery gang and a report that thata a western Kansas farmer was under under suspicion tOday furnished the only two developments since the masked quintet sped away from Sterling yesterday yes yes- after robbing the Security State bank of Deputy Sheriff Sherif Harvey Jochum ol of Fort Morgan reported to Sheriff Sheri Rufus Ru fus A. A Johnston last night that he had encountered a man in a car at Brush Colo Cob and had fired on the car as the thc theman man fled He said he recognized a Denver gangster in the fleeing ye- ye hide hicle At the Sterling sheriffs sheriff's office it was said that thal a western Kansas farmer farm farm- er er who had served time as a bank rob robber r was under investigation ST. ST PAUL April 12 The P-The federal fed fed- eral governments government's hunt for lor John Dillinger Dil linger appeared today to be nearing a period of fresh activity I Considered significant was the arrival ar- ar rival here of Harold Nathan first assistant as as- to J. J Edgar Edcar Hoover head of the department of justice Meanwhile in ChIcago Evelyn Eveln Fre Fre- cheW chetti Dillinger's companion was arrested arrested ar- ar rested but federal agents declined to discuss the affair DALLAS April 12 John iP-John Basden Bas Bas- den 22 year old truck driver was charged with being the companion of Raymond Hamilton and another man manin in the 1543 robbery ot of the Grand drand Prairie State bank March 19 Basden denied participation in the robber robbery Sheriffs Sheriff's deputies said J J. E. E Waggoner Was Wag goner president of the bank J. J T Yeager cashier and Miss Maude Crawford bookkeeper identified Basden ST. ST PAUL April 12 Authorities W-Authorities prosecuting the hunt for John DU linger who allegedly tIed fled from an apartment here March 31 have Uncovered uncovered un- un covered operations of a criminal gang which has taken five lives and loot ot of half a million dollars it was learned toda today Nine major participants have been connected with the gang Thc They are Harry Campbell Alvin Karpis Fred Barker and Doe Doc Barker brother of Fred all of Tulsa Tommy Carroll John Dillinger John Hamilton Homer Home Van Meter alias Wayne and George Baby Face Nelson of at Chicago Th The information was given federal officers by persons caught in a round round- up P following Dillinger's escape
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