Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-24 | Page 2 | Dillinger Slug Wounds Utahn

DilliNGER SLUG 1 WOUNDS UT AHN S Federal Agent Shot in Road Road 4 j house Battle Well Known Here 1 Narrowly escaping death sever several t. t times in brushes brushe with desperadoes during the last two years he has bast served as a special agent in the d 1 e J J. J C. C Newman w. w former Holladay resident Tuesday was recovering from minor Younds receIved Monday night when Dil linger linser gangsters shot out O oZ oZa a federal trap at a roadhouse near Mercer Wis Viii Mr Newman Is well known In Salt Lake City having lIved at li until unU 1924 1 when he was s special agent upon of former Senator Reed Smoot His mother Mrs T. T SO S. Newman at V il Mr Newman was by machine gust gun when h hC nd n nother other agents si n led Dilli ger gerand and h his gang at the Little resort near Mercer When the fugI tires scattered Mr Newman to rari a nearby house to phone an alarm A member of the rang gang had arrived ahead ot of the off cers and opened pen d fir Lire with a machine gun ag agents sp pr ached Mr ym Newman was was wounded a second tithe time Mr Newman was instrumental ln In Inthe the capture ot of the notorIous gang Because of gangl gangland nd threatS against his wife ViCe and two oo sons he zent lent them to Utah last summer while he spent three months In Washington D. D C. C on special work