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Show - BgJi-BJETS-or BgJi BJETS or I3ULLTS-v I3ULLTS v - ! : - ci . = JUSTICE JUSTICII JUSTICEBy : By REX COLLIERCopynght,1936 COLLIER COLLIERCopynsU Copynght,1936 Copynght1936 CopynsU Copyngtlt , , 1936 , . by the North American Aroe.ncan Aroencan Americus . Newipaper Newspaper Alliance . , Inc Ine . . . e-WMywyf e WMywyf - V w wW -W W - ' - " \ v f h / i n nY Y . t tr tN r . . ' .K K N r Y YHouse f hfwr Wrt Wrtr r * WM * < W * 3h4 > fW 1 1House House Bouse in St . . Paul Where Wbere Green Was Trapped . i I EDDIE GREENDDIE GREEN . DDIE GREEN GRIEN : , . St Paul gunman gun gun- gunman . - EDDIE [ man and bank robber , . whohad who whohad whoy _ had the underworld distinc dlshnc- dlshnc distinc- distinction dlshncbon distinction - tion bon of active membership membershipin In the Dillinger Dlllmger and the Karpls- Karpls Karpis- Karpis KarplsBarker KarpisBarker Karpis-Barker Karpis Barker - Barker gangs at the same time timeinvited , . mvited death-and death and death - and got ItClrcumstances itCircumstances it itCircumstances Circumstances Clrcumstances surrounding surroundmg the thefatal t thefatal h e efatal fatal shooting shootmg of Green by federal federalbureau federalbureau federalbureau bureau of investigation InvesugatIon agents , . who whoset whoset whoset set a trap for him 1um hum on Apr April 3 , 1934 1934at , at a house in St Paul Paul , , were the thesubject thesubect thesubject subject subect ) of an under-cover under cover - mquiry inquiry mquiryrecently inquiryrecently inquiryrecently recently by secret service agentsThe agentsThe agents agentsThe The "ill ill " advised " secret serviceactivities servIce servIceachvitIes serviceactivities achvitIes activities apparently were prompted promptedby promptedby promptedby by recurring rumors that G Gmenfired menfired men menfired fired at Green without knowing knowmg hIS hISIdentity hisidentity hisidentity Identity , that they only learned whohe who whohe whohe he v as by questioning questlonmg him hun on hisdeath his hisdeath hisdeath death bed at t the h e hospital hospltal , that thatGreen thatGreen thatGreen Green was "mowed mowed " down " mercilessly merci merCI- merCIlessly mercilessly - lessly and without warning warnmg and that thathe thathe thathe he was a "minor minor "mmor mmor " hoodlum " whodeserved whodeserved who ! deserved better treatmentWell treatmentWell treatment treatmentWell Well , , let's lets ' ' look at the recordWlth recordWith record recordWith With Wlth the co opera operation bon of ot DIrector DIrectorHoover DirectorHoover DirectorHoover Hoover of the F . . B I 1,1 11 , , I have gone gonethoroughly gonethoroughly gonethoroughly thoroughly over the bureau's bureaus ' ' heretofore here here- heretofore heretofore - tofore confidential files on the Green Greencase Greencase Greencase case and , I believe , have found foundthe foundthe foundthe the answer-officlally-to answer officlally to answer-officially-to officially answer - officially - to the ques ques- quesI quesbons questions questions - tions bons which puzzled curious cunous secret secretserVIce secretservice secretservice serVIce men . . In the first place , a study sludy of thecriminal the thecnmmal thecriminal cnmmal criminal record of Edward Greenahas Greenalias Green Greenalias -ahas ahas -alias alias - alias Eugene Green , , . G George.Graham GeorgeGraham e 0 o r g e , . Graham , Charles Ryan , , . George GeorgeGreen GeorgeGreen GeorgeGreen Green , . Fred Rogge , . Frederick RI- RI RIley Riley Ri-ley Ri ley - ley , Fred Graham and Eugene RI- RI RIley Riley Ri-ley Ri ley - ley - fa fails s to support the rumor rumorthat rumorthat rumorthat that he was just a bad boy who whobecame whobecame whobecame became involved innocently wIth wIthbIg withbig withbig bIg tune time lill1ersHe killersHe killers lill1ers killersHe He started out as a small hmer- hmer timer- timer hmerhlS timerhis timer timerhis - his hlS fir f first i r s t sentence having havmg been beenserved beenserved beenserved served in the house of correchon correction correchonfor correctionfor correctionfor for grand larceny , , but he graduated graduatedinto graduatedinto graduatedinto into such select gangland company companyas as that represented by Frank Franh Nash Nashcause , . cause of the Kansas City Clty massacre ; ; Verne Miller Ml11er , one of the massacre trigger 'trigger ' men " ; Alvm Alvin Karpis Karpls andthe and andthe andthe the Barker brothers , , . of kidnapingnote kldnapmg kidnaping kldnapmgnote kidnapingnote note , , . and , , finally , John Dillinger Dillmger . He robbed banks with wl1h the Karpls- Karpls Karpis- Karpis KarplsBarker KarpisBarker Karpis-Barker Karpis Barker - Barker gang and with the Dlllmger Drllrnger Dlllmgergang Drllrngergang Dillingergang DillingergangHis gang gangHIs His home was the haven to WhICh WhIChmembers whichmembers whichmembers members of both gangs would flee fleein fleeIn fleein in time of . trouble , , . the "post post " office office"through officethrough " through which they received their theirmail theirmail mall mail , , the clearing clearmg house through throughwhich throughwhich throughwhich which they kept m In touch with Wlth one oneanother oneanother another , , . the headquarters wherem where whereman wheremany man m a n y desperate crimes we w wereplotted wereplottedAt e r e eplotted plotted plottedAt At the time of his death he was wascustodian wascustodian wascustodian custodian of much of the heavyartillery heavy heavyartillery artIllery composing composmg the arsenal ofthe of ofthe ofthe the Dillinger Drllrnger mob . . A second point pomt supplied by therecords the therecords therecords records is that Hoover's Hoovers ' men knewexactly knew knewexactly exactly whom they were shootingwhen shooting shootingwhen when they opened fire They had hadset hadset set their trap for Green and no one oneelse oneelse oneelse else . . A third point pomt is that Green wasshot was wasshot wasshot shot only as a final resort-as resort as resort - as heanswered he heanswered answered a command to halt by bystarting bystarting bystarting starting to run and reaching reachmg forhis for forhIS torhis hIS hip pocket . The tact fact that be he hvcd lIved for eIght eIghtdays eightdays eightdays days after the shooting shootmg and was wasconscIous wasconscious wasconscious conscIous until unl ! a few hours before beforehis beforehis beforehis his death belies belles reports that he was was"rIddled was"riddled was"riddled wasriddled "rIddled rIddled " with wlth bullets " Full deta details s of the events which whichled whichled whichled led up to the capture of Green are aredisclosed aredisclosed aredisclosed disclosed herewith , . by permIssion permissionof of the F.B FB F . B I . . It will wlll be recalled that on March March31 31 , 1934 , , Dillinger Dlllinger Dellinger , , Homer Van VanMeter VanMeter VanMeter Meter and Evelyn Frechette shottheir shot shottheIr shottheir theIr way out of a St Paul apartment apart apart- apartment apartment - ment house A careful inquiry InqUlry atthis at atthis atthis this apartment provided G men withthe wIth wIththe withthe the address of another apartment apartmenton , on Marshall avenue , , . which they 1m- 1m im- im immediately 1mmediately im immediately - mediately investigated inveshgated investigatedAt inveshgatedAt At the second apartment they theylearned theylearned theylearned learned that apartment 106 had hadbeen h hadbeen a d dbeen been occupied by a man of sus- sus suspicious suspicious sus suspicious - picious habits unt until the day of the theD11lmger theDillinger theDillinger D11lmger Dillinger shooting shootmg affray , and that thatthe thatthe thatthe the man had not returned smce since smcethat sincethat sincethat that time His description descnpbon tallied talked talliedwith talkedwith talliedwith with that of Van Meter . . The man man- manager manager manager - ager said the apartment had been beenrented beenrented beenrented rented two weeks before by a "MrD "Mr Mr "MrD "MrD MrD " D . . A Stevens " and that the latter latterhad latterhad latterhad had turned the apartment over tothe to tothe tothe the man answering answermg Van Meter's Meters Meter'sdescrlptlon Meter'sdescription Meter'sdescription Metersdescription ' ' descrlptlon description . . The agents obtained obtamed permission permissionto to enter this thlS apartment The T Theyfound h e yfound y yfound found , . a leather bag bac , a Thompson Thompsonmachine Thompsonmachine Thompsonmachine machine gun stock that fitted a astockless astoekless astockless stockless stoekless gun abandoned by Van VanMeter VanMeter VanMeter Meter in his escape on March 31 31a , a large quantity of ammunition ammunltlon , a arevolver arevolver arevolver revolver holster , . a pair pall ' of . field fieldglasses fieldglasses fieldglasses glasses , a two toot foot piece plece of dyna dyna- dynamlte dynamite dynamite - mite mlte fuse and several "get get " away away"charts awaycharts " charts and road maps used in bank bankrobberles bankrobberies bankrobberies robberles robberies . . Wh While e the agents were in the theapartment theapartment theapartment apartment , , two colored women ap op ap- ap - . peared and announced they hadbeen had hadbeen hadbeen been sent to "clean clean " the apartment "These These " . These women womcn , , . upon mterrogatlon interrogation interrogationeventually , eventually admitted that theup the "D D up " A AStevens AStevens AStevens Stevens " who had rented the apart apart- apartment apartment apartment - ment was really Eddie Green , , forwhom for forwhom forwhom whom they had worked at a road- road roadhouse roadhouse road-house road house roadhouseThey - house [ houseThey They said Green and his para para- paramour paramour paramour - mour had called at their house thatmorning that thatmornmg thatmorning mornmg morning and asked them to go to tothe tothe tothe the Stevens 'Stevens ' " apartment on Mar l\Iar- l Iar Mar- lIarshall Marshall \ Marshall - shall avenue and get a suitcase sUltcase , . acoat a acoat acoat coat and some laundry . Their m- m in- in instructions mstructions in instructions - structions were to take thesearticles these thesearticles thesearticles articles to U their their eIr home , , where Green Greenwould Greenwould Greenwould would call tor for them later Jater that daySeveral daySeveral day daySeveral Several agents were "planted planted " " m in mthe inthe inthe the colored women's womens ' ' home . . They Theywere Theywere Theywere were armed with wlth rifles and auto auto- automatic automatic automatic - matic pistols plstols - for tor they belleved believed believedthey bellevedthey believedthey they were to face a desperate man manan , an associate of Dillinger DiUmger and Van VanMeter VanMeter VanMeter Meter The latter pair had machme machine machmegunned machinegunned machinegunned gunned their way to freedon only onlya a few days before The agents were weredetermmed weredetermined weredetermined determmed determined not to let another mem mem- member member member - ber of the gang escapeOne escapeOne escape escapeOne One of the colored women was wasmstructed wasinstructed wasinstructed mstructed instructed to open the door andhand and andhand andhand hand the bag to Green when he heappeared heappeared heappeared appeared . , , then step aside Three Threeagents Threeagents Threeagents agents were hidden at strateglc strategic strateglcplaces strategicplaces strategicplaces places on the first floor , . where they theycould theycould theycould could watch developments through throughcurtamed throughcurtained throughcurtained curtamed curtained wmdowsJust windowsJust windows wmdows windowsJust Just before 6 p m a sedan pulled pulledto to a stop m in front of the house houseThere houseThere houseThere There were a woman and a man manm manin manin m in it , . , Green GrCn { ! and his hlS paramour . Green began getting gettmg out of the thecar thecar thecar car almost before it lt stopped , . ran upto up upto upto to the front door of the house and andreceIved andreceived andreceived receIved the suitcase from the col colored colored colored ored womanThen womanThen woman womanThen Then he turned quickly qUlckly anddashed and anddashed anddashed dashed back toward the car , the themotor themotor themotor motor of which had been left run run- running running running - ning ningAs As Green leaped down the front frontsteps frontsteps frontsteps steps , , the agent in charge of the thesquad thesquad thesquad squad commanded him hun hum to halt . . Instead of obeying obeymg this thlS command commandthe , the F . B I flies files show . , Green quick qUick- qUickened quickened quickened - ened his pace and , startled by the thecommand thecommand thecommand command , reached toward hIs hIspocket hispocket hispocket pocket as though to draw a gunThat gunThat gun gunThat That instinctive Instmctlve , . menacing menacmg gesture ges ges- gesture gesture - ture was a fatal one-lt one lt one-it it one - - it was the thesIgnal thesignal thesignal sIgnal for the agents to fire , or seeksafety seek seeksafety seeksafety safety and let another gangster es- es escape escape es escape - cape without wlthout so much as a struggleActually struggleActually struggle struggleActually Actually , that impulsive unpulsive sweep of ofGreen's ofGreen's ofGreen's ofGreens Green's Greens ' h hnd hand ? nd toward bis hIs gun pocket pocketwas pocketwas pocketwas was a futile move . He had left hlS his hisguns hlSguns hisguns guns at home-and home and home - - and it lt proved to be beqUlte bequite bequite qUlte quite an arsenal , , when G men found foundit It later . His woman companion compamon was ar- ar arrested arrested ar arrested - rested and questioned queshoned She had on onher onher onher her $1,155Green $1,155Green $1,155 1155 $1,155Green $ , , Green was found to have two twosafety twosafety twosafety safety deposit boxes contammg containing $4000 4000 $4 4 containing$4 containing4 $ 000 and $4,700 4700 $ , , , , respectively respechvely . . Green , . questioned at the hospItal hospitalmade , , made the following followmg admissions admlss10ns to toF toF toF F . B L agentsHe agentsHe agents agentsHe He had been downstairs downstalrs in m the theSt theSt theSt St Paul apartment when DIllInger Drllrnger DIllIngerand Drllrngerand Dillingerand and Van Meter made their thelr sensa sensatIonal sensational sensational tIonal tIonalescape escape on March 31 , 1934 1934fleemg 1934fleeing 1934fleeing fleemg fleeing during durmg the COnfuslOnHe confusionHe confusion COnfuslOn confusionHe ClaytonE Claytonc He had arranged nrranged for Dr Clayton c E : May , Minneapolis Mmneapolls physlclan physician physlclansmce physiciansince physiciansince ( smce since convicted convJcted of harboring harbormg Dil DIl- DIlhnger Dillinger Dillinger - linger hnger ) to treat a bullet wound DIl DIllmger Dillinger Dillinger lmger linger received m in the apartment apartmenthouse house battleHe battleHe battle battleHe He had committed numerous bank bankrobbenes bankrobberies bankrobberies robbenes robberies in m association with the Karpls Karpis theKarpis theKarpls Barker and Dillinger DIlllnger Dilhnger gangsHe gangsHe gangs gangsHe before He had . paticipated r.atIclpated ratIclpated two weeks be- be be - . fore MeterJohn with wlth Dillinger Dl111nger , , . Van : Meter , . " John Hamilton , . ' 'Baby Baby ' Baby Face " Nel- Nel Nelson Nelson Nel.son Nelson - . son and Tommy Carroll m in the $52,000 52000 the$52,000 the52000 $ National Nahonal , robbery of . the First Na- Na Na - tional honal IowaHe bankat bank banI . at Mason City Clty , Iowa He was planning plannmg to rob a bank bankm bankin bankm m in Newton , Iowa , , at the tune time hewas he hewas hewas was shotPart shotPart shot shotPart Part of his long criminal crunmal record 1n in recordin record1n the fingerprint |