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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION
COVER SHEET
SUBJECT: EVELYN FRECHETTE
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WARD c. BELCHER
DAVID KIRSCHNER -
w. F. NETTLES, Jr.
AUSTIN SHEHEEN
H. 0. KIRKOVER
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GUS BELEOS
D. J. OREED
D. M. MAYS
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Dear Sir:
It has come to our attention that a
promotional group is making a circuit of thesmalls; cities ofnthe South with a billing of
hvelyr,Fretchette in person.
I I noted posters in the windows of stor
and shops to the effect that this Dillinger
"Moll" was to appear on the stage of the Haigl
Theater here in person Friday evening.
I may be wrong,but I have a suspicion
that this is just a promotional racket being
worked by some irresponsible parties who are
making these smaller townsunder the belief tha
no one would detect the fraud, if such it may
be. '
I The writer is a former Wisconsin news-
paper editor and being in touch with affairs i
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woman who is with thr§1't@né-afit-r1ééi"§¥6~df>Gé .' »
possible be Evelyn§Fretche Pg. 9Iqg§qnswis afraud, which I strongly su. act it to 65%}~ - ii '1! ."-i;i'=-"J-" -
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I em in receipt of the pamphlet entitled "Public
Enemies - U. S. Her on Crime," which you recently purchased .
at the Johnn J. Jonee howe in eehingten. "
It was thoughtful of you to submit this pamphlet
and I went to thank you for this courtesy and also for your
comments concerning the appearance in one 0! the side shows
of Evelyn Frechette.
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a carnival and had expressed a desire to meet the Director and
go through_the Bureau. I informed him the Director was absent
from the city and the date of his return was uncertain and that
apparently this was an attempted publicity stunt on the part of
Miss Frechette._ He denied this and wanted to know who could meet
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P. 0. BOX # 1525,
PITTSBURGI, PA.
i May 29, 1957.
. Director, ' '
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
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' . !In reference to te deceas J ohnillingek ithas been ascertained that r._._-..- - J. aggiva andSircus, _app_ ring in Pittsb , Pennsy vania, duringthe
current w ,_ has as a sideshow attraction a unit known or _
billed- s G y1Jhe main feature of which is "_EZ61Y!$.1e.¢__.e,tt,e.,,.-,described as a gangster-girl and gun-m01l
of John Dillinger.
Miss Frechette gives a general discourse on her
association with John Dillinger and answers questions put to
her by _the audience. In answer to specific questions from '1
the audience she stated among other things, that Dillinger had
' two "mobs" cmnposed of sir members each, not mentioning names;
that-she did not knowwho actually killed Dillinger, inasmuch
as she was in a Michigan prison at the time; that she did not
: - personally know the "lady in red" as John had "taken up with
her" while she, Frechette, was in prison on charges oi "ha oring
John Dillinger". . . X
This information was submitted by An h ,
stenographerof this office, who attended one of the pe onnances
and who states that" the girl is really Evelyn Frechette, identified
from pictures in the possession ofthis office.
The above is furnished to the Bureau in the event
that Frechette's location may be known for purposes of interview,
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Doar iir. Heath:
I an in receipt or your uoanqnicalon data! _
April 8,. 1937, in whisk inquiry La made as _t,q1wthar '
Evelyn 92?reohdtte is -making a airman of tho theatres in
the variczw eiuea of the Beau: an B fahastzrieal Aztraoisiaa.
Plume be advised that this Bureau is not interned
as to the praamt looarsiou of Evelyn Freciaotmu, and I waist,
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infatuation -to which you refar Ln your lettar is roiliaible.
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~ Q / s ____ ..Re: EVELYN FRECHETTE. i ;.
Dear Sir: _ y
/As of possible interest to the Bureau there is attached.
hereto a thirty page pamphlet entitled blic Enemies - U. 5.War on Crime". '
whack wig purchased by Mr. 3'. B. Drury of this office
- I Iat th g_h_nny -T. Jones Shows now playing at 18th 5treet and -Banning R0§'<T,"N"" " ""' " y '
onsicritns attractions at this carnival is asias show entitled
"Crime", featuring a real "Gun Moll", Evelyn Frechette.
I Mr. informs that the manager of the show asked Miss
Frec_hette~a number of quest ions and told "something of her life;
that it was the usual practice to allow members of the audience
- - to question Miss Frechette. He was particularly careful to
distinguish between Evelyn Frechette and "The Woman in Red", Mrs.Anna<§age, advising that the latter had been deported to Rumania.
This booklet sold for ten cents and is reported to have been
written by Evelyn Frechette while inprison. -
It is understood that the carnival is operating under the
auspices and for the benefitiof: the '1_'all Cedars of Ijebpanon, afraternal organization. . If " I ' ' ' -
' .Very truly yours, _ .
~ GUY norm, _" Miss Gandy ________ __Mr. Schildez-___, ___ KFederal Bureau of Investigation, Mr.7 ! . Tracynd ______ __
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bad. Suddenlymoney was easily earned without hard
work. Many adventurers joined the colors of one of
the warring countries. ' .
' The advent of the U. S. into the War in 1917 in-
tensied the quickly changing situation. Men were
removed from quiet communities and contented
work to become hardened to bursting shells, blood,
misery, crippled limbs. The world became lled with
Shll-lShOCk¬d dissatised individuals who wondered
how: and why this all came about, tracing the.cause
to an invisible master-force at the top, soexible, so
vast, that no nger could point it out. .
It was during this time, when men and women
were occupied with the largest event in the world's
history that reformers, with the aid of Big 'Busi-
ness leaders-, amended the U. S. Constitution to pre-
vent the use of Liquor as! a beverage; a principal ar-
gunient being that only sober people are safe with
intricate machines. ,
After the Armistice of Nov. ll, 1918, as the Amer-
ican Nations heroes returned from countries that have
no illusions about the pleasures of home life, they
found a changed homeland. Their gathering places
were vacated, many of them with closed for one
year signs on the doors; while housewives simply
could not understandwhy it was a crime to crush
fruit to make wines. _ - V
No revenue to the state was necessary in order to
make beer or stronger drink, but if anyone were
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caughtdoing so a jail sentence or possibly a bullet
from an investigator was the result. So-called
snoopers were ridiculed and held in disgrace by
ghting men who laughed at the adventure.
Taxes increased. Work decreased. A law-making
orgy just then seemed to infect the daily-grinding law
makers. It was estimated that two million laws, each
with penalties attached were being enforced. The
country became a camp of law breakers. Bootlegging
became an art that was not considered either crim-
inal or o'ensive'to the average citizen. Extremely
alert and energetic men became rum-runners. Out-
standing among these were the large dealers, who had
zoned agents. The amount of money supplied for
prohibition enforcements, although mounting fast,
were almost useless in face of'the fact that a large
majority of the public con-sidered the whole experi-
ment impractical.
Lack of law enforcement, Political corruption, andthe breaking down oflthe Courts was the natural re-
sult. juries would not often convict! Headlines of
newspapers seldom even mentioned new inventions,
social scandals or other news. Gang wars between
zoned liquor agents, Political Murders, Bomb explo-
sionsl, Battles with ofcers in which machine guns,
armed boats, armored cars and airplanes were used
on both sides, were common occurrences. Murdered
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generally knew all the facts, but seldom had any proof
for conviction. The cases in New York of Arnold
Rothstein and Legs Diamond were National Scan-
dals. .
Among the rst dramatic mystery murders to at-
tract Nation-wide attention was that of Jim Colosimo
at his widely known Cafe on Wabash Avenue, Chicago.
He was popular, a free giver to charity. In Gangdom
he walsl known as a_Chicago leader of Liquor interests.
All that ever became public of the Crime, was that
Colosimo hurried in response to a mysterious Tele-
phone call. A few minutes later he was foundwith
several bullets in his head. No one was ever tried for
his death. -
Similar mysteries followed in quick succession in
the larger cities. Chicago newspapers featured the
crimes of the followers of liquor Lords to such an ex-
tent that Public interest attached to them an_ atmos-
phere of romance, awaiting impatiently every issue of
the" favorite Daily Paper as do the readers of con-
tinued ction in Periodicals.
Alphonso Capone and John Torrio, not long from
New York, replaced Colosimo in the Newspapers.
Every crime committed, every ride on which lead-
ers were taken to their death,_every spot on which
someone was placed to be riddled with machine gun
bullets was blamed on some Over-Lord or a rival. '
Soup kitchens and Bread lines during the wor9t
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conditions of unemploymentalso were credited to
money supplied by Capone. Charges were published
of forced contributions from Chain'Stores for this
purpose. If ction writers had previou-sly circulated
such horrible murder details being related as daily
news items, public nausea would have relegated them
to oblivion. V
Early morning extrasannounced one morning that
Assistant States Attorney William H. McSwiggin
was killed and his body found in'a street in Cicero.
Two menwhom he had unsuccessfully tried for mur-
der of a liquor lord were also killed in a car in Cicero
about the same time. All the police could learn was
that 200 bullets were red from Machine Guns in a
passing automobile. _ ' ,
Who killed McSwiggin P was a question asked
for months. -
i Murder followed murder, but the death of OBanion
in his North State St. Chicago ower shop landed on
Page One of new-sipapers all over the country. Many
rides were taken in avenging him.
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The next act that startled the whole world was the
famous gangland Massacre on St. _Valentines Day,
1929. Seven victims were linedup facing a wall, with
hands up, and shot down.by' two machine guns.
They were James Clark, Johnny May, Adam Kyer,
Albert Weinshank, Dr. R.'H. Schwimmer, Pete and
Frank Gusenberg. The latter was still alive when
taken to a hospital and had 27 bullets» in him. It was
alleged that an attempt was made to wipe out, the
leaders of an opposition liquor ring in their own head-
quarters, a Garage on North Clark St., Chicago. Two
cars, thought by onlookers to be Police Cars, were
seen to stop, one at the front and one in the rear of
the garage. Two men in Police Uniforms and two
others entered through the front door and two
through the rear carrying several machine guns.
There were probably 150 shots red, nearly all of
which tore into the seven men in the place. The
_ police ' were then seen to return to their cars and
drive away. i ' '
One man who later looked in curiously, gasped,
Theres dead men all over the place. When the po-
lice came they paused in horror. _A- week later one of
the cars was found partly burned; It had been faked
to resemble a Police Squad Car. No other evidence
useful as proof in Court was ever found. Chicago's
reputation had received another serious blow. _
Police estimate the length of life of a Gunman
Racketeer at 31 years. Few have been known to live
past 38 years. _ '
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The Pineapple Period was probably the begin-
ning of the government's entry into these Mystery
Murders. Liquor Lords had become so important that
they entered politics in a large way. g
Bombs known as Pineapples were placed in the
home of U. S. Senator Deneen and other Federal, State
and City Ofcials and candidates for ofce.
Washingt0ns leading investigators were sent to
trace them, which ended in arrestsifor income tax vio-
lations. A
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noon when the newspapers found that gangland_was
not letting them go scot free._ '
Jake Lingle, Chicagos Ace Police Reporter with
the Chicago Tribune was the victim. He was mur-
dered in a crowded downtown, Chicago Railroad Sub-
way Station-killed because he knew too much.
It was during the investigation of those who might.
throw some -light on the murder that one of -the Big
Shots of Liquor -wa-s' examined. He told the Police
Lieutenant, You brought me here, now take me back.
Theyll killme before I get to Madison St.- Oh, Ill
take you back, replied the Police Ofcer, Soon after
leaving the station with three guards, on the best
lighted block of downtown State St., Machine Gun
Bullets began to blaze, killing a street car motor man
and wounding a bystander-just one more example of
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The revocation of the. 18th Amendment and the
consequent legalization and licensing of liquor gave a
legitimate standing to most of the dealers and manu-
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Several gangs: quickly turned to Kidnapping, while
others were already bold enough for Bank and Mail
Robberies. Smaller bait was then attacked by Crim-
inals. -
Slowly a new Crime Cure Agency began to func-
tion. Criminals had been able to escape control be-
cause of Township,iCou-nty and State Lines, but they
now began to meet up with men trained by the De-
partment of ]ustice-young lawyers and others edu-
cated with new clean*ideas in_ the most modern meth-
Pods used in every part o_f the world to ferret crimes.
_ With the aid "of Congress and the President, the
U. S. Government began to, build a National Training
Center in the eld of_ Criminal Law enforcement Ad-
ministration at Washington. Everything that science
has to offer was put at the disposal of the department,
with the result that the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion soon had on le over ve million sets of nger
printsand decidedly rivals Scotland Yards reputa-
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The excellent work done in the tracing of bills in
the Hauptmann Case, also the scientic manner of
tracing wood used in the kidnap ladder was'outstand-
ing_ unchallenged evidence used at the trial.
Other stories of ne detective work by government
ofcials are being told. A story is told of Government
agents who had traced one well known desperado to
a small town. They wired the sheriff instructions to_
capture him and mailed six photos. The sheri wired
back: I have the whole gang. Waiting for further
instructions.
On Sept. 1, 1934, a new Federal Island Prison was
opened in California. V92/ith the advent of new Scien-
tic discoveries in weapons, Machines, radio and
speedy communications, transportation and secret
codes, the government watches and checks every sus-
pect patiently and minutely. '
In" the following pages it will be seen that criminals
are learning that the Government -is in earnest, that
the Federal Dick gets his man, and that if he doesn't
get him alive he brings em back dead.
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DEATH DEALING MACHINE GUNS ,
The boldest deance of law-enforcers took place
June 17, 1933, while Detectives Grooms and Herman-
sonof the K. C. Police and Federal Agents Vetterle
and Calfery re-enforced Chief Reed of McAlester,
Oklahoma and .Federal Agents Smith and Lackey who
were bringing FRANK NASH, an Oklahoma Train
robber back to Leavenworth from which he had es-92 .caped. i V ' »
The seven officers surrounded Nash outside of the
Union Station. Friends of Nash had enlisted the aid
of CHAS. Pretty Boy! FLOYD, already notorious
as a killer, VERNE C. MILLER, ex-convict and gun-
man and other aids. G ,
Floydand Miller, coming from two directions with
machine guns, boldly ran toward thecar in which Nash
was held prisoner shouting to the ofcers Up! Up!
Put em up. Detective Grooms red, wounding
Floyd, who yelled Let em have it, instantly killing
Detective Grooms, Caffery, Hermanson and" Chief
Reed who lay scattered in the street. Prisoner Nash,
seated in the car, was killed. The gangsters got away
during the excitement.
VERNE MILLERS body was found Nov. 20, 1933,
nude, almost unrecognizable on a highway near De-
troit. A Chicago Liquor Lord who was found dead,
supposedly was killed by Miller, and Police records
charge his death to this claim.
PRETTY BOY FLOYD was shot to death by Fed-
eral and County Officers Oct. 22, 1934.
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o john Dillinger, known during_hi;s= brief career as
Public Enemy N o. 1, was born in Indianapolis on June
28, 1902, and came of Quaker stock. "Although his
mother died when he was three years old, his child-
hod was a normal, happy one. He went to grade and
high school, as well as Sunday School. ° _
At 14, john decided that he no longer wanted to
study, and decided to work instead. For a while there-
after he did work as a machinist, but soon he bought
himself an old automobile andbegan to drift around,
worrying his family until nally his father bought a
farm in Mooresville,.Indiana, in order to take him
away from city inuences. _
Open spaces appealed to john; he worked hard and
ambitiously. When heiwas 18, an escapade .in which
he temporarily borrowed a prominent citizens car
caused his arrest, humiliating himso much that he ran
away to join the navy. This was on July 23, 1923.
Five months later the rigid discipline annoyed him to
the point of desertion. Later he was dishonorably
discharged. ' '
. At 20 John Dillinger married hislchildhood sweet-
heart. Five months later he and a companion whom
he had met at a pool room slugged and attempted to
rob a Mooresville grocer. Hewas then sentenced to
ten to twenty years in the Indiana reformatory. His
companion was sentenced to two years. This un-
equal decision was believed to have turned himiagain-st
society. 4 ' _
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After two unsuccessful attempts to escape from the
reformatory he was transferred -on July 15, 1929 to
the Michigan City penitentiary. His wife then di-
vorced him. 7 _
From the time that he was freed on parole on May
22, 1933 until he was shot he put into practice much
he had learned from companions he had met at
Michigan City. 1
Fred Fisher, manager of a thread factory in Mon-
ticello, Ill., was the rst hold-up victim. The banks
at Saleville, Montpelier, and Indianapolis were the
rst bank hold-ups to be credited to Dillinger; Sale-
ville on July 17, 1933; Montpelier on August 4; that
in Indianapolis on September 22.
As time passed, and he was successfulin evading
arrest,'Dillinger began to plan for the escape ofvhis
friends Hamilton and Pierpont. His rstattempt to
toss guns over the walls of the prison failed, but on
September 20 he had them enclosed in _a package of
merchandise consigned t_o_ the prison, and with the
help of a conspirator, the guns reached the two con-
victs. .
On the 25th of September he'was arrested at the
home of a girl friend in Dayton, Ohio, and taken to
the Lima jail. He did not stay there long, however,
because on October 12, three of his» friends masquer-
ading as Indiana deputies freed their leader and killed
Sheriff john Sarver. Then they looted. and robbed
police stations, getting machine guns,lpistols and
bullet-proof vests. _ . _
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A Greencastle, Indiana bank was robbed of $75,000
on October 23'afte1-r which Dillinger was believed to
have driven to Florida. The state _of Indiana was in
a turmoil. The national guard was called out and a
search started that would have done credit to a search
for Jesse James or Pancho Villa, who thought he
could indenitely defy organized Governments.
Iohn Dillinger next appeared in Chicago where he
evaded a trap set for him by the Chicago police in a
dentist's office, escaping with a woman companion
through a rain of bullets. '
Soon after, on November 20, another bank was held
up in Racine, Wisconsin, to the amount'of $28,000.
The looted vaults of the Unity Trust and Savings
Bank on West North Ave., in Chicago, yielded a great
deal of jewelry and over $8,700.
=At the next robbery on January 14, Dillinger, as-
sisted by Pierpont and Hamilton, robbed the First
National Bank of East Chicago, Indiana, of $20,000,
and killed a policeman, Wm. P. OMalley.
The bandits escaped,~but ten days later Dillinger,
Clark, Pierpont and Makley with three women were
captured in Tucson. Three states: Indiana, Ohio and
Wisconsin, vied for their extradition: Indiana for the
murder of OMalley; Ohio for the murder of Sheri
Sarver; Wisconsin for the Racine robbery. It was
decided that they be brought to Crown Point, Indiana
for trial on the charge of, murdering policeman
OMalley. Later, Clark, Pierpont and Makley were
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They held Dillinger at Crown Point for about a
month. _Then, on March 3, with Youngblood he es-
caped from the jail, u-sing the famous toy pistol. It
was after this escape by means of an alleged wooden
pistol that the U. S. Police and Government started
the most spectacular man hunt ever known in Amer-
ica. i Eight of Dillingersl lieutenants were marked for
deathby the electric chair if possible, or by gunre
if necessary. _ - .
For aawhile Dillinger was very succe-s-sful at evad-
ing the police. On the 13th of March he and Hamilton
were traced to Mason City, Iowa. On that day $52,000
was taken from the First National Bank. On the 15th
they received medical treatment at St. Paul. There a
new gang was formed including Van Meter, Tommy
Carroll and Lester Gillisbetter known as Baby
Face Nelson. Dillinger and his sweetheart, contin-
ued to live in a good residential neighborhood in St.
Paul until March 3lwhen they and Van Meter shot
their way out of a trap set for them by Federal men
and Police. i
After April 22, when he and his gang again shot
their way out of a resort on Spider Lake in northern
Wisconsin, killing a federal agent and a CWA em-
ployee, he was apparently seen in many places. '
On June 23through special legislation, the federal
government o'ered $10,000 in rewards for Dillinger
and $5,000 for Nelson-who had killed agent Baum.
In addition, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Min-
nesota offered $1,000 reward each for-Dillinger.
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Dillinger and Van Meter thendecided to have their
faces and nger-tips operated on. For this they needed
money. So, on June 30 it is claimed Dillinger and four
companions raided the Merchants National Bank at
South Bend, Indiana, obtaining $29,890, and killing
policeman Howard Wagner.
The report _nally walsr spread that he was seen
oftenest in the neighborhood of Lincoln Avenue in
Chicago. Federal agents continued to hunt him down.
Then they received a tip from A Lady In Red that
Mr. Dillinger had long wanted to see the moving pic-
ture, Manhattan Melodrama, and that this lm was
being shown at the Biograph Theater on Lincoln Ave.on Sunday evening, July 22. h p '
The trap was; carefully laid.. G men had studied
his peculiar gray eyes, his walk, his stride. His face
had been changed, but they were warned before they
left the government ofces that the only sure way to
identify Dillinger was by the back of hi-s-neck.
Federal agents and police watched Dillinger enter
the theater. They waited for him to come out. He
stepped out of the crowd in the lobby, began to walk
south from the theaterand as he crossed a nearby
alley he turned, saw his pursuers, dodged behind some
Women into the alley and dr0ppedwounded three
times in the abdomen and the upper part of the body
beyond the protection of his bullet-proof vest. He
died at 10:45 P. Mfjuly 22, 1934, ending a most event-
ful career that had lasted exactly fourteen monthlsh
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It is estimated that l__!il1ingers cost. to society was
over a million dollars: that over 12. bank robberies
brought him more than $300,000; that because of him
many more people were sent to jail; and that in addi-
tion the government and states involved spent over,
$500,000.
-After the death of Dillinger, Government Agents
determined to round up all those who aided him.
HOMER VAN METER died while resisting a trap
set for him Sept. 22 at St. Paul, Minnesota.
CHARLES MAKLEY, a college man, who had
escaped from Michigan City, Sept. 26, 1933, while
serving a 10 yearsentence for robbery, was shot and
killed when he and Pierpont tried to escape from
Columbus Ohio Prison, where he was held for execu-
tion.
HARRY PIERPONT, escaped from Michigan City
Sept. 26, 1933, while serving a 10-year term for Bank
Robbery. He gained a reputation as a deadly quick
trigger man. He: was executed Oct. 17 at Columbus,
Ohio Prison. -
BABY FACE NELSON was shot to death Nov.
17, 1934-, in a terric gun battle at Barrington, 'Ill.,
during which Federal Agents Samuel P. Cowley and
Herman E. Hollis were slain.
One man, in whose home it was claimed Dillingers
facial operation was performed, ve days later fell
from the 19th oor oice of the Dep_t. of Justice.
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_IOHN HAMILTON was the last of Dillingers
Lieutenants to be taken off the active list. His body
was dug up in a quarry grave near Oswego, Ill. by
federal agents on Aug. 28, 1935. 0
C-From the condition of the'outlaws body it W35
theorized that he had been dead for many months,
and that he had evidently been killed even before h
death of his leader, in July, 1934.
Rooming House keepers, attorneys, doctors, and
others both men and women in different parts of the
country who had assisted these gunmen, were also' , n 0 'brought to ]USi'.lC¬ by the Government and Police.
Each received either a jail sentence or ne.
The Bloody Ba1'1'0W$, Blmk ad c1Yd°! were r_5t
heard of on Aug. 13, 1928, when Buck was arrested in
San Antonio, Texas, for the theft of a car. Although
he was discharged for that theft, f1_'0m then °n thc
two brothers were in prison and Out-
In 1932 Clyde was freed from a Texas Pri$0I1- H6
teamed up with Bonnie Parker two-gun Moll. The
two then became the center of a reign of terror in
the southwest states. »
ALVIN KARPIS has been accused by the Federal
Government as a kidnapper Of Earl Bremmer °f St-
Paul and murder committed during Bank_Robberies.
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THE DRUG EVIL '
In May, 1935, to ght the drug evil, the govern-
ment opened its rst U. S. Narcotic Farm, a Four
Million Dollar .Institution comprising41,l00 acres in
Lexington, Kentucky. It is administered by the U. S.Health Service to restore the shattered health of Drug
Addicts, who will be - treated as -Medical Patients.
Another is to be used in Fort Worth, Texas. Patients
who otherwise would be in Prisons, are cared for here,
also volunteers who wish to undergo treatment.
. This is considered an ideal. advance in the anti-
narcotic movement for the prevention of crimes com-
mitted by those under the inuence of the poppy seed.
The murder of Ervin I. Lang may well be charged
to the inuence of drugs dulling to the brain. Mrs.
Dunkel, Langs mother-in-law, apparently became hislover after the death of her daughter, Lang's wife.
Her jealousy was aroused when Lang announced his
engagement to a young lady. Mrs. Dunkel determined
to kill him.. - '
Mrs. Evelyn Smith, a close friend, married to a
Chinese Laundry Owner, was induced upon a promise
of $500.00 never paid, to help her. Mrs. Smith nally
carried out the murder herself, carving o Lang's
legs to enable_her to remove the body, in which she
claimed she had the unwilling aid of her husband.
Their ca'sual matter of fact preparation for the
crime confessed by them was cold-blooded and revolt-
ing. _]'ustice Harrington, in sentencing each to 180
years imprisonment at hard labor, said, It appears
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that throughout the commission of this crime you in-
dicated a cold indifference to the possible penalty of
death in the electric chair. ~
Iniction of the death penalty and a swift execu-
tion would be an anesthetic to your consciences, an
easy and painless passing from this existence. The
punishment the court will inict, will be a deterrent
to crime,_an admonition to criminals that you are suf-
fering a living death, tortured by your consciences,
while at work at hard laboribehind the grey walls of
the penitentiary, deprived of your liberty, for the bal-
ance of your days. I
A series of come-true night-mares in the murder
eld seemed to happen in the near Chicago zone just
about at this same time. They were all classied by
Police under the newly titled Sex Crimes.
Because she resisted the advances of her young
companion, a beautiful girl was strangled in a vacant
lot and her body dropped through a sewer catch basin,
later discovered by city repair men.
A young man stabbed his sweetheart to death be-
cause they were tired of life and swore it was a suicide
pact. We went to the park to die. I rst stabbed
her, then gave her the knife, but_she was so weak she
could only cut my shirt with it.
There was ap revolting murder of a pretty night club
entertainer, whose lover sent ve bullets into her, as
she lay in her bed dying, with his name on her lips.
The Wolf of Peoria had annoyed girls for seven
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years. One day a girls nude body was found ina
cemetery. At the trial, where he was sentenced todeath, it was proven that when the girl had resisted,she was beaten, strangled, iandvkilled.
A University Professor was forced to drive a manwho he knew as Iones from Ann Arbor to outlyingChicago, where "a brutal mutilating sterilization oper-ation was performed upon him with a penknife; fromwhich he died. He had recently married a nurse,
whose former lover was accused of the crime.
It is estimated that now the majority of so-called
bandits are young men or boy's', who were raised dur-ing the dangerous days, when reckless dare-devilbootleggers were gloried in the headlines. Theyhave been attracted by the illusion of the romance" andthe big easy money of the racketeer just as some boysaim to follow in the steps of leading ball players,'
statesmen, merchants, detectives, etc. "
Almost anywhere, any. person may suddenly ndthat a boy with a gun is facing him. Their amateur
bravado is not humorous and Police make short workof them, but because of their age, reform elements
have prevented, drastic action to end the evil.It is known that most small children recognize no
proprietorship» nor damage until after a certain
amount of proper training is given them. In. kinder-garten, the child who will not comply with rules; wholieis-, cheats, or persists in violence, disregarding therights of others, requires person-al attention to prevent
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it from developing with these characteristics=.
The boy of 12 or more whose erratic nature has
not been checked by some good inuence will have tobe dealt with by society.
As the youngster grows up he discovers that com-
plicated State, County and Township laws: with'dif-ferent procedures, permit criminals to evade justice.They learn the methods of escape, trick to evade Law,
sometimes with the aid of attorneys, politics, etc. Allrestraint is forgotten. After a few successful crimes;
the misery caused to victims; the worry caused totheir own relations; evasions from officers of the law;a frenzied belief that their life is normal soon brings
a feeling that all is safe. -
Capt. Donald Wilkie, formerly of the U. S. Service,claims the average in regard to'crim_e have been asfollows: 6'to l the Criminal was arrested; 12 to 1 if
caught and tried, he did not go to prison ;- 124 to l if amurdered, he was not executed. As principal causes,he gave political drags, lawyers, red tape, perjury,simple alibis, etc. '
As an antidote for evil, substitutes must be offered.
Easy access to music and sports, as well as activeparticipation in group organizations with leadership,such_as the Boy Scouts o'er can and does replace de-
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It is imperative that the Agricultural success of£161} like Ceo. Washington, Thos. Jefferson and otherse intensively taught the young, upon which to base
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their future. The U. S. A,. has Ispace for hundreds of
millions of people. The ground is fertile, the climate
and all other conditions are favorable for enjoyment
of family life. With regulation and some labor, the
land will do the work with the aid of nature. I_t is
not necessary for masses to congregate in American
centers to provide Industrial Competition for nations
who have not the natural advantages provided to the
Americas. American labor has no need to compete
with lower scale foreign labor.
It is in these centers of population that so much
unhappiness becomes possible. Unemployment, or em-
ployment at lower than living wage, unsanitary and
immoral family conditions easily breed dissatised
minds that rebel at unfairness and then either develop
great ghting reformers to bettergthings or they can
develop into derelicts, bruteisi, growlers, or criminals.
As we observe plant and animal life we notice that
where a life is added, whether it is inse_ct or ower,
provision for its existence is also at hand. It is only
man who has food and shelter withdrawn, not that
sufficient is not provided by nature, but his own law's
prevent the use of necessities except by payment for
it in money, which, of course, makes money and its
attainment the goal of. every human being. ,
Gradually as a major part of its war on crime in
the U. S. the powerful hand of govt has insisted that
more humane methods be used, by further regulation
of great intereists that control so many of the require-
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ments of the people. ' _ ' -
Social resp'onsibilities being assumed by the govern-
ment will prevent much poverty and discontent. Sat.-
ised, home-building people are good citizens with no
criminal intent. . I
Back to Nature may not be the slogan for every
one, but Civilian Conservation Corps in charge of the
U. S. Army, under suggestions of the A. F. of L., took
3l0,000 unemployed young men between l8_and 25
years old off the streets. '
Many suggestions have beenoered in the War on
Crime, viz: _ '
That all rearms be registered;
That every person be nger printed;
t That all police ofcials take University Courses
in Police Science, learning thoroughly Identica-
tion, Traffic, Psychology, Evidence, First Aid, Fire-
arms, Drugs, Gambling,_ Prostitution, Penology," Physical Training, Law and other Police Matters;
That much stricter laws be enforced against pub-
lic officials who serve criminals instead of the pub-
lic; 4" Limit insanity pleas, also paroles;
Stronger penalties for repeaters;
That Corporations become subject to punishment
for criminal offenses; _
Avoidance of too many laws, or unjust law-en-forcement; F , A
That county jails be prevented from being crime
schools; - _~ . _
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That Drug and D_rink_ Addicts be separated from
criminal offenders and treated. ~ A
That the U. S. 'attack on crime is effective and
thorough-going has been proven. It is, however,
characteristically American, and soon new stories and
plays will make new heroes and ambitions for the
youth to emulate.
Certainly, if a young man now is squarely con-
fronted with the siituation Shall I hold Human Life
cheaply and follow the easy_ money of the gunman
Racketeer to face Government agents who have been
Bringing them in dead or shall I be a Law enforcer~
a protector of neighbors and family, there should no
longer be any doubt as to his answer. CRIME DOES
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not made, a suicide not attempted as the thought oc-
curs, is an evil deed averted. Later, one shudders at
the" folly of the blunders or crime that might have
been committed but for the. use of restraint a pro-
duct of eiviliziati-on not practiced enough.
The desire for thrill may be a cause of crime. Ex-
cess in drinking, speed or the desire to do something
startling can be cured only bv the exercise of restraint.
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