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CRACK AGENTS JOIN IN SEARG FOR DILLINGEIFederal and Chicago Authci tie* Begin Concentrate Drive for Desperado -Blood-Stained Car Four Parked on Street.Chicago, May 3.—(3?\—The go ernment’s ace manhunters and p lice marksmen massed forces in tJ Chicago area today in a new dri-to get John Diilinger, dead lt;alive.”The discovery of a blood-staint automobile—one of two or mo cars the Diilinger mobsters appa ently used in their dash to liberi from the Little Bohemia resort net Mercer, Wis., April 22—spurred 11. concentration.Police Captain John Stege's spi ciai “Diilinger squad,” comprisin 40 of the best marksmen of the plt; lice force, was under orders t comb all of the city's underworl haunts for the elusive Indiana ba man.Find Abandoned CarThe blood-stained automobil which was stolen by Dillinge henchmen from a South St. Par man m the mad dash from raide' Little Bohemia in northern Wiscoi sin was found abandoned on street on the near North side.The car was carrying Illinois 1 cense plates, but was readily ider tilled as the Minnesota machine b the motor numbers. It was a For V-8.The front seat was stained witi blood. Policeman James Dyer of th automobile detail said apparent! one of the passengers had bee) wounded in the back. A pile of ban dages. in the car when it was stoi en, were there and some of then had been used. There were no bui let holes in the car, but the rea window had been knocked out, i common practice, police said, wit! gangsters who expect to have gni battles. Several empty cartridge; from a .45 caliber pistol lay on thlt; floor.Crib Still in CarStanding near the intersection o Leavitt and Roseoe streets, not fai from where Gus Winkler was slair by gunmen a few months ago, thf car was unlocked with the keys ir it. A baby’s crib and blankets, aisc in the car when stolen, were founc in the rear seat.Residents of the vicinity said thai the car had been standing there ai! day. It was discovered late W’ednes day, and police said it had appar ently been abandoned around 3 p.m.The abandoned car was the same type of machine as that driien b the gunmen who slugged a suburban Bellwood policeman with a machine gun barrel last Sunday night.Several empty books of paper matches advertising the resort of Little Bohemia where Diilinger and his gang spent several days in hiding were also found in the car.Also in the rear seat was a copy of a Dubuque, Iowa, newspaper of April 23 telling of the search for the Diilinger gang, indicating to police that at least some of them had been in Iowa.The car was stolen April 23, the day after the escape from the north woods, from Roy Francis, South St. Paul, terrorized by Diilinger mobsmen along with his wife and baby.
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Albert Lea Evening Tribune
Albert Lea, Minnesota, US
Tue, Apr 03, 1934
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