Image 4 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), April 26, 1934

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DILLINGER ELUDES NET OF PURSUERS U S Men Mass in Vicinity of St Paul Preparing for Finish Fight Continued From First Page_ desperadoes shot their way to free dom killing two men and wounding four others Dillingers other wound was sus tained March 31 when he and at least two associates blasted their way out of a police and Federal trap in a St Paul apartment Dillinger was shot in the leg and later attended by Dr Clayton E May Minneapolis phy sician May and his nurse are now held on charges of harboring a criminal NET IS TIGHTENED Escape of Dillinger Is Feared by Officials CHICAGO April 26 The law with 5000 eager arms slammed shut the stable door today but the horse John Dillingerapparently was gone A great circle ol men blocking high ways and stopping all suspicious ap pearing persons was swung for hun dreds of miles around Mercer Wis to prevent the escape of the gunman yet even as the circle tightened there came reports that the desperado had lipped through Federal men burning under such criticism as seldom is made of Gov ernment detectives were massing some where in the vicinity of St Paul Minn