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Lm . >. } 7 * -2- At seven thirty o'clock on the night of July 22, 1934, Special Agent in Charge, M. H. Purvis, and Special Agent R. D. Brown proceeded to a point near the Biograph Theatre, 24335 Lincoln Aveme, Chicago, Illinois. At the same time Sergeant Zarkovich, of the East Chicago Indiana Police Department, and Special Agent C. B.. Winstead proceeded to a point near the Marbro Theatre. With exception of the Agents mentioned above, all Agents remained in the Chicago Office awaiting telephonic advice concerning the identity of the Theatre which Dillinger actually entered. At eight fifty P. M. Dillinger and two women com panions were observed entering the Blograph Theatre, 2455 Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, by Special Agent in Charge, M. H. Purvis, and Agent Brown. This information was telephoned to the Chicago Office. Instructions were immediately issued to the Agents in the Office to proceed to the vicinity of the Biograph Theatre and cover the place in accordance with in- structions previously issued. Both Theatres had been visited earlier in the evening and detailed information was obtained concerning the various exits and nossible avemies of escane from the Harbro and Biograph Theatres. Special Agents C. 0. Hurt and H. E. Hollis were essigned together with Officers Sopsic and Stretch of the East Chicago Indiena Police Department to seize Dillinger as he was leaving the Theatre. Special Agents J. P. McCarthy and R. G. Gillespie were to close in towards Dillinger from the north while Agents J. R. Welles and A. E. Lockerman were to close in towards Dillinger from the south. Special Agents E. L. Richmond, C. G. Campbell, J. J. Metcalfe and Val C. Zimmer were stationed on the opposite side of the street. Speciel Agents T. J. Connor, M. F. Glynn and R. C. Suran covered the exits in the alley at the southeast corner of the Biograph Theatre. Agents J. T. McLaughlin, W. C. Ryan, Woltz and D. P. Sullivan covered the emergency exits in the alley on the north side of the Theatre. Agent Brown remained in a car near the Theatre while Special Agent in Charge, M. H. Purvis, was stationed near the Biograph Theatre.