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=6-« statenents are taken;"* * * Mr. Purvis gave ws the suggested signal and we waited until Dillinger andthe two women walked down the street toward ws. When they were within about five feet of us, I stepped across in front of them to the curbing and Agent C stood where he wes, As I did this, Dillinger looked back over his shoulder at Arent C, and gave ens of the woner. € shove, snd grabbed his piste). atl about the seme time. As he a to rum, Agent C fired one shot. Then Agen ent € and writer each fired ene shot about the sane tine. Then Agent ¢ fired another shot. y time Dillinger was falling.” It may be noted that the invento se ee possession of Dillinger at the tize he was "taken to the County included one loaded clip of «380 ealibre Remington U.M.C. cartridges. This clip was of the type which would fit the gun which B DLL Mager had | tarted — B the Morgue, in his hand at the time he was shot. \ With reference to the instructions which were issued by Nre Purvis and kre Cowley prior to the shooting of Dillinger, (the instructions were issued at a eonfermes held in the Chicago Bureau Office late on the afterncon of July 22, 1934,) Special Agent D, under date of August 1, 1935, sutmitted the following signed statement: "I, D, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. Bs Department of Justice, hereby state that I was present in the offices of the Bureau at Chicago in the esrly evening of Sunday, duly 22, 1934, at which time plans for the capture of John Dillinger were outlined and discussed. Those in eharge of the discussion were Tnapector Ban P. Cowley and Speciel dcent in Charge kelwin H. Purvis. "Ne were instructed to seize Dillinger bodily and under no oir eumstances to fire a shot unless campelled to do so in self defense. I was one of those delecated to seize Dillinger when he came out of the Biograph Theatre, but the plans did not work out as contemplated, end it becans necessary in self defense to nee Mream to aubdéus DAllincer, *our instructions were to Mire no shots whatsoever if same eould be avoided. These instructions were issued jointly by Mr. Cowley md Mr, Purvis, and they were in accord upon the instructions, and each tock an equal part in eutlining the plans and issuing the instructions, It was even sugcested at one time during the conference that no firearms of any mature should be taken to the scene, This sucgestion was not advanced by either Mr. Cowley er Mr. Purvis, and was not adopted.* Special Agent A, wader date of August 1, 1935 submitted the following signsd statement: