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Melvin Purvis — Part 2
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tr Yrs. Sage bad a more compelling motive. She wad unde:
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ae While hundids of shoppers were passing by, Dillinger
and ‘two companions, armed with machine guns, entered
‘the bank, forced employes and customers to lie on the
Mloer, and began ping up the cash. When Howard
‘Wagner, 32 year old traffic policeman, ran into the bank
‘Yn pursuit of the robbers, he was shot and killed with a
‘machine gun Two bank officers and two bystanders were
‘wounded. The three bandits then escaped in a car in which
+ fro others had waited. rs
¥ ‘ ‘ Early the next morning, Dr. Leslie A. Laird of North Mrs. Sage confided ber great design to-an onl at
Webster, Ind., near Warsaw, was slugged with a gun and} dependable friend, Martin Zarkovich, a detective sergeen'
deft unconscious after he was forced to treat one of the| {mn East Chicago. Zarkovich arranged for her to meet
Bandits for gunshot wounds. South Bend police had pur-j om Saturday, July 21. Purvis explained that Congrem
Svged and shot up the car in which the gangsters ¢ecaped. | suthorized payment of a $25,000 reward, in the igen
f been used on a car driven by three machine gun bas-
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- Maivin Purge—he took gun Sgt. Martin Zarkovich—his when it was raided by 16 FEI agents. One federal ape
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