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Sergeant Richard Rivers went to the home of Dr. Emmet Rose at 2153 S. Barth Avenue on April 27, 1936, in response to a report that a man at that address had suffered a gunshot wound. Dr. Emmet Rose was treating the wounded man, and the call for help was made by Dr. Rose's wife, Edna. Waiting outside the house for the wounded companion were three armed bandits, members of the infamous Al Brady gang, wanted for robberies in four states. Sergeant Rivers was gunned down by one of bandits, James Dalhover, and died almost instantly in a hail of machine gun bullets. The gang fled, including the wounded man in the house, Charles Giesking, who was soon caught. The other members of the gang were caught in Chicago and were returned to Indianapolis where they were jailed in Greenfield, Indiana, in 1936. All three easily escaped the insecure jail and continued their crime spree. |
| In May 1937, the gang killed Indiana State Trooper Paul Minneman after robbing the Goodland State Bank. Finally, in October of 1937, the three -- Al Brady, Clarence Shaffer, and James Dalhover -- were cornered in Bangor, Maine, by FBI agents. Brady and Shaffer were killed in the ensuing gun battle. Dalhover was captured and was executed in the electric chair on November 17, 1938, at the Michigan City Prison.
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