Dillinger in Peru

My great grandfather, Ambrose Clark, was a merchant policeman when the Dillinger gang rushed into the police department to rob them. Patrolmen Eldon Chittum and Eddie Roberts were also in the building. The gang told the three men to walk to the chief's office .....the whole time a machine gun was pointing at them. A restaurant night cook walked into the station and was told to line up with the other three. The gang walked away from the Peru Police Department with a loaded machine gun, nine-bullet proof vests, 10 magazines of machine gun bullets, seven revolvers and two holsters, one 12-gauge pump shotgun, three high powered rifles, one gas gun and three gas shells, a pair of handcuffs, and three badges. Eddie Roberts refused to give up his badge so the bandit tore it off his coat. An attempt was made to rob the safe--the outer door was unlocked, but the inner door was secure. Their car was running outside so they must have decided they had better get out of there. Three days after the police station holdup, four men robbed a South Bend bank of $5,ooo with Dillinger reportedly with them. They had plenty of gun power---that's for sure!!