"The following information was obtained orally from Evelyn Frechette by Special Agent Deaderick:
Billie Frechette FBI Statement
"The following information was obtained orally from Evelyn Frechette by Special Agent Deaderick:
During this time she made her home with her sister, Frances Schultz, or Frechette, who resided at 3512 Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois; that a short time prior to Dillinger's escape at Crown Point, Indiana, she moved back to her old residence, 901 Addison Street in Chicago, and was living there at the time he escaped. She stated she did not have any prior information pertaining to his escape, but that immediately upon seeing same in the newspapers, she anticipated that Dillinger would look for her at that address, which he did, about two days after he made his escape; that upon his arrival he had a good car, the make of which she does not know, and was well armed; that she immediately packed her bags and they left that night for St. Paul, Minnesota; that upon their arrival in St. Paul, she rented an apartment on the corner of 33rd and Girard streets for herself and Dillinger; and that they lived there for a period of approximately two weeks; that she then learned through Dillinger that Bessie Green had rented an apartment for them at 93 Lexington Avenue in St. Paul; that she and Dillinger then moved to that address; that almost immediately after their arrival in St. Paul, John Hamilton contacted them and moved in with them; and that he lived with them all of the time at the 33rd and Girard Street address and then moved with them to the Lexington Avenue address.
She stated that about a week prior to the shooting which occurred while they were living at the Lexington Avenue address, Pat Cherrington moved in with them and one or two days later her sister, Opal Cherrington, or Long, also moved in with them; that John Hamilton, Opal and Pat were all living there with them when the shooting occurred, but that on the morning of the shooting, Hamilton, Pat and Opal had gone out for groceries, and were not present during the shooting; that the only persons in the room at the Lexington Avenue address at the time the officers arrived were Dillinger and herself; that she was the person who opened the door and then slammed it in the officer's face; that she and Dillinger then went out. She got in the car and they then left, going almost immediately to 3300 Fremont Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Eddie and Bessie Green lived under the name of P.J. Randall; that she is not positive whether Green and Dillinger left and went to a doctor or not; that in the shooting at the Lexington Avenue address Dillinger was shot through the side of the left outer leg about three or four inches above the knee, but the wound was not serious; that she dressed said wound the evening of the shooting out in the country; that if they did go to a doctor she does not know what doctor, as Dillinger never told her. She was so highly excited that her memory on those details is not clear.
Evelyn Frechette further stated that about the last of March, the exact date she does not remember, there came a snow in St. Paul, and on that afternoon she and John Dillinger, she being known as Billie, left their apartment and visited Eddie and Bessie Green at 3300 Fremont Avenue, Minneapolis, for a short time, and that on the following day, as she recalls it, Eddie and Bessie came over and visited them in their apartment. Evelyn Frechette was closely questioned as to her knowledge of the blonde wig which was found in the vacated apartment at the Lexington Avenue address and as to the woman called Pearl, stating that she knew absolutely nothing of such a wig or of anyone called Pearl being there.
Evelyn Frechette stated that after she and Dillinger had gone to Eddie and Bessie Green's place after the shooting, very soon thereafter, they got in their car, the Hudson sedan, and drove away out on the edge of Minneapolis until dark, and then drove back into the edge of town and got a newspaper and read of the shooting. They then proceeded south and at an unknown point spent the night in the car on a country road, and spent the following two nights sleeping in the car; that they then arrived at the home of John Dillinger, Sr., near Indianapolis, Indiana, where she remained with John Dillinger and his parents three days and nights; that while at this place John Dillinger took the Hudson sedan one afternoon, stating that he and another man, unknown to her, had to make a trip and that Dillinger did not return until about daylight the next morning, and then informed her that they had had a wreck and demolished the Hudson, and at this point gave her approximately $750.00 in cash.
Evelyn Frechette stated that she, accompanied by John Dillinger's brother, Hubert Dillinger, and Hubert's wife went to 625 Capital Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, where she, Evelyn Frechette, purchased with the money a 1934 Ford V-8 DeLuxe sedan with black body, black wheels and a spare on the rear; that she gave the name of Fred Penfield and the address as 409 North LaSalle Street, Indianapolis, the motor number being 751673 and the dealer caused to be placed on the car, 1934 Indiana license tags No. 86389. The address of 409 North LaSalle Street, she advised, is the home of Hubert Dillinger.
Evelyn Frechette further stated that about noon Sunday, April 8, 1934, she and John Dillinger left Indianapolis, Indiana, in the above described Ford sedan and drove to a tourist camp, which is located on Highway No. 3, about 24 miles before reaching Chicago; that at this point there is a tourist camp on the right-hand side of the road with a white building in front; that she and John Dillinger spent Sunday night, April 8th, at this tourist camp; that they did not have to register and that she does not know the name of the camp; that the following day, Monday, April 9, 1934, she and Dillinger left this camp in the Ford sedan shortly after noon and drove around over the country until about dark, when they came into Chicago, Illinois; that she made contact with Larry Streng on the evening of April 9, 1934, and had an appointment with him at the Austin and State Street drinking parlor about 8:00 p.m. She stated that Larry is a friend of hers, but that Dillinger does not know him; that her purpose in seeing Larry was to get him to arrange for a place for them to hide out in Chicago; that Dillinger drove her up to the (illegible) about two or three car lengths of this drinking parlor and parked behind another car, and she got out and went in to meet with Larry, and was picked up for questioning; that she has not seen or heard from Dillinger since, although she feels positive that Dillinger observed her being taken away. Eveyln Frechette state that at the present time she has no idea where DIllinger might be, nor does she know at what address Pat and Opal Cherrington were living in St. Paul.
It is noted on page 53 of the report of Special Agent D.L. Nicholson at St. Paul, 4/9/34, that a receipt dated 4/5/34 to Mr. Irwin Olson had been found in the apartment on South Lexington Avenue in St. Paul, which had been occupied by Dillinger and Evelyn Frechette. Evelyn, when interviewed about this in Chicago, stated that this was the name she used in renting the apartment located at 33rd and Girard streets in Minneapolis, when she and Dillinger first went to the Twin Cities. It is interesting to note that Dillinger escaped from Crown Point on March 3, 1934, and apparently was in Minneapolis with Evelyn Frechette on March 5, 1934."
