St. Valentine's Day Massacre Connection

Bungalow residence in Stevensville

Bungalow residence in Stevensville, Michigan thought to be that of Fred Dane but on December 14, 1929, after St. Joseph Police Officer Charles Skelly was gunned down, it was learned that Fred Dane was actually Fred "Killer" Burke. Residence is located on Red Arrow Highway south of Glenlord Road on the east side of road. Structure is still standing, however has been converted over to the business of Coldwell Banker Real Estate.

Weapons Cache

When Deputies made entry into the residence of Fred "Killer" Burke, they forced open a locked upstairs closet and found:

• Two Thompson machine guns w/ Nine ammunition drums - One gun was assembled, loaded and ready for instant use while the other was in a black suitcase
• Five 100-shot .45 caliber drums loaded, many other smaller drums
• Three 20-shot clips
• Two high powered rifles, one was Winchester .350 automatic, other was Savage .303
• One sawed off shotgun with pistol grip
• Two bags of ammunition estimated at 5,000 shells
• ½ dozen fruit jars and tin cans filled with misc. ammunition, including smokeless shotgun shells, shells loaded with iron slugs and small shot.
• ½ dozen tear gas bombs

In addition to the arsenal, deputies found trap doors, several disguises, well-thumbed detective novels and $390,000 worth of stolen bonds from a Jefferson, Wisconsin Bank.

Sheriff Fred Bryant and Deputy Charles Andrews pose wearing bullet-proof vests from the Burke residence and brandishing two weapons also confiscated, including one of the Tommy Guns.