The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-24
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the bodies of Oscar Hammerstein.
Anna Held and Nat Goodwin. lay
when their day passed.
In the soplber setting of the gold
room. with its impressive hangings.
heavy furniture and air OF almost
royal splendor, men moved quietly,
preparing the setting.
outside there was the steady
shuttle of feet and humSof voices.
Those who came were of all
walks of life. Old women and
young, some fashiOnably dressed
and others in meaner Garb.
mingled with many men and
occasionally children. They were
permitted 10 finger moment, and
then were TO moved on.
But, as though divining that she
,had some right there, police did not
modest one poorly dressed woman
in her early thirties who stood near
the door holding the hand of her
S.year-old daughter.
The woman was Mrs. Rose Pts
cano, whose eyes were wet with
tears.
He Loved Flowers
"He always loved flowers" she
said in broken English, as the great
floral tributes were hustled past her
Mrs. PiscanO said that she and
Rodolpho GuglieImi were child.
hood chIms I'm Castellanata.
Standing just off Broadway with
its staccatO noises, II was plain
that for the moment Mrs. PiscanO
saw only the fields of her native
Italian village.
HE recognized me when I saw
him here in New York once she
said. HE liked my daughter Vinci
and was kind to her"
Rush the Doors
AS the day wore on the crowd In
front increased and an untoward in
cident occurred when several hun
dred pushed toward the doors and
almost got out Of control of the po-
lice. The three officers on guard
closed the doors and sent a call for
reinforcements.
The crowd was not ill-natured and
the incident amounted to no more
than a concerted showing which en-
dangered the big windows of the es-
Enlistment The police kept the
crowd back without resort to the
use Of clubs.
The crowd by that time amounted
to probably 500. Girls and women
predominated, but there were many
men, too. at least a score being of
the "Sheik" type with tapping
trousers bottoms.
At least a dozen claimed to have
come from Valentines home town,
but were not admitted. Mrs. Lorits
Aronica. Astoria, n. Y. said she had
known Valentines Sister and begged
tearfully for admittance, but it was
refused.
The telephone of the establishment
rang constantly and Miss Ruth Oar
rington. the operator, was handling
calls as fast as she could move her
hands. Most OF the callers were
women and they wanted TO know
when they could see the body. Fully
so per cent of them expressed sor.
row at the death of Valentino. and
seemed disposed to discuss it with
Miss Darlington until she cut them
off. I'm so sorry about his death,
III miss him in the movies. u
want to see him once more before he
is buried, ami similar phrases were
poured into her ears all day long.
Similar sentiments were expressed
in front of the building by women
visitors.
One girl said: II saw him at a
night club and he was so hand
some l want another chance to see
him."
Another said. Cant / see him? |
feel so bad: he was such a clean
boy and such "A wonderful sheik."
Another Manhattan girl who
looked scarcely 10. clamored Let
me see the sheik; l want in.p
Police forced her back into the
crowd.
Perhaps the Gold Room will not be
big enough. for the building has
been stormed by an eager, curious
public. The coffin may be placed in
larger room on the main floor of
the building.
Through the dawn today a single
policeman guarded the undertaken S
doctors. He had remained from the
ten men needed earlier to handle
the crowd. More policemen were tC
take his place when the morning
traffic began.
1t was 4 a. m. before the last
groups at the doors broke up, and
the policeman was left alone, except
| for an occasional night reveler.
Traffic COngested
At midnight. after the theaters let
out, there had been thousand before
the doors. Home-bound folk stopped
their taXie, congesting traffic. One
man got a ticket" when he wouldn I
move on, but left his car to try to
peep in the windows. In the office
upstairs the telephone tinkled con-
stantly.
Zone girl called up from a
abaret--earIy this morning, an at.
tendant at the undertakes said.
II could hear the dance music
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