The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-24
MARY RECALLS
GOOD OLD DAYS.
BETWEEN S0BS
Cooked Frogs Legs and
Chicken for Gang, Pier
points Girl Says.
BY HELEN LINDSAY
Times stan Writer


died with bullets"
Speeding toward MOOresville YES
terday 10 the home of John Dill
fingers father. there 20 offer what
consolation she could, Mary Kinder
read an account OF his death IN
The Times and her eyes filed with
tears.
To thousands OF people IN me
United States who breathed a sigh
Of relief when they heard that Dill
fingers bloody career was ended. he
was Public Enemy No. l."
To this girl. who had known him
Intimately. when she and Harry
PierpOnt. Dillinger and Evelyn Ere
chetti lived together he was lust
a good kid who didn't get a break.
Mary was greeted at the Dill
linger home with a friendly vel
come.
There the two young half-sisters
Of John Dilllnger-FranceS and
DOris-Waited in sorrow the return
Of their father and brother Hubert
with the body Of the slain gangster.
Loved His Family
Mrs. Hubert Dillinger whose hus-
band closely resembles his no.
tOriOus half-brother, kept the two
girls company. Shades in the sim
ply furnished living room we're
drawn.
Dad and Hubert couldn't eat any
thing before they left this morning, "
Doris told Mary.
But he said he'd try TO eat on
the way" Frances. the younger girl,
reminded her sister.
Johnnie was crazy about his
family Mary said. He talked
about them a lot when we we're
away from here. He'd 90 to carni-
walls and fairs, and buy souvenirs
for the girls. Johnnie was full Of
fun. He liked to go places and see
things. When he and the other
boys first got out. they were starved
for good food. I cooked for them,
and was it a job!
Cooked DelicacieS for Gang
Sometimes I'd fry four and five
chickens for them. They all liked
frog legs. too. and would have me
cook them for them. At first they
couldn't get enough of the food they
liked. Each one would 60 out and
buy the things he liked, and I'd
cook 1t for them"
II was hard for Mary to believe
that Dillinger was killed with only
a small amount of money on him.
He had money when 1 saw him
last. and I don't believe he was
broke" she said
He always carried more money
than that on him. How could he
have gotten away when the officers
, got after him. if he hadn't carried
more money than that?"
Mary plans TO write Evelyn FIRE.
chetti, Dillinger's girl" now sery-
ing a twO-year prison sentence for
aiding the gangSter.
I don't guess they'll let her out
to see him." she said. Poor Billyl"
BILLY" was the nickname of the
FTeChetti girl.
DiIIinger Good Driver
johnnie was a good driver" she
remembered.
He and Pete CPierpOnO we're the
best drivers of them all. The others
were reckless. once Johnnie and
Pete and l went down to the Gulf
of Mexico on a trip. I was 'jittery'
that morning. and kept telling
johnnie not to drive so fast.
For a minute he lost his temper.
He stopped the car, and said, Here,
Pete. drive this car and see If the
kid Will keep quiet But he was
even tempered. and easy TO get
along with. 1 never heard him
quarrel with any of the boys"
Mary had noticed that Dillinger
had dyed his hair when she saw
him last.
1t reminded me of the time Pete
and 1 dyed my hair black, Just be-
fore we went away after he got
out" she said. Pete dyed the back
of nv hair. and I dyed the front.
He got more dye on his clothing
than he did on my hair"
Thinks of PierpOnt
Mention Of Pierpont reminded her
of the guard which has been kept
about her lover and Charles Mackley
in the Ohio penitentiary. since their
sentence to death in the electric
chair.
Maybe this will make it easier
on those boys now" she unused.
The prison officials won't have any,
thing to be afraid Of. now that
Johnnie is dead
She sat in silence for a few min
uteS.
I can't believe Johnnie is really
dead" she said. Its awful 10 think
of his being shot down that way.
But. that's better than to have TO
die in the electric chair"