Evening star., 1934-07-25
D|LL|NGER FAMILY
TO RUSH FUNERAL
Dissension Caused by De-
sire OF Father TO Speed
Up Services. 4
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HAYWOOD. Ind, July 25.-Hope.
ful Of avoiding crowds Of curious, ths
family of John DillinEer decided TO-
day 10 hold his funeral early this
afternoon. II had been announced
last night the services would be held
at 10 am tomorrow
The time for holding the services
created some diSsension among mem
bers Of the family
Mrs Audrey Hancock sister Of the
slain gangster. a. whose home the
services were to be- held. insisted the
body be held until tomorrow. but
John Dillinger. sr. expressed de-
sire 70 have his sons body inferred
as soon as possible.
A steady stream Of the curious
passed last night oy the cssket IN
which the outlaws body iss bullet
marks obliterated, awaited burial
A few hours earlier, citizens Of the
MooresyiIle vicinity. many Of whom
knew Johnny" as boy before he
was sent TO prison 10 years ago. had
nied past his body In a MooresvlIle
undertaking establishment.
Word that the bank robbers body
vas In Mooresville brought thousands
OF curiosity seekers from indianapolis.
Ia miles away, and State and city po-
lice struggled 10 keep the line Of auto
mobiles moving Many persons parked
their cars and walked miles to see
the corpse.
A plastic surgeon worked on the
body 10 erase the bullet marks. An
other surgeons knife had given Dill
linger new features in life 70 help MIN
evade capture.
VIII Lie Near Notables.
Awaiting the body is a grave in
Crown Hill Cemetery St indianapolis,
next TO that OF Dillinger's mother, and
not far from where many Of Indiana's
notables in letters and politics have
found a last resting place. Also
buried there are President Benjamin
Harrison, Vice President Thomas r.
Marshall, James Whitcomb Riley, Kin
Hubbard, creator Of Abe Martin, 3"
and others.
To insure privacy, officials OF the
cemetery announced only members OF
the Dillinger family and those having
q part in the burial ceremony would
be permitted inside the gates
Fifty Indianapolis policemen were
detailed to the cemetery and is others
guarded the Hancock home. Offlcers
blocked of the road in front Of the
home where the body rested.
Mary Kinder, sweetheart Of Harry
Pierpont. Dillinger gangster now
awaiting execution in Ohio State
Prison, was one of the FIRST visitors
at the Hancock home.
More Rumors Crop Up.
In death, as in life, Di1iinger was
the subject of rumor. One report at
Mooresville was that John Hamilton,
fugitive from the Indiana State Prison
and Dillinger trigger man" wanted
for murder of a Chicago detective, was
in the long line that filed through
the undertaking establishment. An
other was that the forner Mary
Longnecker, at whose Dayton, Ohio,
home Dillinger once was arrested, also
viewed the body.
Two visitors at the mortuary were
Dillinger's half-sisters, Doris. Is, and
Frances, IL. whom the outlaw called
my best girl" The girls, honor stu
dents at the Mooresville High School,
threw their arms about their father
neck and wept heart-brokenly at sight
Of Johns body. Frances has been
milking the cows at the Dillinger farm
since her father went to Chicago.
Rev. Charles M. Fillmore, retired
Disciples of Christ minister, who off,
ciated at the elder Dillinger'S mar
riage to his second wife and later
preached her funeral sermon, will
conduct the services here.
Mrs. Hancock said pallbearers will
be four nepheWs of John Dillinger, a
distant relative, and a neighbor of the
senior Dillinger.