The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-25
THEFT OF BODY
is FEARED BY
DILLINGER KIN
Burial Set for Afternoon
After Argument at
Sisters Home.
Continued From Page Onel

'ANntlnMtu rom
chased on innumerable false clews
In Marion county.
In the basement Of the sisters
home flowers and wreaths from
friends Vilted waiting for the ban
dts last ride.
After four hours OF quiet-frOm
20 5 a. m.-frOm eager HOosiers
who sought 10 glimpse The wax-like
face Of the man who laughed az pO-
lice and Jail locks. the cottage again
this morning became a mecca for
al. but the lame. the halt and the
blind.
Autos honked 10 get through the
police Gordon 10 view the body
Thev we're ordered 20 detOur
Hundreds Drive to haywood
Only those with passes we're per-
mlttcd 20 see the body at ; a. m.
Many city workers left homes
early and drove 10 MayWOOd-and
disappointment.
A fresh patrol Of policemen, six
teen IN two black marlas," arrived
a. a. m. 20 relieve the idling pa
trolmen who had spent the night
guarding the body and home.
Dofing hats 10 the man they
hunted. the patrOlmen filed into the
home and IN Single-file passed, like
a ChaIn-gang IN the prison from
which Dillinger escaped, the Sl65
caSket where the gray-suited mob
Stcr lay.
They. and a few neighbOrs, at
tested 10 the capability Of the
homes guard for no one else was
permitted 20 view the body.
Idlers Squat IN Zone
A few idleTs. haywood residents,
squatted on lawns in the zone quar-
antiued by police against mOrbidity
The rites today Will be private.
Ny sermon. a short one, II !
have one. Will be on the text. Judge
not that ye be not judged, Mr..
Fillmore told reporters.
As early as last night guard was
thrown around the family burial
plot 10 prevent vandals from desc
Grating nearby graves.
Cemetery Officials Alarmed
Cemetery officials became alarmed
mOmentaTily when a large sedan
cruised near the stone wall at
Thirty-sixth street and Boulevard
place where Dillinger's remains will
lie last night. The car lOitered in
the vicinity for half an hour.
The family and guards Will be the
only ones TO view the lowering Of
the desperado's body into a grave.
II was a night of tangled emotions
at MOOresville as the hometown boy
came back.
More than 5000 persons viewed
the body at the E. F. Harvey funeral
parlors.
Men. women. babies in arms,
barefOOted boys, the drunk. the in
firm. the aged. all with mob Curl
OSIty, struggled through the little
amber-lghted room of the mortu-
AIRY.
At 10.15 p. m. and with pre-
arranged swiftneSs, the wooden cas-
ket was placed in a brown hearSe.
not the one in which he was brought
back home. and escorted by two
state policemen to the home of his
sister in haywood.
Curious Mill in Street
There was no Ostentation to this
ride
Where in life sirens had screamed
after him. now a couple of feeble
Snorts of the police horn sufficed
to warn motorists at traffic inter-
sections that John Dillinger was
passing by.
a pale moon hung over the May
wood cottage and edged lower and
lower toward a group of box cars
on a nearby railroad track as the
hearSe arrived at the home.
Curious people milled in the
street Police urged them on.
Mrs Hancock. the sister. met the
CaSkct as 1t was brought on the
porch and into the house. Miss
Kinder was beside her.
The cover of the caSket was
opened. She buried her face in her
hands and was led to the front
porch.
In a swing with Miss Kinder,
rocking TO and fro. she SObbed.
The last time I saw Johnnie. he
had a big smile on his face and said
Don't Worry" she cried.
OH my GOd-Johnniei" moaned
Miss Kinder.
Stretched out in a back bedroom
of the home. just a step from the
body of his son, slept the father
too. II was the sleep of a worn
out OLD man. bent with grief and
hard farm work.
PatrOlman paced outside the
home. challenging paSSerSby.
The sister Of the gang-leader and
sweetheart OF his pal Sobbed on
the front porch.
A nelghbOrhOod child cried. Two
cats yOwled on a backyard fence
The pale moon dropped behind
the box cars and the gray cottage.
a Stihng night heat increased
with the final dawning Of the day
for The burial OF the man who lay
waXen-Iike IN the front room Of the
CottaEe-JOhn Duhnger.
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