Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 63, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 July 1934 — Page 3

JULY 24, 1934,

GEORGE NELSON NEXT ON LIST, AGENTS DECIDE •Baby Face’ Moved Up to No. 1 Position After Chief's Death. WASHINGTON. .July 24 -A trig-Rfr-nervou runt of the underworld 0 r rre B.= b- Facei Nei>on. is the ir. • hur.Td man m America today. He w s John s machmeg .nncr. When Dillinger fell before ?: < f.Tf of federal aeon’s. Nelson bftjrr.* No. 1 on the governments Only 25 and barelv over five feet tall N r l'on u described by federal authorities a- an even more ruthless and c d-blr>oded killer than Dillinger. Ke is *he only outlaw who now bear on his head a federal reward. J i ; f e department agon's are out to kal Nelson on sigh*. He is the mar; who shot down federal agent W ( r*er Baum in the April 23 raid rn DUiinger Little Bohemia 'Wis t hid* it. Baum's comrades have vowed vengeance. (• e behind NeLson on the governn ent’s "named'’ list are John Hamilton and Homer Van Meter. onJ o'her members of the Dillinger gang at large. Upward of a dozen killing' are charged to the band Nelson and Hamilton pulled the trigger m a majority of them. Hu::, on the list, too. are Charles <Pretrv Rovi Flovd. Oklahoma de*perado. and Richard Galatas, both wan’ed in connection with the Kansas Clv Union station massacre of June 17. 1933. Others Who Are Sought Alvin Karpis and Frank Barker, kidnapers of wealths- Edward Bremer of St. Paul, are two more men marked in the federal hunt. The quiet-working, dead-shot federal agents set disposal of the rest of the Dillmeer gang as the next big job. They swung to the task todav with new confidence and fresh enthusiasm. 'We may get Nelson and the others tomorrow or maybe it will take weeks, but well get them—make no mistake about that." said Director J. Edgar Hoover of the justice department investigation division. Off.i ;als recalled previous Instances m which a "break" in a case, such as the killing of Dillinger, has been followed by rapid-fire developmerits. "Things like that seem to come in threes one official said. Whether hopes for a quick cleanup of the Dillinger band were based on anvthing more than hopes or hunches was any ones guess. Gang lias Split Up One nf Mr. Hoover's reasons for declining to reveal events that led up to Dillinger’s end or to disclose Inrat ion of his hideouts was that this would handicap the hunt for * . Hamilton and Van Meter. It w is learned, however, that the gang had split up. Mr. Hoover was secretly correlating information from dozens of points, realigning scores of agents who had been detailed to get Dillinger. Nelson. or Lester M Gillis as he sometimes calls himself, us a Chicago youth. He was sent to IHino-s state prison at Joliet July 17. 1931 for robbery. In seven months, he escaped, later to join forces with Dillinger. Hamilton. 35 years old and once a carpenter, was sentenced to twen-ty-five years for bank robbery and escaped from the Indiana state prison Sept. 26. 1933. Hamilton is wanted tor murder of Sheriff Jesse Barber at Lima. O . on Oct. 12, 1933. Other Henchmen Slain Van Meter, a hardened robber at 29. w.i . paroled from Indiana prison May 19. 19.33. He is wanted also in mam of ;he Dillinger gang's bank Os Dilhnger's other henchmen. Tommy Carroll was killed by Waterloo ila police June 7; federal agents fatally wounded Edward Green in St Paul April 3; Albert W. Reilly was seized by federal men in Mtnnt a polls June 27; Harry Pierpont and Charles Maklev are awaiting execution m Ohio state prison; Russell Clark is serving a life sentence there. Upward of a dozen persons have been prosecuted for giving Dilhneer medical attention, supplying him with arms or other aid. Mr Hoover intends to make it poison for anyone to associate with or abet men l.ke Dillinger. DINES. DIVES AND DIES Unemployed New Yorker Eats Wife's Food Before Suicide. NEW YORK July 24—Harold Nelson. 34. sat down to a delicious meal m his fourth floor Brooklyn The meal was the handiwork of his wife. Anna. She had rooked it; she also had paid for ;?. Nelson was unemployed. He rose from 'he table, went to a v indow- and dived. He died inIn the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m.: Southwest wind. 8 miles an hour: barometric pressure. 30 03 at sea level; temperature. 90; general conditions clear; ceiling, unlmited; visibility. 8 miles.

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Dillinger Coming Home —Where Once He Played 'Cops-Robbers’

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Childish games of "cops and robbers" in which John Dillinger took part were played in this quiet farmyard, the scene of Dillingers boy >od, where his father, John W. Dillinger Sr., and the bandit's half-sisters now live.

ARMY PLANES NEAR END OF ALASKA HOP Refuel at Whitehorse for Final Lap. By f nitrH /V ** WHITEHORSE. Yukon Territory, July 24.—Ten United States army bombing planes, making a test flight from Washington. D. C., to Alaska, refueled here today in preparation for the last leg of their journey to Fairbanks. The planes alighted on the landing field here last night after a 700mile trip from Prince George, B. C. By t nifrit Prr*s SEATTLE. Wash., July 24.—Reunited for the first time since they visit-xi San Francisco, Squadrons VP-7 and VP-9 of the United States navy air forces spent today in tuning their twelve airplanes for a flight to Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Provided weather conditions are favorable, all twelve planes will leave here Thursday. PROSECUTOR TO ASK DEATH FOR HICKMAN Full Penalty Sought For Girl’s Accused Slayer. By I nitrii /Vrs* SAN FRANCISCO July 24 —Peter Mullins, deputy district attorney, was to demand the death penalty today for Millard Hickman. 45-year-old shipping engineer accused of slaying a pretty party companion. Mullins was to address the jury after defense counsel completes its final argument. Both sides expected to rest their eases before noon, permitting jury consideration of the charges before nightfall. Hickman is on trial on a charge of murder developing from the death last May of Louise Jeppesen, of Ogden. Utah. STATE TO PAY SHARE FOR DILLINGER REWARD Word Awaited As to Identity of Proper Recipient. Indiana is ready to pay its share of the five-state reward of $5,000 reward for the capture of John Dilhnger as s.x>n as claim is established. This state joined with Illinois, Michigan. Ohio and Minnesota in offering SI,OOO apiece. Pointing out that federal officials can not share in the reward. Governor Paul V. McNutt said yesterday that Indiana’s $1 000 was ready whenever the recipient is decided upon. PIERPONTS_DUE IN CITY Parents of Slayer to Attend Dillinger Funeral. The parents of Harry Pierpont. member of the Dillinger gang, now awaiting death in the Ohio state prison, were expected to arrive in Indianapolis today, to attend John Dillinger's funeral.

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In this unpretentious funeral home in Mooresville, the body of John Dillinger will be prepared for burial bv the local undertaker, E. E. Harvey, upon its arrival from Chicago. Mr. Harvey, accompanied by John W. Dillinger Sr. and the gangster’s half-brother, Hubert Dillinger, was to return with the body today.

GIRL AND ESCORT BEAT HIM, TRUCKMAN SAYS Objected to His Manner of Driving, Is Explanation. Because they didn't like the way in which John Edwards, 27. of 2307 Green Briar lane, was driving his truck at Eleventh street and Ashland avenue last night. Guy Huddleston, 24. Martha and Dyer streets, and a woman companion, severely mauled Mr. Edwards, police charged today. Huddleston is alleged to have waded into the luckless Edwards with fists flying while the woman is said to have taken off her slipper and hammered Edwards on the head with it. Huddleston is held on assault and battery charges. WEST-POINTER JOINS FATHER'S UNIT HERE Lieutenant Robinson Assigned to Duty at Fort. Second Lieutenant Oliver P, Robinson Jr., a member of the 1934 graduating class of the United States Military Academy at West Point, has been assigned to the Eleventh infantry, commanded by his father, Colonel Robinson, at Ft. Benjamin Harrison. Other members of the class assigned to Ft. Harrison are Second Lieutenants William F. Northam, Columbia City; John T. Hillis, Logansport. and Edward G. Hickman, Washington. Residence Is Ransacked Charles Wellington, 962 North Chester avenue, returned home last night and found his house ransacked. Thieves h£d stolen sllO and checks amounting to $26.

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Taxi drivers of the city have not brushed up on NRA or they wouldn't take cigar coupons for money. NRA outlaws the coupons but despite that the coupons served as legal tender early today when Percy Shields, 23 North Denny avenue, taxicab driver, picked up a Negro at Twenty-first and Meridian streets and took him to 1220 Muskingum street. “Don’t keept, your lights on,” said the Negro sotto voice,” I don't want them to know how late it is.” A crisp bill was handed Shields. He gave the Negro 80 cents in change. The Negro ran. Shields turned on his dash light to view a bill good for about one tine of a fork at a cigar store in the days of long ago. before the NRA had ruled out coupons.

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FLOWER MISSION ASKS FUNDS FOR HOSPITAL Sum Needed to Augment PWA Building Grant. Plans for a campaign to raise | funds for construction of a tuberculosis unit at city hospital were discussed yesterday at a meeting of the advisory board and board of directors of the Indianapolis Flower Mission. An appeal to the public will be made at once, it was decided. A public works administration grant of $38,500 together with mission funds already available and the amount to be raised will construct a two-story hospital to house 100 tuberculosis cases. Dice Game Fight Fatal Willie Nusum, Negro, 35, of 815 Torbett street, died last night in city hospital from bullet wounds suffered in a fight over a dime dice I game. Police say Nusum was shot by another Negro who also is in the i hospital.

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Grief over the slaying of John Dillinger. whom she calls “a good kid who never got a break," was temporarily forgotten yesterday by Mary Kinder. Returning from the Dillinger hom§ in Mooresville. where she had gone to offer sympathy, Mary stopped in Plainfield to visit her babyniece, Claudetta May Parker.

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Funeral services for John Dillinger will be held from the bungalow home of his sister, Mrs. Audrey Hancock, in Maywood tomorrow or Thursday.

NEW TRIAL DENIED MARRIAGE SWINDLER Judge Ringer Rejects Plea of Weintraut. Joseph B. Weintraut, 58, Shclbyville, who was convicted of embezzlement by a criminal court jury last month, was denied anew trial in criminal court yesterday by Special Judge William R. Ringer. Weintraut has been in the county jail since his conviction of embezzling SB,OOO in Liberty bonds from Miss Mabel Gentry, Indianapolis. Judge Ringer sentenced him to serve from five to fifty years in state prison. Judge Ringer granted Weintraut, through his attorney Clyde C. Karrer, an appeal to the Indiana supreme court.

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DILLINGER SR. IS SHAKEN BY QUIZ | OF U. S. AGENTS Father and Son Hubert Are Grilled at Length but Are Not Helpful. By Times Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, July 24—Shaken by a series of sharp grillings from federal operatives last night and early today, John Wilson P.llinger, 70-year-old father rs the Iste Hoosicr desperado, today prepared to ! escort the body of his son to Indianapolis. The aged man. physically and mentally weakened by tne experiences of the last forty-eight hours, i slept last nicht on an improvised bed in the north side funeral home until early today, when he and Hubert Dillinger, the bandit's half- | brother, finally were able to go to | a hotel when the curious crowd i in front of the place had dwindled to a handful. A crowd of several hundred mor- | bidly curious Chicagoans milled about t|je McCready-Coombs funeral home. 4506 North Sheridan j road, where Mr. Dillinger spent the night, until nearly daylight. Early today a scattered few still haunted the premises, hoping to catch a ! glance of the bereaved man or of Hubert. Friend Talks of Quiz The crowd had abandoned the j hope of seeing Dillinger's body car- | ned into the establishment, when i the news that the coroner had ordered that the desperado's body be kept in the county morgue until 10 a. m. today reached the funeral home. Mr. Dillinger preferred to stay at the funeral home rather than to push through the crowd. A Mooresville friend, who accompanied the Dillinger,s to Chicago in I the hearse in which the outlaw's I body will be transported, revealed | to The Times that Mr. Dillinger and Hubert had been subjected to what is known in police parlance as the "third degree." "The old man was given a good going over," said the friend. "He was brought down to the justice department office in the Bankers’ building and asked a lot of questions about Johnny’s activities dur- ! ing the last few weeks. Grilling Is Renewed "Neither Mr. Dillinger nor Hubert could help the federal men, but they were questioned for long j periods. The government men also 1 came up to the funeral home several ! times to renew the grilling. They didn't seem to be satisfied with Mr. Dillinger's story, although I know that he is telling the truth when ha says that he hadn't seen Johnny since April 8 when he ate a chicken dinner with the folk at Mooresville.” Bewildered by the final swift chapter in the notorious career of his son, Mr. Dillinger stood mopi ping his forehead, his old eyes | clouded with sorrow as he waited in | the funeral home for the official release that w r ould enable him to bring the prodigal's body home The shock which he must have felt when he was told that John only had $7.70 in his pockets when he was shot, came as an anti-climax. The old man merely sighed deeply. Says Son Got Raw Deal “I don't know where the money’s coming from to bury him,” he said. "I'm very poor,” the old man explained wearily to a group of officials. “Just an old dirt farmer. ! I've never had any money and I I don't know whether Johnny ever ! had any. At least I never saw any ! of it. "I never tried to uphold John in the eyes of the public,” he continued. repeating again a speech which he often has made. "I think he got a raw deal from the start, and I don't think it was ; right, to kill him the way they did—i in cold blood.”