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DOLLFUSS CAPTURED BY NAZIS; MAY GIVE UP POST

Chancellor to Resign as Austria's Head After Coup in Vienna; Ten Reported Slain in Street fighting. BARRACKS SEIZED BY HITLERITES Ministers Set Free After Several Hours in Brown Shirts’ Custody, Is Announcement From Fey. By ' Pr"> . PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, July 2").—The Austrian lexation announced today that Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss had been killed in today's Nazi uprising in Vienna. The announcement was not confirmed by other sources. By I /•■ VIENNA. July 25.—Austrian Nazis executed a bold coup today, captured Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss and members of his cabinet and apparently forced a compromise which may result in at least the temporary removal of Dollfuss as chancellor. After the Nazis had withstood a siege for hours in the chancellory which they had captured, Major Emil sex, director of safety, announced that the ministers were free.

He asked the government force* which were about to attack the building to hold off. The Nazis had threatened to harm their prisoners if attacked. It was understood Doll fuss had agreed to withdraw as chancellor and that President Wilhelm Miklas had asked Dr. Kurt Schuschntgg. minister of justice, to lorm a temporary government. About noon, 300 disguised Nazis seized the Heimwehr barracks in the seventh district and equipped themselves with machine guns, rifles and ammuntion. Police rushed the barracks, but were too late to arrest all the raiders. Ten Believed Killed The extent of casualties was not known, but it was estimated at least ten were killed in street fighting and the seizure of the government radio station by Nazis, who were later driven out. After capturing the Seventh district barracks, the Nazis commandeered motor trucks and went to the government offices in the Ballhausplatz. They seized the two guards, barricaded the steel doors of the building and arrested Dollluss, Fey and other ministers. It was said Doll fuss and Fey were wounded when they did not surrender quickly enough after the Nazis entered the cabinet room. Wireless Station Seized An unofficial dispatch from Innsbruck said a state of emergency had been declared there and police and troops occupied public buildings. During the coup. Nazis seized the wireless station outside Vienna. The listening populace heard the announcer say: -One o'clock and 1 minute jO seconds." A dramatic five-minute silence ensued, broken only by a ticking signal. Suddenly the voice declared: •We have to inform you that the Dollftilts cabinet has resigned and Rm'elen to Italyi has taken over the government." UNCLE REPEATS GRAFT CHARGES OF DILLINGER Bandit Accused State Prison Officials. Kin Says. Grafting bv officials is prevalent in ’he Indiana state prison. John Dillincer declared some time before his death, according to his uncle. Jess A- Richardson. Mr. Richardson, who married the e’der Dillinger's sister, said todav the dead outlaw trequently had xoiced his disgust at conditions at Michigan City. They let John out of Crown Point jail because he knew too much.’ Mr. Richardson asserted.

3 INSANE CRIMINALS FLEE LIMA HOSPITAL Makr Good Ewapf After Overpowering Two Guard*. ify l Hitrd Prtrt LIMA. 0.. July 25.—Three inmate* of the Lima Hospital for Criminal Insane escaped from the institution after overpowering two guard* early today. The tno. all regarded as ordinarily harmless, first slipped up behind H C. Irving and a moment' later surprised a second guard.! Emmett Carroll, whom they forced to open a rear door to the institution. Times Index Page Auto News 8 Bridge .. 6 Broun 9 Class, fled 14 Comics 15 Crossword Puzzle 7 Curious World 15 Editorial 10 Financial 11 Hickman—Theaters 13 Pec.er 9 Let s Go Fishing 13 Lippmann 9 Radio 2 Serial Ntorv 15 fcporu 12, 13 State News 8 V tal Statistics 11 Woman* Page* 6, 7

The Indianapolis Times Probably showers or thunderstorms tonight or Thursday; somewhat lower temperatures tonight; cooler Thursday.

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VOLUME 46—NUMBER 64

COHN TESTIFIES IN OWN DEFENSE Banker Defends Frailich Investment as Good Business. Melville S. Cohn, vice-president of t the defunct Meyer-Kiser bank, indicted on embezzlement charges, j took the witness stand today in his own behalf as the trial progressed into its fourth day. Mr. Cohn testified that he never solicited business from the Frailich Realty Company to which the bank is alleged to have paid dividends out of depositors’ money. Mr. Cohn declared that in his opinion, the $90,000 preferred stock investment in the Frailich company was a good investment and that the property never was worth less than $140,000. Payments of dividends to the realty company stockholders was in the best interests of the bank's clients. Mr. Cohn declared. Julian J. Kiser, another vicepresident of the bank, preceded Mr. Cohn today, resuming his testimony w here it ended yesterday. During gruelling cross-examina-tion yesterday by Floyd J. Mattlce, chief deputy prosecutor handling the state's ease, Kiser testified that approximately $15,000 in dividends had been paid by the bank to Frailich company stockholders and that SB,OOO of matured company stock had been retired. Stock that was “taken up” by the bank was carried on the books as an asset at full face value, although the bank never realized any money on the SB,OOO of stock, Kiser also testified. FRANCES FRECHETTE IS ARRESTED IN CHICAGO Sister of Evelyn Is Seized With Girl Companion. By I rif'd Prexg CHICAGO July 25 Frances Frechette, sister of red-headed Evelyn Frechette. No. 1 among John Dillingers many sweethearts, and Margaret Edwards were seized today by police who claimed that the outlaw frequently visited their apartment.

Elder Dillinger Rejects SIO,OOO for Son’s Body

Offer Angers Parent as He Wonders Where Money Will Come From to Bury Dead Outlaw. BY JAMES DOSS Timf* Staff Writer There was a price of $21,000 on the head of John Dillinger, slain outlaw, but the SIO,OOO offer for his body is not even going to be considered by John Dillinger Sr. Sadly, but philosophically, the elderly Mooresville farmer talked to reporters today while he dressed for the funeral of his son this

afternoon. •Yes,” he said. "I got an offer of $lO 000 for Johnny'S body from a fellow named Harry G. Cross in Wisconsin.” Dillinger Sr.'s mouth tightened and he spoke half in anger and half in sorrow. I don’t like that kind of stuff.” he said. "Os course. I won’t take it. I m broke and I don’t know what I'm going to do for money for the funeral, but I dont like that kind of stuff.’* "Look out there, son.” he cautioned as a reporter sat down on the porch floor of the home in Maywood where the outlaws body lays. There s a blacksnake under there. He lust came last night and you might get bit.” Dressed in a clean white shirt, a flowered tie and pressed trousers held up by red 'galluses." the elderly farmer reviewed his money troubles. He asserted that the Cook county coroner told him one of the keys found in his son's pocket was for a safety deposit box and if the box is

TEXAS CITIES ARE BATTERED BY HURRICANE Full Force of Storm Is Expected Some Time This Afternoon. By United Prex* HOUSTON, Tex., July 25—Hurricane winds battered the Texas coastline from Galveston Island to points west of Port O Connor today. Many persons were reported marooned. including righteen in the coast guard station at San Luis Pass. Amount of damage could not be estimated. The Port OConnor coast guard station communication lines were severed. Further reports about the wind's velocity there could not be obtained. The last report from the station was that the barometer was falling steadily. High tides and breakers began pounding the coastline late yesterday. Two campers on Galveston beach, seeking relief from heat before high tides began rolling over the lower island, were missing today. The storm proper was expected to strike near the mouth of the Rio Grande some time this afternoon. A heavy rain at Corpus Christi brought immediate relief from sweltering temperatures, sending the thermometer there down from 104 to 84 degrees. Showers fell at Galveston, Brownsville and several other Texas cities.

EXPECT BANDIT PALSAT RITES Police Alert for Visit by ‘Baby Face’ Nelson and Hamilton. Two of the “hottest” men in the United States are expected in Indianapolis today. George (Baby Face) Nelson and John (Killer) Hamilton, accompanied by seven other members of the famous but dispersed Dillinger band, plan to pay last homage to their former chief by attending the funeral of John Dillinger in Maywood and Indianapolis this afternoon, The Times learned on excellent authority. City and state police were keeping a vigilant watch on all roads and highways leading into the city as the hour of the funeral approached. Nelson and Hamilton, with characteristic bravado, coupled with feelings of affection for their slain leader, would not hesitate to be “among those present” at the final curtain for the man who made America wooden-pistol-conscious. police say. Nelson has been sought by federal agents and authorities friom a score of states ever since he shot down a fe-’er"! agent when he and Dillinger escaped from the Little Bohemia tourist camp in northern Wisconsin last spring. Hamilton, reported dead several times by both police and members of the gang, is wanted for the slaying of William T. Shanley, Chicago police sergeant, last December. He is reputed to have been Dillinger’s chief lieutenant during the months following the Michigan City break last, summer.

located, he will be given its contents. *1 know Johnny had more than $790,” he asserted. “I'm half way inclined to believe that that ‘woman in red.’ who got Johnny killed, slipped back to wherever he was staying and got what money he had. "Just before I left Chicago, a woman called me up and said she and her sister would help me out on the burial expenses. ‘ She said she’d wire me, and I'm still waiting. And. then, a friend of mine down at Mooresville is going to help me out some.” The old farmer revealed that he may go on the stage. He had refused several theatrical offers while his son was alive. “Yes.” he admitted, nodding dubiously, “I reckon I'll take something like that if I get a good offer. I sure need the money. ‘ But I don't like that kind of stuff about offering money for Johnny's body.” he declared vigorously as he shook his head sorrowfully over man s inhumanity to man.

INDIAXAfOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25,1934

Relief Is Promised T omorrow Cooler Weather Will Be Accompanied by Storms, Is Forecast. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 83 10 a. m 98 7a. m 86 11 a. m 100 Ba. m 91 12 (noon).. 102 9 a. m 34 1 p. m 103 Relief from the heat tonight or tomorrow was forecast today by J. H. Armington, United States weather observer, as Indianapolis entered upon its sixth day of the torrid wave that has brought more than a dozen deaths and scores of prostrations. Mr. Armington said lower temperatures are prevalent today in the northwest and are moving toward Indianapolis, probably accompanied by showers or thunderstorms. Any drop in temperautres will be gradual unless the thunderstorms arrive, Mr. Armington said. The government thermometer registered 103.1 at 1 p. m. Weather bureau officials said unles relief came in clouds and breezes during the afternoon that the alltime record of 106 degrees might be broken. Earlier, as the city started off the day one degree more uncomfortable at 6 a. m. than it did yesterday, another death was added to the growing toll. The newest heat victim was Rosie Taylor. 39, of 121 South Liberty street, who died early today. Death Due to Heart Disease Deaths yesterday included those of John Griffin. 57, of. 114 South Cincinnati street, who was found dead in a garage near his home by a neighbor, who had not seen him since Monday night and who had become alarmed at his absence. Death was due to heart disease, induced by excessive heat. Lee McVey, 60, of 222 East Wabash street, died before he could be given aid when he dropped beside the Three Notch road, seven miles south of Indianapolis. John M. Scott, 47, of 1703 East Michigan street, telegrapher employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, died in St. Vincent’s hospital after suffering heat prostration in the Pennsylvania offices at union station. He was ill little more than an Lour. Joe Adams, 62, of 22 North Kruse street, dropped dead in the 900 block of East Washington street, prostrated by the excessive heat. Rain of Little Benefit A slight rain yesterday afternoon, borne on the wings of a freak tornado which struck only sections of the city, was of little benefit. The downtown section was the chief beneficiary with the rainfall amounting to .08 of an inch. The temperature dropped from 83 degrees to 76 degrees at 6 p. m., but mounted rapidly, .soaring to 90 degrees at 9 p. m. Earlier yesterday, the mercury had mounted to 105.1 degrees, only nine-tenths of a degree below the all-time heat record for Indianapolis. Although relief is forecast tonight or tomorrow by the United States observer, the mercury started an early ascent this morning. It leaped eleven degrees in three hours, starting at 6 a. m. with a mark of 83.

Tornado Hits City A whirling tornado whipping in from the northwest early last night wrecked property in the west and far south sections of the city and caused injury to at least four persons, but failed to break the heat wave. The storm struck suddenly, hitting the edge of Haughville about 5:30. uprooting trees, crippling utilities and cutting a swath through family garages. Floren S. McDaniel, 32. of 3536 West Michigan street, tower man, was crushed and seriously injured, when the Big Four signal tower at Tenth street was wrecked. He was taken unconscious from the debris and sent to Methodist hospital. Margaret Thomas, 14, of 928 Rochester street, was cut badly by flying glass when the tower overturned. She was given first aid and returned home. Others injured were Mrs. Eva Meehan, 44, R. R. 4, Box 2-E, who was cut by glass from a shattered window in her home, and John Schuesler. 31, of 131 North Belmont avenue, who received back injuries. Speedway Roof Damaged The storm lifted the roof of Grandstand E at the southwest curve of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and tossed it upon high tension wires 400 feet away, where it went up in flames. The garage roof of the Ait Clay Company in Speedway City also was torn away and burned on tension wires. Live wires ripped from utility poles were a menace and extra shifts of linemen were sent to the vicinity of Speedway City and West Sixteenth street to repair twelve poles blown down. The storm was confined to a small area and lasted only a half hour. Police were sent into the storm-twisted area immediately. Spectator Tells of Gale An eyewitness to the tornado, Hollie Mershon. 1027 Tibbs avenue, said, "I saw something in the air that looked like the tail of a black cat. While I was watching it swung downward. I heard a terrific crash. I looked up and the porch roof was gone. It all happened so suddenly that I didn't have time to move.” Approximately twenty houses were damaged, automobiles were pushed down the streets, and smokesucks toppled over.

THEFT OF DILLINGER’S BODY IS FEARED BY KIN

HIS SON HAS REACHED THE END OF THAT LONG. LONG TRAIL

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John Dillinger Sr. Father of the dead outlaw. John Dillinger Sr., is shown above in a contemplative mood just before th< funeral of his son.

DILLINGER TRIP IS DULUFFAIR Unescorted, Funeral Cortege Winds Way Along Indiana Roads. BY BASIL GALLAGHER Times Staff Writer Along familiar highways and backroad detours over which he had ridden with ruthless submachine guns in his role of No. 1 Bad Man, John Dillinger came back home last night. For the first time in more than a year, Dillinger was unmolested by the police. Unescorted by authorities, the little funeral cortege wound along through northern Indiana on its way to Mooresville. And Death, which always had ridden with “Toy-Gun” Johnny at the business end of his weapons, laughed ironically as his body was carried swiftly toward Mooresville in a shabby hearse. Shorn of the notoriety which had attached itself to his name, Dil(Turn to Page Sixteen)

DOCTOR BEATS STORK: STORK BEATS DOCTOR Wins Race to Patients Home Then Learns of Daughter's Birth. By United Press MISSION. Tex.. July 25.—Dr. A. D. Wilson raced the stork to the Paul WycofT home and won. But while the medic was ushering Paul WycofT Jr., into the world, the stork took a shortcut to the doctor’s house. Dr. Wilson arrived home to find himself the father of a five and a half pound baby girl. Dr. W. E. Whigham of McAllen, answering a hurry call, was present at the birth of his colleague’s daughter. $400,000 DEBT SHOWS TOWN NEEDS BUDGET Sad Situation Serves as Warning to Others, Council Thinks. By United Press MT. CARMEL. Pa.. July 25.—This town is operating without a budget. So say Richard Morgan and Raymond Toy, members of the town council, in a published statement over their signatures. Note to other towns and cities in the United States: Mt. Carmel is in debt to the extent of $400,000. RETIRED PASTOR DIES The Rev. H. Fay Tyler Is Taken in New York. By United Press NEW YORK. July 25.—The Rev. H. Fay Tvler, 85, retired Congregational minister well known in the middle west, died today in St. Luke's hospital following a stroke. During his fifty active years in the ministry, Dr. Tyler held pastorates in Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Columbus, 0., and other cities.

Like Magic Throngs Visit Maywood to Catch Glimpse of Dillinger.

npwo show-girls from Chicago gave Maywood residents a thrill this noon when they were admitted to the home of the dead outlaw's sister and permitted to view the body. Red-headed and peroxided. the rumor was rampant that they were -gang molls.’’ They said they were Peggie Payne and Margaret Hall of Chicago, and claimed they did not know the notorious outlaw. tt tt tt SOUVENIR hunters who got in a good night's work at the Dillinger farm home near Mooresville, continued to operate at Maywood today. A bush near the fence of the Hancock yard nearly was stripped before a member of the family halted the depredations. tt tt a SORROW that Evelyn Freschette, sweetheart of John Dillinger, could not attend the funeral was expressed by Mrs. Audrey Hancock, the dead outlaw’s sister. “I don't see why they don’t let her out. She liked Johnnie,” said Mrs. Hancock. The ganster’s sweetheart is in the federal prison for women at Milan, Mich. tt tt tt AN unidentified friend of Mary Kinder, with whom she had gone to school years ago, came to the Hancock home at 2 a. m. today to see Dillinger's body. He was told to wait until 5. He waited and then was told that no more persons would be admitted to the home. The young man got Mary to intercede' for him and the Hancocks assented with, "any friend of yours is a friend of the family.” He got to see the body. u u u SOCKLESS flappers, chattering like gay magpies, and shouting, -What did he look like?” "Should I go in—is it bad to look at?” were among the curious visitors to the town morgue. They came in rumble-seated Fords, on bicycles, and hand-in-hand with "boy friends.” o a a ONE drunk almost stumbled and fell into the casket of John Dillinger as it lay in the Mooresville funeral parlors. Hiccuping and staggering, the man shoved others in the line that filed by the casket. He stumbled over a leg of a table holding the casket. "Move on there! Move on,” ordered an attendant. Parked Car Looted Clothes valued at SSO and a S3O bag were stolen from the automobile of Mrs. R. W. Scott, Louisville, Ky.. parked in Monument Circle last night.

Kntered s* Second-Clm* Matter at Postoffiee, Indianapolis. Ind.

WOMAN IN RED DENIES SELLOUT Believed Dillinger to Be Grain Broker, She Tells Police. By United Pres* CHICAGO, July 25.—The women in the life of John Dillinger, whose loves were as bizarre and crowded as his crimes, followed him to the grave today with their stories of his amorous ways. When Dillinger was spreading terror over the middle west he fled trap after trap, often leaving behind one or two sweethearts. When he died in an pool of blood in an alley Sunday night after being shot down by federal agents and police it was in the same swashbuckling manner. Two women, one a mysterious “girl in red,” had accompanied him to a little neighborhood theater where the government’s trap was laid. Today the “girl in red” was in the custody of the government and the identity of the other was known. But the eagerly-waited denouncement of Dillinger s execution —who (Turn to Page Three)

HIRED MAN INDICTED IN MURDER OF FARMER Missing Man Accused of Slaying Dan Pearson. William H. Williams, missing hired hand of Alfred C. 'Dam Pearson, Beech Grove farmer, today was indicted by the Marion county grand jury on charges of slaying of his employer. Williams, charged both with first and second degree murder, is alleged to have battered in Mr. Pear son’s head while the farmer lay asleep in his home near Beech Grove. Eight other true bills were returned by the grand jury and included another first degree murder case, in which Claudies Blakemore was indicted for the alleged murder of Lawrence Shaw July 11.

BANK CASE DELAYS ANGER JUDGE BAKER Intimates He Will Ask Grand Jury to Take Action. Impatient at what he termed delay in criminal action in four closed bank cases. Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker today announced he would suggest to the Marion county grand jury Monday that it consider certain alleged illegal acts of bank officials. The judge referred, he said, to the State Savings and Trust Comnany. the City Trust Company, the Washington bank and Trust Company and the Belmont State bank. Judge Baker said that, while he had not seen copies of the reports compiled by Alvah J. Rucker, special investigator for Circuit Judge Earl Cox, he knows their content and believes the :and jury should consider them.

HOME EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, t Cent*

Burial Set for Afternoon After Argument at Sister's Home. MAN ATTACKED I Thousands File by Casket Holding Body of Indiana Outlaw. A hearse arrived at the Maywood home of Mrs. Audrey Hancock at 1:10 p. m. BV ARC H STEINEL Time* Staff Writer The burial of John Dillinger, the man who murdered and stole his way to become a nation's premier terrorist, neared this afternoon in a bedlam with the terrorist’s own body threatened with theft. The hour of burial became a thing of argument between police and belligerent relatives at the Maywood home of his sister, Mrs. Audrey Hancock, this morning. Police at last, it is believed, convinced Mrs. Hancock that a quick, unostentatious funeral today would be best, a fight took place outside between self-appointed guardians of the family’s privacy and newspapermen and photographers. Only the report that the body might be stolen before it was interred caused Mrs. Hancock to switch her final intentions to have the funeral postponed until tomorrow. Two Paramount news reel cameramen were chased by two of the burly guards, said to be relatives of Dillinger. * Scanlon Rushed to Scene The cameramen had taken a stance on property other than the Hancock home and were grinding out footage when they were rushed. Their cameras were saved by a good deal of quick talking. Police Lieutenant Dan Scanlon was rushed to the scene from headquarters when reports were received that newspaper reporters had been threatened with assault outside the Hancock property line. “I ll pay any fine in the world if you'll just look the other way long enough for me to smash this —and his camera,” one guard said to a policeman as he menaced a Times ; photographer. The Rev. Charles M. Fillmore, retired pastor of the Disciples of | Christ church, arrived at the cottage shortly before noon. He will con- | duct the funeral services for the dead outlaw at private services this afternoon. Refuses to Give Data His arrival seemed to make authentic the report from Mrs. Hancock that the rites probably would begin at 2 p. m. Crying copiously she said that re- ' ports an attempt would be made to steal the body for a traveling museum of curiosities had made her change her mind about the arrival of relatives from Ohio before holding the funeral. Questioned closely about the theft reports, she refused to divulge additional information. No air of glamour and no shrieking police sirens will accompany Dillinger to his last resting place. Police Captain Lewis Johnson said no motorcyles will lead the cortege to Crown Hill. “My men will ride in as inconspicious fashion as possible,” the police captain promised. Floral Wreaths in Home In a stuffy back room of the Hancock home, the casket of just another bad man lay in a few floral wreaths. The pink plush with which the casket was lined seemed pale beside the rough cheeks of the man Indiana gave to the world of crime. Mrs. Hancock told a reporter she had neglected to examine the cards accompanying the floral offerings and did not know from whom they came. As funeral time neared police chatted with Doris Dillinger, 16, and Frances, 12, half-sisters of the dead gangster, in the front yard of the home. Funeral rites were announced last night for the benefit of the public as set for omorrow at the suggestion of city police, who feared a crash of curious similar to the blood-dipping mob at the scene of the tragedy in Chicago. It was the last “double-cross” lor Dillinger. Throughout the night, men with spades perspired, spat on hands, as under a thin electric arc they dug the last resting place of Indiana * most infamous character. In a simple gray cottage in Maywood relatives kept a death watch. Polio* Patrol Section Ten policemen patrolled the old section of state Road 67 that passes the cottage in an effort to keep the morbidly curious from storming the cottage. As the policemen watched the night through at Mrs. Hancocks home, hot coffee was passed to them to keep them awake in their last vigil with the man whom they had (Turn to Page Three)