Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 69, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 July 1934 — Page 1
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ASSASSINS OF DOLLFUSS ARE HANGED
LONG’S USE OF STATE TROOPS DRAWS AnACK New .Orleans Mayor Asks Federal Intervention in *War/ BATTLE LINES ARE SET City Police Ready to Halt Huey’s Soldiers After Surprise/Coup.’ /:. I „<’< >I /'>• ti NEW ORLEANS. July 31. Mayor T. S- Walmsley today asked for federal intervention against Senator Hue-. P Long and his national guardsmen. M.yor Walmsley appealed to the an ;ut.int-general of the United States requesting that, he investigate the illegal u e of arms of the Unped States in connection with the illegal use of troops and the proclamation of marital law in the city of New Orleans." Landing of the marines would complete the picture here. Khaki shuts of Huev Longs national guard are holding seige around the office of the registrar of voters for Orleans parish. Fifty feet awa.v blue coats of Mayor Walmslev s city poliee are lounging in list! battle formation about the city hall. Senator Long announced his troops would not molest city hall, j but ihi, failed to relieve the tension. Senator Lone, poi itical godfather of Senator Arthur R <l_.il Arthur' Robinson of Indiana today threatened to ieze control of New Orleans police who are defending city hall. Injunction Is Sought Anew law jammed through the legislature by the Long forces last month, is due to go into effect at midnight. It will take the police department out of the city commis- . ion council's hands and place it j under a board of civic club and college representatives. City officials held rounril tiffs morning and derided to rush to court for an injunction. A suit was ha tily drawn up. aimed to prevent the new police board from getting control. The new board is composed of seven members Its complexion is in doubt. At least two are known to favor Huey Long. Policemen are bitter against the proposed shake-up. Their anger in- ; rieased the tension about the city's war zone. Fifty Troops on Duty The troops seized the registrar’s office in a surprise night ™id. It is a state office, but rontons the city's registration roll, and was moved out of tne city hall only two days ago. Police squads took up a position on the city hall steps and in the street, ready to repel any more troop advances. The number of troops on duty was estimated at fifty. They are under command of Adjutant-General Ray Fhnung. Thev carried side arms and were equipped with ball ammunition. They are local youths, generally with little idea of the purpose of their movements. They sat in office windows, chatting gaily with passers-by. Police, armed with service revolvers. lounged grimly at their posts The two camps are not on speaking terms. DILLINGERS" THEATER EARNINGS ARE TIED UP law Suit t'ks STOrt of Manager of Bandit's Family. Attorneys today were seeking to ge compromise ' m the law suit which last night t. up the earmr.gs of John Dillmgf 3r and other members of his family who row a:* capitalizing on Bandit John Dillmger > death at a downtown theater here. A wrr tying up the earnings was served on Harry A. Casteel, their manager, and on officials of the theater where they are appearing. The writ was sworn out by Guy D. Sallee, 1948 West Fifty-eighth street, who said Mr. Casteel owed him S7OO in connection with a preby Mr CasteeL 2 ESCAPED CONVICTS - RECAPTURED IN TEXAS Member* of Gang of Nine Weak From Hunger. H ’ I sift'd #*r. .. HOUSTON Tex. July 31—Two of ntne convicts who escaped Sund.iv night from a state prison farm here were recaptured today near Hot Wells, twenty miles northwest of here. Weak from hunger, the men were arrested b> two Houston deputy sheriffs. MOVIE STAR DIVORCED Ronald Colman* Wife |v Given Decree in London. S’y r nit>d Prt .. LONDON July 31—The divorce court granted a decree nisi tndav to Thelma Victoria Maud Coiman against Ronald Coiman. movie star, on th ground of adultery Mrs. Coiman testified that at first their marrifge was ideallv happy, but the rift came more than ten years ago. They last lived together in Loi*dwn in 1924.
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VOLUME 46—NUMBER 69
John Dillinger Is Proved Dead Beyond Question; Rumors Settled as Idle Gossip
Today The Times presents the first of a series of articles on the "inside story" of John Dillinger, the Hoosier farmbov, whose career ot crime cost the United States government 5500.000 and cities and Mates several million more. BY BASIL GALLAGHER Timri Staff Writer. Ridiculous as it seems there still are thousands of people in the nation who refuse to believe that John Dillinger, Hoosier outlaw, is de^l. So powerful' has the Dillinger legend become that seemingly intelligent persons question the authenticity of the Chicago coroner's post-mortem statement that the fugitive shot by federal officers in a dark Chicago alley really was Dillinger. Thousands of telephone calls to police headquarters in Chicago, Indianapolis, and other cities cited this unbelief in the ignominious end of the terror mob leader.
IRATE STRIKERS DEFY TROOPS •We’ll See If They’ll Shoot Us Down,’ Is Cry of Union Leaders. /.*/ t nitr4 /Vi V* MINNEAPOLIS. July 31.—The Minneapolis truck drivers' strike reached a rrisis today with one death and four injuries resulting from a collision between a private automobile and a machine load of national guardvmen rushing to quell an outbreak of picketing activities. . I tit* 4 f*t # <* MINNEAPOLIS. July 31.—Striking truck drivers defied national guardsmen today with a renewal of picketing on the largest scale since the proclamation of martial law. * We ll see if the soldier boys have the nerve to shoot us down." angrily shouted William S. Brown, president of ihe union, after protesting the troops were 'breaking the strike' by allowing increasing categories of trucks to operate. The crisis in the fifteen-day-old strike of 6.000 union drivers and inside workers apparently was. at hand after Governor Floyd B. Olson s refusal to gTant the union's request that all trucks be stopped for fortyeight hours pending reorganization of the militia's permit system. All grocery trucks, both wholesale and retail, it was announced, will be allowed to operate on permit in order to replenish the dwindling supplies of canned goods, staples and other necessities of grocers' shelves. Whipped into a frenzy, union leaders gave instructions intended to carry out their threat of tying up transportation despite national guard protection. LOUIS HAMILTON IS GIVEN DEATH STAY Jackson Slayer Wins Fourth Delay From Court. The Indiana supreme court today granted a stay of execution to Lewis Hamilton, convicted slayer of Lafayette Jackson, Standard Grocery Company executive. Hamilton, who was to die Friday, was granted a stay until Sept. 28 in preparation for a petition for rehearing on the conviction. This is the fourth stay granted Hamilton.
FERA PAY INCREASE REOPENS HIGHWAY BIDS New Wage Scale Provides Horizontal Rises. Slight increases m wage scales paid by the federal emergency relief administration today forced James D. Adams, state highway commission chairman, to announce readvertisement for Aug. 21 for bids on certain highway projects in the 1935 FERA program, now under way. Under the new ruling from Washington. common labor will receive 50 cents an hour Semi-skilled labor, previously classified as intermediate labor, will receive 60 to 70 cents; skilled labor. 70 to 90 cents. OLD TRAFFIC LIGHTS WILL BE ELMINATED Overhead Signals to Be Ousted for New Design. All traffic signals overhead and in the middle of the street will be eliminated by Oct. 5. the safety board announced today. The abandoned signals will be replaced by signals on street corners. Forty-flve changes will be made and eight signals will be placed in locations now without them. Material will cost $12,000. Federal emergency relief administration labor will be used. Famed Sledge Dog Is Dead B* I mitrd Press PEIERBORO. N. H July 31Toby. famed international sledge dog and winner of more than threescore trophies, is dead Driven in international races by Emil St. Goddard. Toby was a mixture of greyhound and husky.
Hundreds of inquiries have ! been made of this newspaper and others to ask the same question. Stopping briefly in East Chicago and Gary on a swing through the Windy City and the northern section of the state to gather facts for this scries the writer many times was asked: ‘ Was it really Dillinger they killed or was it his double?" The irrefutable answer to the question lies in the fingerprints taken by federal agents and Chicago policemen immediately after the body of the late killer and bank robber was brought to the Cook county morgue for identification. Body Placed in Room When the body of the desperado pad been stripped of the gray trousers, the cheap white shirt, lisle socks and other inexpensive raiment which he wore to the melodramatic movie that he witnessed as a fitting prelude to his death, the detectives got busy. Dillinger's body, swathed in a white sheet, was removed from the wicker basket in which it had been brought to the morgue, from the dark alley where he at last came face to face with death, and placed in a glass-partitioned room in the basement of the building. While Captain John Stegr. head of the special Chicago "Dillinger squad,” and other police officers who knew- Dillinger intimately from frequent ‘‘line-up" interviews gazed at the body of the man who had led them such a merry chase for so many months, the fingerprint men appeared with their equipment. Carefully they lifted the right hand of the desperado—the "trigger hand"—which is reputed to have brought death to Detective William P. O'Malley of East Chicago and flourished a menacing machine gun in more than two-score holdups. He Looks Different Fingerprint experts found that Dillinger had attempted to obliterate the marks on his fingers with acid. But the identification men went ahead with their jobs—carefully inking the bandit's index fingers and thumbs and placing them on prepared sheets of paper. As thousands of Chicagoans stormed the doors of the morgue hoping to catch a glimpse of the dead gangster the writer stood with detectives who were making the examination of Dillinger's body. "He sure looks different from the time we brought him to Crown Point prison," Captain Stege remarked. And all the detectives and reporters. including the writer who had j talked to Dillinger in Tucson, Ariz., after the desperado was captured by the "hick-town police" of the western city, agreed that Dillinger's appearance had been altered. Finds Tell-Tale Incisions Then it was that a detective examining the bandit's features minutely, discovered the tell-tale ' incisions on each side of his face, near the ears, which showed that Dillinger's face had been lifted by a plastic surgeon. "Well 111 be hanged." a federal agent exclaimed. "I’ll bet that job cost him $10,000" Wearing a hat Dillinger easily might have been mistaken for some one else, detectives and reporters who had known the bandit in life agreed. Dillinger's face, wax-like in death, was fuller. The prominent cleft in his chin had almost vanished, the tell-tale mole between his eyes had oeen removed. He was heavier by about twelve pounds. But the top of the bandit's head was unchanged. Unruly hair covered the back of Dillinger's skull in its customary way and the contours of the back of his head were unmistakable. Doubt Still Persisted Any one who ever had seen Dilhnger could not mistake that head with its abrupt line from the dome of the head to the back of the neck. "It's* hint, all right,” said a detective. But still some doubt persisted in the minds of the men who had hunted Dillinger for more than a vear throughout the middle west. What, they asked each other, was Dillinger doing with only 57.70 in his pockets? Where was the loot, reported to have been between $300.000 and $500,000. stolen from a score of banks? Dillinger. the detectives argued, always carried large sums of money on his person. Didn't he have nearly $30,000 on him when he was t arrested in Tucson? But now the fingerprint men were ready. Under strong magnifying glasses they examined the fingerjTurn to Page Three).
INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1934
TWO CITY MEN SLUG WAY TO JAILFkEEDOM All-Night Search Fails to Locate Trail of Pair at Bloomington. By United Press BLOOMINGTON. Ind., July 31. Despite an all-night search by state police and county officers, no trace had been found today of two prisoners who slugged their way out of the Monroe county jail late yesterday afternoon. The prisoners, Marvin Roach, 27, of 1747 Laurel street, Indianapolis, suspect in the Amity filling station holdup, and Roy Weaver. 29, of 407 Chase street, Indianapolis, auto theft suspect, escaped after slugging Walter Gillaspy. 52, a guard. Indianapolis police, notified last night, have been conducting a search in the known haunts of the fugitives. Both are wanted in Indianapolis for questioning m the SI,BOO Omar Baking Company holdup July 25. Both fugitives were quartered in the bull pen of the jail with several other prisoners. When Gillaspy opened the door to place some soap in the bullpen. Roach and Weaver forced the heavy iron door open enough to allow their bodies to pass through. Weaver first hit Gillaspy on ihe head with an iron bar and then Roach struck the guard on the left shoulder with a club. The two prisoners fled out a rear door of the jail and down an alley where Weaver hailed a taxicab. Roach disappeared after turning a corner near the jail. Richard Eads. 36, cab driver, unsuspectingly drove Weaver north of the city, where they stopped at the home of John Baugh, a farmer. Ordering the driver to wait on him Weaver went into the house. A few’ minutes later Baugh returned and told Eads his passenger was an escaped prisoner and had "scrammed into the hills" of Bean Blossom township. Eads returned to Bloomington, where he notified officers already organizing a posse.
75 CIRCUS WORKERS STRIKE FOR RAISES Labor Row in City Halts Big Top Erection. Strike of approximately seventyfive Negro employes of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus, w’hich delayed erection of the big top for a time this morning, was settled at noon today. The group of striking laborers demanded transportation from the * railroad to the show’ground, and restoration of the 1929 w’age scale. i After the main tent had been erected by volunteers, the strikers met with Samuel W. Gumpertz, vice-president and general manager, and agreed to return to work. PAT PAGE FILES BRIEF IN SUIT AGAINST I. U. Salary Dispute Finished Except for Derision. Harlan O. iPat) Page, former Indiana University football coach, today filed in federal court a brief supporting his charge that his contract at I. U. had been extended after June 7, 1929. The brief closses, except for the decision, a $15,000 damage suit against the university in which Mr. Page charged that he had been dismissed while still having two years to serve on his contract. Summing up evidence used in the hearing several weeks ago, the brief states that the university accepted the benefits of the extended contract for two months thus binding itself to salary payments. STROKE OF PEN ENDS DILLINGER_CASE HERE Charges Against Outlaw Nolle Prossed in Court. With a simple stroke of his pen, Criminal Frank Baker today ended the case of the State of Indiana, through Marion county, against John Dillinger, late Public Enemy No. 1. The judge approved a petition by Garrett Bates, deputy county prosecutor. to nolle indictmehts returned by the county grand jury Sept. 23 and 25, 1933. charging "John Dillinger. alias John Hall, fugitive," with robbery and bank robbery. In sustaining the motion. Judge Baker said. "I think the sooner that Dillinger and his case is completely cleared up and forgotten the better it will be for the nation and the . community." Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 63 10 a. m 74 7a. m 65 11 a. m 75 Ba. m 68 12 (noon'.. 77 i 9a. m 72 Ip. m..... 79
CIRCUS DAY TOO MUCH—FORGETS HIS NAME
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So delighted with the wonder of the circus today was "Bobby," a chubby, barefoot boy, that he forgot his name, and address. He is shown above with his new friend, patrolman Fred Hanley, who found the child on the circus grounds happily clutching a circus horse’s leg this morning. The boy gave his name as "Bobby.” but otherwise w’as too absorbed with this strange and wonderful new world into which he had ventured to remember other details. At the matron's office, where he is being held until he can remember his name, or his parents can be found, Bobby found many more new friends and new territory to explore.
‘Piracy ’ Reported; Coast Guards Rushing to Ship Patrol Boats Speed Toward Lake Michigan Steamer After Emergency Call. By t nitrd Press CHICAGO. July 31.—Coast guard patrol boats, mounted with threeinch guns, sped toward the steamship City of Grand Rapids in Lake Michigan today after frantic reports that the ship had been seized by
| pirates. Although headquarters of the ! Goodrich line at navy pier reported Ia radio mesage from Captain , Michael Morgan saying the ship was proceeding normally and that no piracy had occurred coast guard officials ordered the "rescue squadron" to proceed at full speed. "It is possible that one of the pirates forced Captain Morgan and | the ship's radio operator to send 1 that message.” said Commander E. A. Coffin of the coast guard. ! "We will take nc chances.” Commander Coffin said he was inclined to believe there was some trouble aboard the ship, one of the oldest on the Great Lakes. The steamship, which left navy pier at 10:15 o’clock this morning bound for Milwaukee, carried sevS eral hundred excursionists. Many were visitors to the world's fair enjoying a one-day lake cruise. A jazz band was on the main deck. The piracy report was received ■ at the South Chicago coast guard station from an excited man who : telephoned that six bandits were holding the crew and passengers at bay. The coast guard said the informant may have been an amateur radio operator who jYickcd up an SOS from the ship's radio. Shortly after the armed patrol and speed boats, carrying small guns mounted aft and portable machine guns, sped out into the lake. ! ; Captain E. E. Taylor of the Goodi rich Steamship Corporation headj quarters announced that the piracy ; report was unfounded. CITY INSTITUTIONS TO GET $50,000 IN WILL Louis E. Lathrop Estate Estimated at 5750.000. Indianapolis religious, philanthropic and civic institutions will receive approximately $50,000 as result of bequests by Louis E. Lathrop. investment broker, whose will was admitted to probate yesterday. The will disposed of an estate estimated at $750,000. Mr. Lathrop died July 17. The Second Presbyterian church, the Riley Hospital for Children, the Methodist hospital and the Indian apolis Art Association were named as recipients of bequests. The residue of the estate will go to relatives. Ferdinand L. Mayer, a nephew, and Mrs. Kathryn Mayer Ryan, a niece, were named executors. Mrs. Ryan is the wife of , Judge Russell j. Ryan of superior court five.
NAVAL POWER CUT IS URGED BY JAPAN Powers Asked to Reduce to Nippon’s Level. By C nitrd Press TOKIO. July 31.—Premier Keisuke Okada today called on the "highly armed” powers to lead the way in reducing naval armaments, bringing themselves eventually to "Japan's level." "The first move in genuine naval reduction must come from highlyarmed powers.” Okada told newspaper correspondents. He referred to Great Britain and the United States, signatories with Japan of the present naval treaty. Okada, who spent forty-four years in the Nippon navy, said he can not favor the principle of the existing naval ratio, which limits Japan to three ships for every five allowed Great Britain and five allowed the United States. ROOSEVELT WORKS AS CRUISER NEARS OREGON President Studies Latest Foreign, Domestic Developments. ABOARD THE U. S. S. NEW ORLEANS, WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. July 31 'By Radio to the United Press)—President Roosevelt found more work than play occupying his time today as the cruiser Houston bore him toward Oregon and an inspection of federal projects in the Pacific northwest. Radio communications from Washington and elsewhere brought to the President's desk aboard the cruiser the latest foreign and domestic developments. He studied the reports closely, but reserved all public comment. Times Index Bridge 5 Broun 9 Classified 12 Comics 13 Crossword Puzzle 7 Curious World 13 Editorial 8 Financial 6 Hickman—Theaters 11 Let's Go Fishing 11 Pegler 9 Radio 14 Sports 10,11 State New? 7 Vital Statistics 6 Woman's Pages 4,5
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AUSTRIA AWAITING NEW NAZI REVOLT; HINDENRURG DYING
Hitler Prepares to Fly to Home of President, Gravely 111. PUBLIC KNOWS LITTLE Newspapers Forbidden to Comment; Cabinet Is Called to Berlin. By United press BERLIN, July 31. —Chancellor Adolf Hitler prepared late today to proceed to Neudeck, where President Paul von Hindenberg lies gravely ill. A plane was ordered ready at Templehof airdrome. The cabinet, meanwhile, was summoned hurriedly from ali parts of Germany. The rugged. 86-year-old warrior, although weakened by months of serious illness, refused to bow his head to the enemy. He left his bed this morning, took a little nourishment and show’ed lively interest in his surroundings. Then he returned to bed. his doctors announced, “and entered a peaceful sleep.” For months he has suffered from a bladder complaint. He has shown complete mental clarity and until yesterday was able to receive the usual daily reports on the state of the nation. Newspapers Are Gagged The public, meanw’hile, went about its daily tasks, unaware that the national idol was gravely ill. The press has been ordered to publish no extras. By midafternoon no further reports of the president's condition had been issued, and it was assumed he was unchanged since the last official bulletin. New’s of the president's illness spread this afternoon w’hen the evening papers w’ere permitted to publish it on page one. The papers carried only official communiques, in most cases accompanied by short comments expressing hope of a speedy recovery. Comment “Too Outspoken” The comment of the Deutsche Zeitung, the most outspoken follow’s : “We must not conceal the fact, that the president's condition is very grave. It is different whether the same illness afflicts a young or an old man. It is futile to discuss whether the strong constitution of the field marshal will overcome this attack as it did many previous ones. "Nobody doubts that such is the wish of all Germans. It is equally futile, however, to indulge in .speculation regarding President Von Hindenburg s successor in event of his death, which now becomes a real possibility. "The state of parties, with its host of egotistical intrigue, has been destroyed. The fate of the German people and every political decision rests with one person—the Fuehrer." < Hitler. > Paper Is Suppressed The Deutsche Zeitung was prohibited from publishing for eight days because of its comment. The editor-in-chief was stricken from the roster of journalists and the issue carrying the comment was confiscated. The propaganda ministry at 6:10 p. m. denied foreign rumors that the president was dead. What effect his death would have on Germany is problematical. That it would be a serious lass to the country was unquestioned. He is revered in Germany. Even the Nazis, who have flouted other leaders since Adolf Hitler in the early pre-war days began his fight against what he thought the destructive old order of things, have gone out of their way to show him deference. Speculation on Successor * There has been speculation that Hitler might take over the presidency if Hindenburg died, leaving Hermann Goering, his chief cabinet aid, to be chancellor in his place. There has been nothing more than speculation, and it was regarded as somewhat questionable that Hitler w’ould give up the post of real political power—though the president is the court of final political authority —unless it was found impossible to get a man of the Hindenburg stamp, above politics, to serve in the presidency. An official statement by the government news agency said today that Hindenburg was able to be up yesterday to receive his usual reports on governmental business, but that weakness from which he has =uffered the last few days increased last night and, because of his advanced age, was causing grave anxiety. Physicians at Neudeck. it was added, will issue bulletins on his condition throughout the day. The constitution provides that in event of the death of a president, (Turn to Page Three;.
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Pair Goes to Gallows Few Hours After Decision of Court. REPRISALS ARE FEARED •Heil Hitler’ Is Death Cry of Young Leader of Hitlerite Faction. By 1 Hi ted Press VIENNA, July 31.—The Fascist Austrian government hanged two Nazis today for the murder of Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, declaring war to the death on Naziism and forcing a showdown on the party’s threat to start a new revolt. Otto Planetta. who confessed to firing the fatal shot, and Franz Holzweber, one of his accomplices, were hanged in the yard of the court building where they were tried and condemned. They were the first of the 144 Nazis involved in the raid on the chancellery w’hen Dollfuss was killed, and others of their accomplices also appeared in danger of the. gallows. The Nazis have threatened to blow up St. Stephen’s cathedral and kill priests if Nazis are hanged. Hanging Is Grim Business The hanging was a grim business. No one w’as allowed to see it. Troops occupied the court building and machine guns were placed in the entrances, pointing into the streets. Nwespaper men and spectators who attended the trial, were forced to leave. Holzweber w’ent to the gallows first. He was hanged at. 4:35 p. m. Planetta followed him to death at 4:48 p. m. Relatives were permitted to see the men for half an hour in their cells before they were taken to tha courtyard. Only a few officials witnessed the hangings. The prosecutor declined to be present "becaus* I can't stand it.” New Trials to Start Holzweber died ten minutes after the noose was tightened. Planetta, pale and his lips tightly compressed, walked with military step to the second gallows three minutes later. The second gallows was alongside the first. The court w’as expected tomorrow to start trial of fourteen Nazis connected with seizure of the government broadcasting station duringi the putsch. Several courts may bw ■vtablished to try numerous other/, although only the leaders of the revolt will be hanged. The government refused to confirm or deny that Anton Von Rintelen, former minister to Italy, w’ho shot himself when arrested, would be brought before the military court. Holzweber died a defiant German Nazi w’ith the cry on his lips: "Heil Hitler." WIDOW’S BOND REDUCED IN PEARSON SLAYING Judge Baker Lenient in Case of Murder Suspect. Acting on a habeas corpus petition. Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker today reduced the bond of Mrs. Ethel Pearson, held on vagrancy charges for questioning in the murder of her husband. Alfred C. (Dan) Pearson. Beech Grove farmer, from $5,000 to SI,OOO. Mrs. Pearson's attorneys asked that the bond not exceed SSO. Mrs, Pearson is said by police to have confessed intimate relations with William Williams, missing farm hand whom, she .said, committed the murder. She has been held in city prison since her husbands funeral. Williams has been indicted on murder charges. MARY KINDER TO BE QUESTIONED BY POLICE Pierpont's Sweetheart Ordered to Visit Headquarters. Mary’ Kinder, former associate of the Dillinger gang, and sweetheart of Harry Pierpont, awaiting electrocution in Ohio state penitentiary, today was ordered to visit police headquarters for questioning by Chief Mike Morrissey. The chief refused to divulge his reason for wishing to talk to her, but it was reported he wished to ask her about a series of stories she is writing on the Dillinger mob for a newspaper in another city. CONVICT’S LINDBERGH KIDNAP STORY FALSE Yarn Naming Capone, Nash Proves Washout. By f nitr 4 Prrtu% WASHINGTON. July 31—The story of a convict in the Joliet <IU.) state prison purporting to name A1 Capone and Frank Nash as plotters of the Lindbergh baby kidnaping has proved "a complete washout,** federal authorities said today.
