Show MORBID JAM MORGUE I TO SEE DILLINGER BODY Blonde Tries to Cut Lock of Outlaws Outlaw's Hair Woman Toman Criticizes Lifting Face-Lifting Job CHICAGO July 2 24 UP UP UP-in In a gray b basement ement room lay Jay the bod body of or t John Dillinger An unshielded light bulb glared painfully Formaldehyde Formaldehyde Formaldehyde hyde bit at the nostrils It was vas an after r midnight Three perspiring policemen pushed wearily against a mass o of people into a low doorway At minute half Int Intervals they released small groups The lucky ones clattered clattered clat clat- merrily Into the basement Another tired patrolman and a bored morgue attendant pushed them along a narrow aisle I An operating table used table used in postmortem postmortem postmortem post post- mortem examinations held examinations held Dillinger in n a half haH vertical position lacing facing the passing throng lidded Close eyes stared at a gray wall valL HI HU His lips Ups were parted revealing grinning rinning teeth Face Wounds Cleaned liis HI hair dyed a 1 jet black was as curly 3 as in life Jile and two lace face wounds were cleaned of or the blood and grime of the alley where he died A sheet shrouded all but his ht face and feet feel From a toe dangled a red ticket John Dillinger District 37 7 22 outside Somebody said A IIA man Just said sold old man Dillinger is coming comin in pretty soon Nol Nal Really What's he want to come here at night for lor lorWell WeB WelI what's he want to come at all for His pictures picture I look so old Howd he come to have a son like that Im I'm going goin to wait for lor him Som I. I Elsie Eisie did you hear that The old oldmans oldmans oldmans mans man's coming A policeman said that John Dillinger Dillinger Dil Dil- linger Sr would not be at the morgue until after 7 a. a m. m but did not abate the chatter A year old boy adjudged by a sleepy policeman to be too young for tor the ghastly place wept noisily outside the door Tries to Steal Hair HairA A morgue attendant grabbed angrily angrily an an- at a blonde girl about 20 He lie pushed her violently out the door Would you believe it itT he asked of the crowd in general She was sneaking around with a pair of scissors scissors sors sons trying to get a lock Jock of his hair Many persons were openly disappointed disappointed disappointed pointed that lighting would not permit per mit use of cameras They argued gued bitterly with police who would not let them stop for time exposure expo A white clad nurse from the nearby county hospital gazed with wide eyes from a favored position back of th the gla glass He Ue sure kept his mustache trimmed nicely she commented Police Polite said she visited the basement base bilSe- ment three times yesterday A small girl perhaps girl perhaps 14 years year old came came ame with willi her mother She shouldn't be here lad lady protested protested pro pro- tested a haired gray-haired policeman Terrific Example Who says ny so the woman an art- be good for lor her Teach her what happens happen to boys and girls that dont don't be good The child shrunk past the corpse with half halt averted eyes Her fingers lingers trembled in her mothers mother's grasp I An elderly woman smiling happily at gaining entra entrance ce had a practical comment Well he certainly had a terrible job of face lace lifting mUng done Why those scars in front of ot his ears cars show r real l pain and why did he have hi his dimpie dimpie dim dim- dimpIe pie taken out It does docs make his face fuller though The line wove on endlessly Dawn painted staring faces Laces with gray light The number awaiting admittance I grew They had to hurry I This afternoon John Dillinger's body would be gone gone ridIng riding over I country roads in an old gray hearse |