Show Home Town Folks Ask Dillinger Whitewash Amnesty for br Prodigal digal Son SonIs Is Sought in S Petition B BY Associated Press CHICAGO AprIl John 20 Dillinger Dillin Dillin- ger may be poison to society in general gen gen- en eral but in his home town of Moores ville md Ind hes he's just a modern RobinHood Robin Hood on a spree Down In John Roe was circulating a petition requesting Governor Governor Gov- Gov Paul V. V McNutt to grant amnesty amnesty am- am nesty to the desperado whose wooden gun flight on March 3 from the Crown Point md Ind jail left a trail ot of blood and political repercussions that have shocked the nation Many of Dillinger's home town ac- ac are reported to ha have e signed the petition which alleges that Americas America's pUblic enemy No 1 didn't get a square deal when he was convicted and sentenced t to prison pris- pris on back in 1924 for grocer Dillinger is not the bold bad desperado desperado des des- I he has as been n pictured the I petition says Ho He has never it says manifested manifest ed cd a vicious reven revengeful eul or a bloodthirsty blood blood- thirsty d disposition n and adds that the plan to quit bothering him would i inot not only prevent bloodshed in his capture but would give the state of Indiana something g to be proud of by rr 2 1 I- I 7 S I II I S 3 Governor McNutt the generous helping hand she had extended to her prodigal son Johns John Dilli er ger Sr father ot of the fugitive was little short of elated when he heard the home town folks were sticking by his erring son His Continued d or Pase Two AMNESTY ASKED FOR DILLINGER Home Town Folks Stand by Their l l. l Son Continued from One Idea about i It was was that John would make a good policeman f it he surrendered sur sur- sur rendered and was permitted to rejoin rejoin re- re join society Bad Reports Come In All the talk abo about t making life easier for tor came ame to the the fore fore yesterday about the time It was reported reo re ported a limping bandit believed to have been Dillinger with the assistance assistance assist assist- ance of three helpers raIded the Pan Pana a Ill National bank for One witness said he thought the leader was Dillinger but bank era era- failed to through pictures so an intensive hunt was begun for Roy Gann of Pana on suspicion that it was he and not the ubiquitous John who led the raid The amnesty talk t. also coincided with a report that Dillinger was be to have been the author of 0 a threat to kill Governor George White of Ohio unless he pardons Harry and Charles Makley Mak-ley sentenced sentenced sen- sen to die for slaying Sheriff Sherif Jess L. L Sarber when was snatched from the Lima OhIo jail by his gang last October The governor gov gov- however said he was not alarmed Dad Wont Won't Lie Still more Interesting was the fact that the freedom movement movement move move- ment came to light just at the time I the Indiana authorities were more I or less agi agitated ted to learn that Dillinger Dillinger Dillin- Dillin ger had dropped in on the folks back home at their farm near Mooresville last April 7 and 8 8 Al G. G Feeney Indiana safety director w nt to to find out about It and called on theelder Dillinger Oh yes es Dillinger Dillinger- Sr said John came down here to in on me He was hurt hurt- hurtin in th the leg leg- lega a little but not much I 1 dont don't aim to tell lies even to keep things things' like that quiet I didn't tell the police because they didn't ask me Feeney said everybody down In s seemed emed ulo to be l for r Dillinger Dil- Dil linger and expressed amazement for a community to wIthhold such information for days and then let it reach the newspapers in a way that disparages the police Matt Leach captain of the s state te police however refused to be disturbed er he said has been and I gone and u under der the law the old man has a right to protect his 5 son no noI NEW YORK April 20 Gover JP-Gover- nor Paul V. V McNutt ot of Indiana today today to- to day declined to comment upon the petition which the citizens ot of Moores- Moores v yule e md Ind are circulating In behalf of the home town boy gone wrong John Dillinger The petition would Inform Governor Gover- Gover nor McNutt that D lUnger Dillinger ought to tor r receive some leniency if he surrenders surrenders ders to authorities on the ground that he was gIven an unfair sentence when first convicted of robbery Governor McNutt said he would withhold comment until he returned to Indianapolis He expects to leave New York tomorrow |