| Show ali 11 iliae tw bf TI ti afi hars and ii he axa was TV as good enough for uncle ann ROOKLYN dill bill lovett notorious gangster find and leader eader of ninny bitter feuds in the underworld of now new york died qt at the hand of sonic some slum enem enemy y lit in n dingy room on brooklynn Brook lyns water f rout front william Wil linin A lovett machine gunner of the A E H F possessor of tho the distinguished service cross and of scars left by german bullets on the battlefield field of tho the argonne was waa burled buried with hill full military honors in the cypress hills military cemetery from F roin tile the cottage in park N J whore where lovett find and ills bride of a few months lived tile tho body of first class private lovett was I 1 taken from a flag draped hower room to tn its final resting letting place lit in brooklyn by the local locel unit of tile tho vet prans orans of foreign wars gangster bill was forgotten as ai i vate bill was interred beside comrades with whom lie had fought and bled in urance france the ridgefield park organization of veterans Veter fins of foreign wars acted us its pallbearers pall bearers find and honor honorary nry escort 11 rev ev allan mcneil chaplain of tho the post conducted the alie sey services vices while tile the veterans abc liti number niber a score ora or more waited outside tile the r white house with tile the i green shutters patrick Ben benson soll senior vice co of the new ander jersey vet veterans cla of for eor dign wars explained that it ronde made the slightest not difference nit nili 1311 loy LOT ett tile the gangster did in brooklyn when it came to burying a A lovett the ex x neui ho was good enough for tan uncle san benson said IL ho was enough to stand up tint be good when ills hla country went to war var counted 11 wits waa good enough to bo be wounded and alli almost lost killed by german s shells lie in tte argonne ho he was good enough to win tile the distinguished SL cross and an we think was good enough to be burled burlea with tarY lio honors nors 11 for two dos days private lovett lay in tile tiny front room or of tile house where ho he had hoped to build a foundation for a new life seated 1701 wn ills wife who told between sobs wy how bill was a rood good man lie was going to forget brooklyn anil and the lie old rie life there |
