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...Eulalia Callender of Galion, Ohio wrote Mrs. Audrey Hancock of Maywood, Ind. last week: "John is alive. . . . We heard from John. He is well. We don't know where he is hiding. I wish I did know. We have so much mail for him. . . . I don't believe he would surrender. He doesn't trust anyone...
...Hancock is the sister of Desperado John Dillinger, for whose arrest the Department of Justice last week posted a $10,000 reward. Only Federal charge against Dillinger: violation of the Dyer Act (interstate transportation of a stolen...
...been uttered in even a feeble defense of me. And it must be obvious that there also is my side of the story. "When it is told in court, my judgment may be discredited, but certainly my honesty will be vindicated." The cutter bore the Insulls to Fort Hancock on the tip of Sandy Hook. They were motored under guard to Princeton Junction, N. J. and by 10 a. m. were aboard a westbound Pennsylvania train. Next day in Chicago, after being fingerprinted and suffering a slight heart attack, the Elder Insull was arraigned in Federal Court. Judge John...
David G. Lyon, Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages, Emeritus, and Honorary Curator of the Semitic Museum, was honored Saturday by the hanging of his portrait among the founders of the Museum. The painting, an anonymous gift from his former pupils and friends, was done by the well-known Boston artist, Theresa F. Bernstein...
Another interesting fact in the history of Harvard is that after the settlement of John Hancock's estate, that worthy gentleman, who graduated in 1754, and was a former treasurer of the corporation, still owed $526 to the college. According to Reverend Carroll Perry of Ipswich, who wrote an essay on Hancock, the latter was also very unsatisfactory in his administration of his alma mater's finances, and the result was that Hancock's reputation as patriot and statesman has suffered with many people. However, the Reverend Perry attributed this unsatisfactory administration to the fact that Hancock, during his stewardship...