Does the museum have the mummy of Andy “Dutch” Kapler?
Andy “Dutch” Kapler’s mummy. Andy “Dutch” Kapler’s mummy. Yes. Andy “Dutch” Kapler (alias Harry Harpert, William Martin, William Hoffman, and Harry Hartman) was a member of the Losteiner Gang that robbed the First National Bank of Crafton, Pa. on Jan. 29, 1922 in which a cashier was killed before they made their getaway in a stolen car. Planning to flee to Indianapolis, the gang first took a detour to the Stark County Workhouse in Canton, Ohio, intending to free a fellow gang member who had been caught with burglary tools and arrested some time earlier. Acting on a tip, police and an armed posse of National Guardsmen, American Legion members, deputy sheriffs and civilians caught up to the gang on May 4, 1922 at a farm 5 miles north of Canton and in a one-hour gun battle killed two and seriously wounded two, including Kapler, who died on May 30, 1922. According to reports, after his death Kapler’s body was taken to the local undertaker, who embalmed the body. The body was never claimed
Andy “Dutch” Kapler’s mummy. Yes. Andy “Dutch” Kapler (alias Harry Harpert, William Martin, William Hoffman, and Harry Hartman) was a member of the Losteiner Gang that robbed the First National Bank of Crafton, Pa. on Jan. 29, 1922 in which a cashier was killed before they made their getaway in a stolen car. Planning to flee to Indianapolis, the gang first took a detour to the Stark County Workhouse in Canton, Ohio, intending to free a fellow gang member who had been caught with burglary tools and arrested some time earlier. Acting on a tip, police and an armed posse of National Guardsmen, American Legion members, deputy sheriffs and civilians caught up to the gang on May 4, 1922 at a farm 5 miles north of Canton and in a one-hour gun battle killed two and seriously wounded two, including Kapler, who died on May 30, 1922. According to reports, after his death Kapler’s body was taken to the local undertaker, who embalmed the body. The body was never claimed by Kapler’s family, and was e
