Following an anonymous telephone tip , Nelson 's body was discovered wrapped in a Native American patterned blanket in front of St. Paul 's Lutheran Cemetery in Skokie , which still exists today . Helen Gillis later stated that she had placed the blanket around Nelson 's body because , " He always hated being cold . " Newspapers reported , based on the questionable wording of an order from J. Edgar Hoover ( " ... find the woman and give her no quarter " ) , that the Bureau of Investigation had issued a " death order " for Nelson 's widow . She wandered the streets of Chicago as a fugitive for several days , described in print as America 's first female " public enemy " . After surrendering on Thanksgiving Day , Gillis , who had been paroled after capture at Little Bohemia Lodge , served a year in prison for harboring her late husband and died in 1987 . Chase was apprehended later and served a term at Alcatraz and died in 1973
Little Bohemia Lodge
Little Bohemia Lodge
The Battle of Barrington