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- After a year of robbing banks, John Dillinger died on July 22, 1934, when federal agents shot and killed him as he left a movie in Chicago, Illinois. On July 22, 1934, federal agents surrounded Chicago’s Biograph Theater and waited for their target.
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Jun 2, 2023 · After a year of robbing banks, John Dillinger died on July 22, 1934, when federal agents shot and killed him as he left a movie in Chicago, Illinois. On July 22, 1934, federal agents surrounded Chicago’s Biograph Theater and waited for their target.
- Austin Harvey
John Herbert Dillinger, Jr. was a Midwestern bank robber, auto thief, and fugitive who captured the national imagination until the FBI caught up with him in 1934.
- Early Life. John Herbert Dillinger was born June 22, 1903, in Indianapolis, Indiana. As a child he went by “Johnnie.” As an adult he was known as “Jackrabbit” for his graceful moves and quick getaways from the police.
- Early Crimes and Conviction. Matters reached a head on July 21, 1923, when Dillinger stole a car to impress a girl on a date. He was later found by a police officer roaming aimlessly through Indianapolis streets.
- Imprisonment and Jailbreak. Dillinger was sent to the Indiana State Reformatory in Pendleton, where he played on the prison baseball team and worked in the shirt factory as a seamster.
- The Dillinger Gang. After the bold prison escape, the killing of Sarber, the bank robberies, and the attack on the police arsenal, the Pierpont Gang was gaining substantial notoriety.
Jan 23, 2024 · As he left the theater with two female companions, he was ambushed by a group of FBI agents and local police officers. In a dramatic shootout, Dillinger was fatally wounded and died on the spot.
Feb 9, 2010 · Outside Chicago’s Biograph Theatre, notorious criminal John Dillinger —America’s “Public Enemy No. 1″—is killed in a hail of bullets fired by federal agents.
- Missy Sullivan
Jul 7, 2009 · Witnesses disagreed about whether Dillinger went for his gun or not, but he was shot down and an awed crowd surrounded his body in the street, some of them dipping handkerchiefs, their skirts or bits of paper in his blood. The killing gave a substantial boost to the reputation of Hoover's agency.
Best-selling author Dary Matera sets the Dillinger record straight, seventy years after the outlaw’s death. John Dillinger is an adrenaline-fueled narrative that reignites America’s fascination with the suave but deadly desperado who was the FBI’s first “Public Enemy.”
