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Mary Evelyn " Billie " Frechette (September 15, 1907 – January 13, 1969) was an American woman known for her personal relationship with the bank robber John Dillinger in the early 1930s.
Frechette married Welton Sparks, who was sentenced to prison in 1933 for committing a mail robbery. Frechette later told True Confessions magazine that as result of her husband's incarceration,...
- 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.
Ana Cumpănaș or Anna Sage, nicknamed Woman in Red (1889 – April 25, 1947), was a Romanian prostitute and brothel owner in the American cities of Chicago and Gary, Indiana. She is best known for having assisted the Federal Bureau of Investigation in tracking down gangster John Dillinger.
Feb 25, 2024 · Despite her deep involvement with Dillinger, they were never legally married. After Dillinger’s death in July 1934, killed by FBI agents outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago, Billie continued to be a part of his legend, but she eventually moved on with her life.
With Green, his wife Beth and Frechette following in Green's car, the doctor drove Dillinger to an apartment belonging to Augusta Salt, who had been providing nursing services and a bed for May's illicit patients, whom he could not risk seeing at his regular office, for several years.
Jan 12, 2013 · O n this day, Jan. 13, in 1969, Evelyn “Billie” Frechette, best known for her relationship with the bank robber John Dillinger in the early 1930s, died at age 61.
