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Jul 21, 2019 · On July 22, 1934, American gangster John Dillinger was shot to death by federal agents outside Chicago's Biograph Theater, where he had just seen the Clark Gable movie "Manhattan Melodrama" with two female companions.
- John Dillinger’s Early Life and Petty Crimes
- The Infamous Crime Spree of Public Enemy No.1
- The Final Tip That Led to John Dillinger’s Death
- The Aftermath of John Dillinger’s Death
John Herbert Dillinger was born on June 22, 1903 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He grew up in the Oak Hill neighborhood, a middle class town where his father worked as a grocer. As PBSnotes, Dillinger’s father was alternatively severe and indulgent with his son, sometimes beating him or locking him in the house, and sometimes giving him candy and permis...
On May 10, 1933, John Dillinger was released from prison. A little more than a month later, he robbed his first bank, the New Carlisle National Bank in Ohio, and stole $10,000 from the bank’s vault. Dillinger and several of his accomplices went on to rob four banks, two grocery stores, and a drug store, absconding with more than $40,000 in just fou...
Following a near miss in Wisconsin, federal agents received a tip that changed everything. According to the FBI, the Romanian-born madam of a brothel named Anna Sage (real name: Ana Cumpanas) contacted agents on July 21, 1934, claiming to have information about John Dillinger. She told them that she was planning to attend a movie with Dillinger the...
By the time John Dillinger died in July 1934, he’d become both beloved and reviled in the United States. Some saw him as a good-for-nothing criminal, but others considered him something of a Depression-era folk hero. “Why should the law have wanted John Dillinger?” one man wrote to a newspaper in Indianapolis, according to The New York Times. “He w...
- Austin Harvey
Jul 20, 2022 · Reports indicated that the agents had cause to shoot, as Dillinger had used his gun, and two civilians were wounded as a result. There were rumors that Dillinger was not the one who was killed in the shootout, as the dead individual's physical appearance had differences from Dillinger's.
- Jean Mendoza
Photos 5 of John Dillinger, an American bank robber, auto thief, and fugitive. The Dillinger Gang was accused of robbing 24 banks and four police stations between 1933 and 1934.
Dillinger was shot and killed by the special agents on July 22, 1934, [6] [64] [65] at approximately 10:40 p.m, according to a New York Times report the next day. [58] Dillinger's death came only two months after the deaths of fellow notorious criminals Bonnie and Clyde.
On July 22, 1934, 85 years ago, FBI agents shot and killed Dillinger during a confrontation. Dillinger, whose name once dominated the headlines, was a notorious and vicious thief.
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Jul 22, 2024 · On July 22, 1934, “Public Enemy Number One” – John Dillinger – was killed by federal agents moments after he walked out of the Biograph Theater in Chicago. The cat-and-mouse game between the Dillinger Gang and law enforcement had finally reached its conclusion after 14 months.
