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I am Lester Joseph Gillis also known as
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Baby Face Nelson though I may look like
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just a kid that's not what I'm aiming
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for but It ultimately Works in my favor
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more that I could have imagined some
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people might have underestimated me
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because of my youthful
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appearance but behind that Angelic face
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was a heart of ice and a lethal skill
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with a
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firearm when Babyface Nelson planned a
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job there was no room for indecision or
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compassion his quick trigger finger and
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willingness to shoot at Point Blank
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Range set him apart as a dangerous man
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in any situation Babyface Nelson was
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obviously not a role model or you would
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end up very badly he wasn't a polished
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gangster like Lucky Luciano who would
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take control of unions or establish a
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nationwide distribution network instead
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he was a throwback to the days of the
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feared Outlaws of the Wild West he would
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enter a bank with gun in hand grabb the
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loot and shoot his way out of town the
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Man known as Babyface Nelson was born
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Lester Joseph Gillis on December 6th
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1908 in South Chicago the son of Joseph
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Lester was the youngest of seven
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children born to George and Marie Nelson
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from the start he was his mother's
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cherished blonde chubby cheek baby she
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saw no wrong in him even as he later
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became known as Public Enemy Number One
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refusing to believe he could harm anyone
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she always thought he was taking the
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blame for his friend's misdeeds Lester
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began roaming the streets early
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following his older brothers and
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exploring the nearby Stockyards skipping
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school became a habit leading to his
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enrollment at St Patrick's boarding
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school there he clashed with the nuns
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strict discipline joining a gang led by
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two older Italian boys Anthony capio and
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future Chicago boss Tony Accardo Lester
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despite his small stature he would only
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grow to 54 as an adult quickly gained a
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reputation for
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fearlessness and ruthlessness and
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ruthlessness Lester was 56 and weighed
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133 lbs he never backed down from a
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fight and earned the gang's respect
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maybe he wasn't the biggest guy and
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maybe he didn't get much respect at
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first glance but they say respect isn't
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given it's earned and Lester was ready
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to earn it the hard way at this time
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Lester was still just a kid once while
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playing in a friend's garage they found
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a gun that belonged to the friend's
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father they took the gun outside and
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Lester pretending to be a cowboy
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accidentally shot his friend in the face
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bullet lodged in the boy's jaw and he
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survived Lester's family was forced to
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pay the boy's medical bills and Lester
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was sent to the County Juvenile
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Detention Center for 18 months he
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adapted quickly and was granted weekend
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home visits he returned to the streets
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in April 1924 and rejoined his old gang
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which was making money by stealing cars
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dismantling them and selling the parts
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by the end of the summer 15-year-old
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Lester was arrested again by the police
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while driving a stolen car Lester argued
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that he didn't know the car was stolen
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but the judge didn't want to hear it and
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he was sent back to the reform school
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while he was away his father took his
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own life after years of suffering from
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depression in
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1925 when Lester returned the Roaring
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20s were in full swing everyone seemed
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to be getting rich but Lester struggled
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to find his place in the world of crime
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he got a job at a car dealership but he
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wasn't living an entirely honest life he
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allowed a gang of Thieves to use the
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place as a headquarters and soon ended
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up back in reform school after stealing
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another car he was offered a deal for
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parole if he ratted out his friends but
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he refused and spent another 12 months
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behind
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bars this time when he was released he
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was 18 years old and warned the next
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time he got into trouble he would go to
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an adult prison all right I get it I
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definitely don't want to go to adult
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prison but I can't seem to stop doing
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some things that aren't exactly right
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especially now that I know my beloved
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and have planted a small seed of Hope
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now more than ever I need to be
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financially stable and don't have time
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for lengthy processes in late spring of
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1928 Lester met the Bonnie to his Clyde
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Helen she was Tiny with brown hair and
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blue eyes and the two fell in love
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instantly but Helen was only 15 years
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old and her father forbade them from
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marrying a few months later the couple
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lope to Indiana after Helen became
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pregnant she gave birth to Ronald
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Vincent Gillis on April 27
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1929 Lester found a job but continued
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his criminal activities in his spare
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time gradually he learned more became
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more cunning and started to climb the
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criminal ladder he became a kind of
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armed thief and with his gang began
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breaking into mansions in some of the
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nicest suburbs they would break in tie
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up the res residents demand to know
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where the safe was and steal the jewelry
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and anything else they could carry this
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was just one example of the multiple
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assaults They carried out on January 6th
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1930 they broke into the home of Editor
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in Chief Charles rter after subduing him
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they tied him up with adhesive tape cut
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the phone lines and made off with
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$225,000 in jewelry Chicago newspapers
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dubbed them the tape Bandits but in the
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world of crime you are nothing without a
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nickname and this guy wanted to be
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called Big George but we all know Nelson
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was short so no one believed it as he
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entered his later years he got his real
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nickname this happened during the
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robbery of the Chicago mayor's wife whom
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they mugged on the sidewalk and stole
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all her jewelry it was a big story in
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the newspapers the next day what the
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mayor's wife said about him was the
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origin of his nickname she me mentioned
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that he had a baby face that he was
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handsome but looked like little more
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than a boy with dark hair wearing a gray
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coat and a brown felt hat it wasn't what
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he
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expected in fact he didn't like it at
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all but as I mentioned before in the end
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it all worked to my favor George Nelson
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now also known as Babyface Nelson
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actually hated that nickname and it was
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in everyone's best interest not to
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mention it in his
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presence just calling him George was
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fine anyway one thing led to another and
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he found himself working for face yes
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the renowned and legendary all Capone
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Nelson was able to sign on as a tough
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guy with a gun in a branch of Capone's
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organization based in cisero essentially
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he was muscle either anti-un or
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pro-union in the 1920s it was a good
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time for him but Nelson wasn't much of a
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team player Capone's men had to be
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followers and he for his part didn't
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want to be anyone's property so slowly
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he drifted away to forge his own path
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I've worked for Capone I've paid my dues
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but I prefer to be my own boss while the
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big shots make huge headlines in Chicago
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in the early 30s I ply my trade quietly
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and make a fortune many of the
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nationally known bank robberies I
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participated in weren't credited to me
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until much later which I believe spoke
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volumes about my professionalism as a
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criminal during the winter of
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1931 most of our gang members including
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myself were apprehended a prominent City
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newspaper dubbed our leader George
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Babyface Nelson who received a one-year
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sentence at the Illinois State
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Penitentiary he aimed to behave and set
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an example as a prisoner hoping for
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early
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release however in January 1932 he
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received devastating news the county
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leveled new charges for multiple past
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robberies the jury swiftly found him
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guilty in just 30 minutes sentencing him
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to several additional years following
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the trial he was escorted by two guards
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for transport back to prison he was
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cuffed to one of them as they boarded a
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train Bound for Chicago from there they
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hailed a cab at the station to reach the
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prison located a few miles outside the
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city they under estimated what was
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needed to keep an outlaw under control
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suddenly Lester pulled out a revolver
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and aimed it at the ribs of one of the
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guards seizing his weapon and directing
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the driver towards Chicago in the
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suburbs he forced them out of the taxi
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and successfully escaped how Lester
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acquired the gun remains a mystery some
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speculate it was slipped into his pocket
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on the train platform While others say
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his wife Helen passed it to him during
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the trial Lester later claimed his
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sister left it in the train restroom
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hours later police raided Lester's
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mother's home looking for him she
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innocently replied I thought he was with
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you soon after Lester contacted his
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mother reassuring her not to worry
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explaining he couldn't bear to return to
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prison and would prefer death eventually
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he fled West and found refuge in Reno
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Nevada reportedly working for Smuggler
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Joe parent during this time he likely
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first crossed paths with bank robber
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Eddie B teaming up with bence he
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returned to the Midwest the following
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summer and committed his first major
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bank heist on August 18
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1933 they carefully studied the bank
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planning the robbery and noting the
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necessity for heavy Weaponry preferably
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a Tommy Gun they needed at least six men
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three inside and three outside along
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with a getaway car stocked with supplies
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to mislead the police a medical kit
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water gasoline a shovel and an axe this
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successful job convinced Nelson to lead
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his own gang through his connections he
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recruited Homer Van Meter Tommy Carroll
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and Eddie green along with two other
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local thieves on October 23
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1933 Nelson and his gang robbed the
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First National Bank of Brainard
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Minnesota making off with
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$32,000 Witnesses reported Nelson firing
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wildly at bystanders during their escape
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after picking up his wife Helen and
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their four-year-old son Nelson fled with
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his gang to San Antonio Texas on
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December 9 a woman in San Antonio
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alerted the police to the gang's
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presence nearby two days later Tommy
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Carrol was cornered by detectives and
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opened fire killing detective perin and
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wounding detective Al Hardman Nelson's
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entire gang except Nelson himself fled
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San Antonio he and his wife traveled
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West to San Francisco Bay where he
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recruited John Paul Chase and negri
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Fatso for a new wave of bank robberies
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during the following spring John Paul
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Chase negri Fatso and Babyface Nelson
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were cut from the same dirty cloth
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plotting Grand schemes together Nelson
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had a geographic diversity in his
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criminal career that many outlawed
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couldn't claim on March 3
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1934 the notorious criminal John
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Dillinger famously crafted his wooden
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gun to escape from a jail in Indiana
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although the details remain debated
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suspicion arose that the breakout was
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orchestrated and funded by members of
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Nelson's newly formed gang possibly with
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some form of agreement dillingers
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spectacular Escape embarrassed National
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authorities leaving them desperately
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needing people to work with
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since his gang had been arrested and now
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faced death sentences and life
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imprisonment to the dismay of federal
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agencies he partnered with Babyface
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Nelson Nelson was exceptional with a gun
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and absolutely Fearless in shootouts
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though to be honest even the bank
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robbers themselves were terrified of
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Nelson's ruthless methods they wanted
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him on their heists because they knew he
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was reliable In the Heat of battle they
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joined forces and apparently baby Nelson
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was the designated leader of that gang
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but Dillinger hogged all the headlines
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they were even identified as Dillinger's
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second gang what a bunch of idiots I'm
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the guy it's my team my planning my
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style the gang shouldn't be Dillinger's
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gang it should be babya Face's gang with
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John Dillinger well whatever the robbery
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yielded around
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$49,000 Nelson critically wounded
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officer hail keing with a burst from his
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submachine gun as the officer arrived at
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the scene Dillinger and another gang
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member stayed in the car while Lester
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and two others entered Security National
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Bank announcing it was a holdup from the
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outset there was confusion Lester gave
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orders to the crowd while another thief
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gave conflicting instructions further
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terrorizing the people amidst the chaos
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they failed to notice the central
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operator was still on the phone alert
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that the bank was being robbed Lester
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losing his temper Lester losing his
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temper leaped onto the counter demanding
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to know who activated the alarm
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threatening death if they moved
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Dillinger and another gang member
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restored order when they entered the
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first officer to arrive was taken
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hostage inside the bank at gunpoint
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machine gun made Lester rush to the
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window to see what was happening he
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climbed onto a desk and spotted a third
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officer stopping in front of the the
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bank on his motorcycle with his machine
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gun at his hip shots rang out as Lester
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fired hitting the officer four times
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they gathered the money and formed the
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hostages in a circle around them as they
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exited they forced them onto the running
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boards of the car and drove away later
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the hostages reported that the robbers
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were arguing about how to proceed on
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March 13 the gang struck again this time
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at the First National Bank of Mason City
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Iowa
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Dillinger and another gang member were
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wounded in the heist where they made off
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with
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$552,000 Dillinger and four other gang
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members parked at the rear of the bank
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with Dillinger and two others entering
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while Lester remained outside the
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manager tried to flee to his office but
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was pursued they entered the Bank lobby
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and announced the robbery the bank was
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equipped with a bulletproof security
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cage which the gang shot at butt failed
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to breach the guard hesitated to shoot
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into the crowd so he instead threw tear
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gas into the lobby in the alley Lester
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saw a young man lurking by the wall and
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ordered him to stop but the man didn't
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comply and shots rang out Lester wounded
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a man named Raymond James in the legs
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James fled from the bank on hearing the
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shots dang collected
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$2,000 and coralled the hostages in a
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protective Circle as they headed to
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their getaway car meanwhile Town's
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people had already started Gathering
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outside and many watched from nearby
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building windows Among The Spectators
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was a judge who grabbed his revolver
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from his desk and aimed at Dillinger he
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fired hitting Dillinger in the shoulder
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causing him to spin the judge also
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managed to hit another gang member in
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the shoulder as they exited the bank
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despite being wounded they all got into
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the car and drove out of town shooting
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at any police who pursued them the gang
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needed a place to hide and chose a small
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Resort hidden in the woods of Wisconsin
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called Little Bohemia the hotel owner
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Emil wanat greeted the gang by name but
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insisted he had no knowledge of their
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identities until Friday night this
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likely happened when wanut was playing
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cards with part of the gang and Dyer won
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round collecting the pot wanat glimpsed
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Dillinger's gun hidden in his jacket and
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realized Nelson and the others also had
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shoulder holsters eventually Emil wanut
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alerted authorities to the gang's
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Presence at the hotel when teams in
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Chicago led by special agent Melvin pvis
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were notified they had to get to Little
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Bohemia they didn't have time to prepare
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they didn't have time to do anything not
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even to take a look and see what they
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were dealing with geographically they
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were Flying Blind but they had two of
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America's Most Wanted men in their
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sights What followed wasn't just one of
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the greatest shootouts in American
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criminal history but also one of the
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most embarrass in and tragic chapters in
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feei History Edgar Hoover Melvin pervis
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and all their boys had been chasing me
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and Dillinger all over but they always
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came up short what a bunch of amateurs
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they got the tip that Dillinger and I
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were holed up at a lodge in Wisconsin
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and it seemed like a sure thing to NAB
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us both but everything that could go
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wrong for the FBI at Little Bohemia went
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terribly wrong on Sunday April 22 1934
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the place was packed with people
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drinking dancing and some of the gang
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members were playing cards in the main
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house outside federal agents had arrived
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and were taking positions but in the
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darkness they failed to completely
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surround the building unfortunately the
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men were Civilian Conservation Corp
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workers enjoying their day off they got
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into their car turned up the radio and
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began driving towards the exit the
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agents assumed the car was full of
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gangsters as they approached one of the
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agents yelled stop but the music inside
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the car was so loud that the men didn't
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hear them the agent yelled again but the
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car didn't stop in fact it accelerated
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gunshots rang out as the agent opened
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fire with Thompson submachine guns at
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the three workers one of them died
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instantly and the other two were
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seriously injured the authorities had
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mistakenly killed innocent people the
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FBI's impromptu operation couldn't have
18:58
started off worse back at the lodge the
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festive atmosphere abruptly ended with
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the sound of gunfire outside it served
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as a warning for the gang members who
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quickly got up grabbed their weapons and
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rushed towards the door nervous agents
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fired at any movement they saw Dillinger
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and two other members of the gang fired
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from the second floor of the lodge and
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made their way out through the back door
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managing to escape meanwhile Lester who
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was in a a cabin with Helen grabbed his
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modified pistol with a Tommy Gun grip
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and a 50 round magazine instead of
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attempting to flee he ran towards the
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main Lodge building he fired his
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homemade submachine gun at agent Melvin
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pvis who was taking cover at the side of
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the building another agent eventually
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shot Nelson causing him to flee into the
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woods 90 minutes later Lester emerged
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from the forest and headed to a nearby
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Lakefront house owned by a local couple
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finding the couple in the living room
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Lester burst in through the door and
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instructed them to stay calm assuring
20:08
them that if they followed his orders no
20:11
harm would come to them he ordered them
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to put on their coats and led them
20:15
outside to their car directing the man
20:17
to drive their old and worn out
20:20
automobile after traveling a few miles
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Lester realized he needed a better
20:24
getaway vehicle he forced the man to
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stop in front of another Lakefront house
20:29
and instructed him to knock on the door
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stepped inside to reach the new place
20:34
but before Lester arrived at the house
20:37
someone had already called the police to
20:39
report a strange car on the road heading
20:42
towards their home the officers stopped
20:45
the car and tried to identify themselves
20:47
from their own vehicle but before they
20:49
could finish their sentence Lester
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jumped out of the car and said I Know
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Who You bastards are and I know who you
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bastards are and I know you have vest
20:58
too so I'm going to give you both high
21:01
and low then shots were fired agent
21:04
Newman special agent Bal and Sheriff
21:07
Christensen were easy Targets in the
21:09
front seat of the vehicle all three were
21:12
injured and Bal died from his injuries
21:14
during the shootout the hostages ran and
21:17
Lester jumped back in the car and
21:19
escaped eventually Dillinger was still
21:22
looking to add more members to The Gang
21:24
after a meeting in Buffalo Charles
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Arthur Floyd better known as Pretty Boy
21:29
Floyd joined the gang now it was a star
21:32
lineup three of America's Most Wanted
21:35
criminals were together together and
21:37
ready to wreak havoc it didn't take long
21:40
for them to arrive in Indiana and enter
21:42
the Merchant's National Bank with guns
21:44
in hand they took positions inside the
21:46
bank and Dillinger fired at the ceiling
21:49
announcing it was a robbery officer
21:52
Howard Wagner heard the shots and ran
21:54
toward the front of the bank a gang
21:57
member shot the officer who stumbled
21:59
across the street and fell dead the gang
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collected
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$5,000 surrounded an escape car with
22:05
hostages and fled firing at the police
22:08
through the rear window this would be
22:10
the first and last robbery of the star
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lineup on July 22
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1934 in Chicago John Dillinger was shot
22:19
and killed by federal agents after
22:21
leaving a theater Pretty Boy Floyd was
22:24
gunned down in a cornfield on October 22
22:27
193 4 with John Dillinger's death
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Babyface Nelson was named Public Enemy
22:33
Number One his family was interviewed
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and his mother said she hoped the police
22:38
would kill him she didn't want him
22:40
captured alive fearing the police would
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torture him to the end his mother
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refused to believe her son had shot
22:47
anyone she always thought it was the bad
22:49
boys with him who would cause trouble
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the death of babya Face Nelson occurred
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in the fall of
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1934 the shootout that end Ed his life
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took place on the outskirts of Chicago
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in the town of barington and it also
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claimed the lives of federal agents
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Herman Hollis and Samuel cowy shootout
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erupted in barington when Nelson along
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with Helen Gillis and John Paul Chase
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was driving a stolen Ford towards
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Chicago on State Route 14 always on the
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lookout for law enforcement Nelson
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spotted a sedan driven by some fighty
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agents traveling in the opposite
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direction the agents and the fugitives
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recognized each other and after several
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u-turns by both vehicles Nelson went
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after the agent car Nelson and Chase
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fired at the agents shattering their
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car's windshield after sharply swerving
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to avoid an oncoming milk truck the
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agent skidded into a field anxiously
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waiting for Nelson and Chase the agents
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didn't know that a shot fired by one of
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them had pierced the radiator of
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Nelson's Ford nor that the Ford was
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being pursued by a Hudson car driven by
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two more agents Herman Hollis and Samuel
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Cy as a result the initial two agents
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were unaware of what happened next with
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their vehicle losing power and their
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pursuers trying to force them off the
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road Nelson veered into the entrance of
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the North Parkside neighborhood of
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barington Hollis and cowy gaining more
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than 30 m on them stopped in front of
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Nelson's car and blocked his path at a
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corner they got out and took cover
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behind their vehicle the ensuing
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shootout was witnessed by more than 30
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people Nelson's wife fled for cover at
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his request advancing toward the agents
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Nelson fired so rapidly with a rifle
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that bystanders mistook it for a machine
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gun six machine gun bullets from cie
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finally struck Nelson in the chest and
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stomach before Nelson left cie mortally
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wounded with gunshots in the same places
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meanwhile Hollis with his shotgun
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brought Nelson down with a shot to the
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legs as soon as Nelson could stand
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Hollis possibly already wounded moved to
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better cover behind a utility pole but
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as he drew his pistol he was killed by a
25:11
bullet to the head before he could
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return fire nelson stood over hollis's
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body for a moment but realizing he was
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dead limped toward the agent's car
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Nelson was too severely injured to drive
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so Chase took the wheel and both men
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along with Nelson's wife fled Nelson had
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been hit by nine bullets one of C's
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bullets struck his torso and eight of
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hollis's shotgun pellets hit his legs
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Nelson instructed Chase to take them to
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a safe house in Illinois his wife sat
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with him until his final moments he told
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her to give his love to his family and
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then
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whispered it's getting dark I can't see
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you
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anymore finally Nelson died in bed with
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his wife by his side his body was found
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outside the cemetery naked and wrapped
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in a dirty yellow sheet in an Indian
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pattern blanket a pillowcase was wrapped
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around his abdomen and a dirty
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handkerchief covered a bullet hole of
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the 17 machine gun wounds and 10 shotgun
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pellets that hit him the first one was
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fatal Helen fled and became the first
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woman to be on the FBI's most wanted
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list she was arrested the day before
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Thanksgiving and eventually sentenced to
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a year and a half in a women's prison
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Helen had placed the blanket over
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Nelson's body since he always hated the
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