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Imagine a time when the line between hero and villain was blurred—when the Great Depression turned ordinary men into outlaws, and one daring bank robber became a legend. This is the story of John Dillinger, the most notorious criminal of the 1930s, whose bold heists, daring escapes, and relentless pursuit by the FBI made him Public Enemy Number One.
From his small-town roots in Indiana to his dramatic final moments outside a Chicago theater, this video uncovers the real story behind the myth. Was he a ruthless gangster or a Robin Hood figure of the era?
🔹 The Great Depression & Rise of Bank Robbers
🔹 Dillinger’s Most Daring Heists & Legendary Escapes
🔹 J. Edgar Hoover’s Mission to Bring Him Down
🔹 The Final Showdown That Shocked America
Join us as we explore the life, legacy, and legend of John Dillinger, the man who defied the law and captivated a nation.
💬 What do you think—was Dillinger a criminal mastermind or a folk hero? Let us know in the comments!
John Dillinger: Public Enemy #1 – The Most Wanted Outlaw of the 1930s
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imagine a world where the line between
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hero and villain blurs where a
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charismatic Outlaw becomes a legend and
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where the Great Depression turns honest
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men into thieves welcome to the Roaring
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1930s and the extraordinary tale of John
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Dillinger America's most notorious bank
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robber and Public Enemy Number One in an
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era when Banks were seen as the enemy of
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the Common Man one daring criminal Rose
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to infamy capturing the hearts of a
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nation and the Relentless pursuit of the
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newly formed FBI this is the story of a
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man who went from smalltime crook to
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America's Most Wanted a tale of
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audacious heists daring escapes and a
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cat and mouse game that would change the
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face of lore enforcement forever join us
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as we delve into the life of John
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Dillinger the man who taunted the law
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defied death and became a legend in his
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own time from his humble beginnings in
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Indianapolis to his dramatic final
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moments outside a Chicago Theater will
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uncover the truth behind the myth and
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the man who became the FBI's Ultimate
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Prize this introduction sets the stage
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for Dillinger story highlighting the
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historical context his
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notoriety and the high stakes chase that
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made him famous it draws from the
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information provided in the context
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while creating an engaging hook to
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capture the viewers attention all my
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life I've wanted to be a bank robber now
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that it's finally happened I think I'm
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almost the best Thief this country has
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ever seen my success is evident I've
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robbed over a dozen Banks taking
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hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash
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to pull off my heists I just need my
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gang my gun and a fast car if you aim to
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be the most wanted man in America you've
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got to be ready for the heat they won't
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stop me or they'll have to take me out
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in the pursuit of Public Enemy numers
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one Edgar Hoover the first director of
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the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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orders Melvin pervis The Man In Charge
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in Chicago to drop everything and find
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John Dillinger by
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1933 bank robbers had become so
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successful that for the first time some
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of the largest banks began to
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occasionally station guards however the
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challenge wasn't just about getting in
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showing a gun and taking the money the
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real problem was escaping John Dillinger
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proved to be skilled at this task
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getting in and out quickly and making
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sure the getaway car was ready he
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taunted the law and defied death
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believing himself Invincible but
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challenging everyone so closely made him
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realize it was better to start
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disappearing now John Dillinger was the
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most wanted man in America Public Enemy
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number one Dillinger's Fame was
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solidified during the Great Depression
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an economic Apocalypse in which many
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Americans lost their jobs and homes due
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to foreclosures on their Farms the
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relationship between the American people
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and their Banks was hostile considering
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the villains who seized their
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possessions through
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foreclosures the depression turned
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honest men into Petty thieves and
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although prohibition had already created
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a generation of Outlaws the acceptance
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of certain illegal activities especially
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those perceived as victimless made an
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entire generation of Americans more
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comfortable with criminal Behavior than
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ever before perhaps they would have been
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before John came from a modest
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background in Indiana born in
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Indianapolis from an early age he had
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problems although he was bright and
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intelligent he was unruly and got into a
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lot out of trouble like everyone else
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the first thing he stole was a chicken
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he enjoyed the usual things he went away
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to the Navy for a while but couldn't
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handle the discipline so he came back
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home to pick up where he left off
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Dillinger's first major crime was
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robbing a storekeeper named Frank Morgan
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in his hometown in Morrisville Dillinger
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was frankly an inept Thief
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night apparently after drinking too much
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he and another guy decided they needed
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more money they took a large metal bolt
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wrapped it in cloth hit a man on the
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head with it and took quite a bit of
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money Dillinger was arrested
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immediately he didn't ask for a lawyer
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and foolishly agreed with the prosecutor
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to plead guilty to this minor crime
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people told him that if he pleaded
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guilty he would only get a slap on the
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wrist and it was a slap but it was still
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a direct hit to the face to dillingers
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and his family's surprise he was sent to
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prison for a 10 to 20e sentence for a
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drunken and foolish robbery of a
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storekeeper what's fascinating is that
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while entering the Reformatory as a fool
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and amateur he met many future members
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of his gang and earned a PhD in crime he
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learned the necess necessities of the
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trade from the experts what he learned
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in prison wasn't just about money in
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Banks and having a gun he learned how to
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systematize bank robbery he identified a
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series of tasks that needed to be done
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with each gang member taking on one of
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these roles the Vault man the lobby man
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the man covering the lobby the guy at
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the door and the getaway driver most
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important element of all was the Escape
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Plan
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after serving 8 and 1 half years he was
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granted parole and was now ready to put
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his education to the test Dillinger
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wasted no time the kid from Indiana who
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could barely rob a storekeeper was now
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capable of stealing police grade
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bulletproof vests and high powerered
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machine guns which gives an idea of how
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incredibly sophisticated he became in
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crime while in prison if Dillinger was a
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novice before you could say he became a
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professional after robbing his first
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bank and a handful more in no time it
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was what we could call a hot streak in
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one of his many robberies the police
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arrested him and he was incarcerated in
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the state prison awaiting trial a few
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days later some of Dillinger's friends
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who had escaped from the Indiana State
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Prison appeared dressed in uniforms
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before the prison Sheriff posing as
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agents who wanted to transfer the
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prisoner back to the Indiana
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Penitentiary Sheriff didn't believe them
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and when he asked for their credentials
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one of the criminals pulled out a gun
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and shot him they then took the keys
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freed Dillinger from his cell and locked
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the sheriff's wife in another cell
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before escaping although none of these
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criminals had specifically violated any
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federal laws the assistance of the FBI
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was required for their capture
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identification and location after the
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identification division confirmed his
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identity through fingerprints they began
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their search for his capture meanwhile
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the gang robbed several banks in these
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heists there were very few deaths and in
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some cases none public reading the news
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in the newspapers and irritated with the
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bankers for the recessionary effects of
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the Great Depression began to idolize
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Dillinger as a robin hood-like figure
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with notable personal style even the
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gang members seemed to be discreet about
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the violence used in their robberies
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Dillinger enjoyed the thrill of bank
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robbing he wasn't just a thug it wasn't
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his style but he liked the drama of it
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all even so friction and violence were
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inevitable in their grand performance
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John Hamilton one of his gang members
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shot and killed an agent in chic Chicago
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a month later during a shootout the gang
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killed Officer William O Ali in a
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robbery at the First National Bank of
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East Chicago Dillinger would enter the
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bank and sing his usual Line This is a
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robbery hands up and step aside during
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this particular Heist there weren't as
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many people involved typically their
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robberies had between four and six
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people but the job in Chicago was done
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with only two or three it didn't fit my
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usual pattern of heists but it had to be
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done the police burst in and we froze I
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aimed the gun at them saying I'm not
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going to shoot you but this time things
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got a little out of control the gang
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ultimately had to kill Officer William
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om Ali it wasn't characteristic of
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Dillinger to kill people
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gratuitously Dillinger wasn't in the
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business of murder he was in The
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Business of Being a successful bank
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robber but he was perfectly willing to
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kill to get the money he felt was
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rightfully his I've always felt bad
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about the death of people but it was
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just part of the job honestly no one was
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100% sure who killed that officer the
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fact is it doesn't even matter who
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actually pulled the trigger if people
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believe you shot a cop that's bad news
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the outcome of the bank robbery in
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Chicago was devastating as it meant he
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could now face the death penalty if he
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went to trial he would probably have
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been found guilty and sentenced to death
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so at that moment everything changed for
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him he had everything to gain by
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escaping and everything to lose if he
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were caught one thing was very clear he
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had no plans of being captured by the
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government or anyone else laws were
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written in such a way that if a bank was
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robbed for example in Michigan the FBI
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faced difficulties turning it into a
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federal crime the FBI didn't have the
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authority to investigate that robbery
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one of the reasons Dillinger was so
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successful and had such longevity was
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that once you left a county the sheriff
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wouldn't pursue you the gang
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subsequently moved to Florida and then
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to Tucson Arizona there on January 23rd
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1934
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a fire broke out at the hotel where
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Clark and muly members of the gang were
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hiding under false names firefighters
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recognized the men from their
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photographs and a local police officer
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arrested them along with Dillinger and
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other members several firearms and over
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$5,000 in cash which represented a
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fortune at the time were found including
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part of the loot from the bank robbery
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in Chicago go by then Dillinger was
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becoming a true National figure he had
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left behind the guise of a simple
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Indiana Bandit and was appearing in
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National
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newspapers Dillinger was facing a charge
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of murder for the death of the police
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officer in the Chicago Bank long arm of
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the lore had reached John Dillinger and
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he took his first flight in an
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airplane received in Chicago with an
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incredible scene crowds of press and a
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motorcycle Convoy to escort him back to
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prison some said I was arrogant and with
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good reason I was more famous than them
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smarter and better looking right next to
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Dillinger was the prosecutor and in a
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nearly iconic photo Dillinger put his
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arm around the prosecutor's shoulder and
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laughed it was quite funny as he boasted
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that he would escape from prison as if
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he didn't care at all Viller was sent to
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the prison in Indiana which was said to
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be escape proof fugitive Escape groups
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surrounded it with shot guns and paraded
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through the streets additionally there
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were several locked doors and a long
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Corridor that any inmate would have to
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navigate without being detected to get
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out the authorities boasted a lot about
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how the prison was escape proof all this
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talk about a famous escape proof prison
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I swear people attempting fate or at
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least tempting me but most of the time
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you don't escape from prison by picking
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locks or fighting your way out you
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escape with cunning and that's something
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I have plenty of on March 3rd
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1934 Dillinger used one of his tricks to
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escape he carved an object shaped like a
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gun out of an unspecified material
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possibly a bar of soap or a piece of
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wood and intimidated the prison guard
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into opening his cell so he could flee
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after locking up his custodians this
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incident further paved his way to fame
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the story was widely disbelieved such a
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thing could never have happened but in
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fact it seems to have been true he
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managed to take a couple of guards
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hostage with this makeshift gun however
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at some point he made his way through
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these locked doors went down the stairs
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where he obtained two Thompson
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submachine guns and managed to leave the
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building
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unnoticed he then went outside to the
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garage and stole the sheriff's car a
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fine Ford
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V8 as you know I have a high regard for
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those cars I even wrote to Ford himself
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praising the vehicle the Press mocked
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this action and published headlines
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making fun of the sheriff which only
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increased the robber's popularity
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however The Fugitive made the mistake of
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Crossing ing the state line into Indiana
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in the stolen vehicle thereby violating
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a federal law and involving the FBI in
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his capture what good is the FBI what
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good is Edgar Hoover if they aren't
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pursuing Dillinger this car theft was
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the card Hoover needed to play to get
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into the game the Manpower and weaponry
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of the FBI could now be directed towards
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John Dillinger
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I'm Melvin pervis from the Federal
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Bureau of Investigation and I have my
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orders to capture John Dillinger at any
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cost There Will Be Blood and Glory but
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not enough of one and too much of the
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other suddenly Dillinger was receiving a
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lot of attention unwanted attention
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perhaps what propelled him from being a
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national figure to the most famous
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criminal in the world was his prison
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escape now he was the most wanted man in
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America Public Enemy Number One the top
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bank robber in the country that was
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great but being Public Enemy Number One
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also brought its own set of problems the
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FBI was closing in like dogs at the
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dinner table they had entered the
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pursuit of Dillinger after the prison
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escape almost all other high profile
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cases in the office took a back seat as
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Hoover ordered the man in charge
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Melvin pervis to basically drop
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everything and find John Dillinger
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meanwhile some members of the gang were
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sentenced to death for murder While
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others received life sentences after
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this Dillinger teamed up with his
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girlfriend Evelyn FR and later allied
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with other criminals including the
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infamous Babyface Nelson with this
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second gang he also managed to execute
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major Bank heists
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the Public Enemy now ascended to fame as
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an underworld hero and here I was on the
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Silver Screen just like the movie stars
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given the amount of press I received it
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was no surprise that there were very few
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places where I could disappear except St
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Paul in that crazy City my girl and I
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could remain unnoticed the police in
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that city was so corrupt and so willing
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to take bribes that a Public Enemy like
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John Dillinger could walk down the
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street greet the police and they would
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tip their hats without reporting or
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arresting him this was the safest city
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in the United States for a criminal
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tracking Dillinger wasn't easy but then
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the St Paul police received a tip from
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the land lady about her new tenants the
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curtains were always drawn and she could
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never get a glimpse into the apartment
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in St Paul call seeing something a bit
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odd wasn't unusual as it housed many
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Public Enemies of the time however the
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land lady decided to call the police
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thinking maybe someone had an illegal
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still or something two young officers
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went out to check thinking it would be
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nothing they knocked on the door and a
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voice said it was Billy Dillinger's
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girlfriend saying she wasn't decent and
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would be out in a moment they kept
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knocking and then then boom Dillinger
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burst through the door and amidst
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gunfire John Dillinger Public Enemy
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Number One the most wanted man in
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America escaped once again it was
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thrilling except for getting shot I must
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have really ticked them off I simply
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jumped and took off you know what they
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call me right the rabbit because I just
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disappear and no one can catch me I like
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that name and the reputation that comes
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with it the embarrassment for the FBI
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was huge but still Edgar Hoover was
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trying to justify his burgeoning police
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force Dillinger was a strong argument
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for the need for a powerful FBI Hoover's
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Ambitions for the FBI were such that
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they needed to be a force capable of
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dealing with the nation's number one
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villain in a way the encounter between
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Edgar Hoover the FBI director and John
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Dillinger was the perfect match they
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were made for each other Dillinger was
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the best thing that could have happened
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to Edgar Hoover Dillinger made Hoover
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and the FBI what they are today after
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the recent confrontation Dillinger and
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his girlfriend Evelyn went to
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Morrisville where they stayed at his
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father's and step brother's house until
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his wound healed subsequently the FBI
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lost track of Dylan
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three four and even five times within a
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matter of weeks the trick was to keep
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moving so I decided to find a safe house
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in a place with someone I thought I
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could trust I was becoming too arrogant
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the FBI had received a tip that I was
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meeting with a mafia contact at a local
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Tavern for some reason I had to send my
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girl to check if our contact was there
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it was one of the biggest mistakes I
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made the FBI managed to arrest
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Dillinger's girlfriend and sentenced her
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to a $1,000 fine and 2 years in prison
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for being an active accomplice now
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Dillinger was absolutely distraught he
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had to get her out of there he loved her
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that was clear he was consumed with
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talking and planning ways to rescue her
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until it seemed she sent him a note
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saying John don't do it worst that will
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happen to me is a year and a day for
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being an accomplice and besides if you
21:04
get caught they'll kill you well my
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father always says that hard work cures
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all ills and he's not wrong with Billy
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in jail all I can do is what I do best
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rob banks I know the pressure is
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mounting with Hoover's Public Enemy
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strategy it's turning me into a star
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making Hoover himself a star G Hoover
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wanted John Dillinger to be Infamous so
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that when the FBI took Dillinger down
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Hoover could claim all the credit to
21:37
Congress and say if we didn't have a
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federal police force like the FBI we
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couldn't catch filthy rats like
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Dillinger Hoover needed to make the FBI
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even more powerful so Edgar Hoover
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realized that his career and the future
21:54
of the FBI rested on one thing killing
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on Dillinger subsequently one Sunday
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night Melvin pvis received a phone call
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with a tip that Dillinger and his men
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were hiding out in a rustic Resort in
22:11
the Wisconsin Woods for some reason
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something about this call sounded true
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this was their chance Dillinger was a
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big prize and the icing on the cake was
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that he was Hol Up with someone as
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dangerous as B Baby Face Nelson they
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used airplanes which was crucial because
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they had very little time pervis
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essentially moved Heaven and Earth to
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gather every available FBI agent from
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Chicago and the surrounding areas so the
22:45
FBI flew to Wisconsin to capture and
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hopefully kill John Dillinger we went to
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Little Bohemia to take a break I guess
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the feds don't believe in taking
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vacations but they'll regret
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interrupting hours when Melvin pervis
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and his FBI team arrived on a dark Road
23:07
outside they managed to get the element
23:09
of surprise although Dillinger was
23:12
inside they should have been able to
23:14
surround the place and capture him
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however none of these FBI agents were
23:20
trained for a shootout in the dark and
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in the wilderness so they stumbled over
23:25
each other the FBI was completely
23:27
unprepared
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everything that could go wrong did amid
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the nerves and adrenaline they observed
23:34
a car driving away the FBI had orders to
23:38
shoot to kill they had been humiliated
23:42
by Dillinger's previous escapes so pvis
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and several agents began shouting halt
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stop FBI federal agents unfortunately
23:53
the car's radio was on and quite loud
23:57
they didn't hear the agent and shifted
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gears to speed away FBI opened fire on
24:04
the car it wasn't Dillinger gang it was
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a conservation worker who had been in
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the wrong place at the wrong time an
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innocent man was killed by the FBI and
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another was injured but the worst part
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for the FBI was that their gunfire in
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the middle of the night alerted
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Dillinger's gang to their presence they
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looked out the window and saw a group of
24:30
Agents stumbling in the dark it was then
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that Dillinger Babyface Nelson and the
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rest of the gang realized they were in
24:39
serious trouble FBI was in the woods
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there was an exchange of gunfire
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Dillinger and some of the gang members
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opened fire from the second floor rooms
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Babyface Nelson killed Agent Carter Bal
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and all the gang members fled in various
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directions outwitting the agents the
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aftermath of Little Bohemia was dramatic
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that night was certainly the lowest
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point in FBI history up to that time and
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by any measure it remains one of the
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lowest points in FBI history to this day
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Melvin pvis in particular was devastated
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because an FBI agent was killed under
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his supervision raids failure led to the
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death of a comrade all the political
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capital and media retention they had
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accumulated in the previous months was
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suddenly squandered goua became a
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laughing stock Dillinger was the first
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Public Enemy labeled as a superstar a
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notorious celebrity but a celebrity
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nonetheless everyone in the United
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States knew who he was don't get me
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wrong he loved the attention but having
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one of the most recognizable faces in
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the country when you have a price on
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your head is not not good for business
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in the following weeks and months
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Dillinger tried to change his appearance
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by visiting some surgeons perhaps to
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remove some moles and that distinctive
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Clift in his chin the FBI received many
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tips but most of them LED nowhere they
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hadn't made much progress until they got
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a breakthrough they received a phone
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call from the Chicago Police from a
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detective named Martin
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zakovich the detective had a source the
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source's name was Anna and she reported
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that a man named Jimmy Lawrence was
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staying with her but he was actually
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John Dillinger this made sense as Anna
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and Dillinger had a prior relationship
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Anna had significant reasons for turning
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him in as she had just received a letter
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from the immigration department warning
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her that she was about to be deported
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back to her native Romania she decided
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that this was an opportunity to claim
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the substantial reward for Dillinger and
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also seek assistance from the
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immigration department to avoid
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deportation meanwhile I was hiding out
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in Anna's brothel but it wasn't long
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before I started to go a little stir
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crazy I needed to get out and get some
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fresh air with my new girl Polly of
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course Anna reported a plan where she
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John Dillinger and Dillinger's new
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girlfriend Polly Hamilton would go to
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the movies together the left nothing to
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chance after the previous Fiasco
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Dillinger had left the agency on its
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knees now 3 months later it was time for
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Revenge the plan was that when the crowd
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exited the theater Melvin pervis would
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look for Dillinger when he saw him he
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would light a small cigar he was holding
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signaling everyone to move the area
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around the theater was surrounded by
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more than a dozen armed agents as the
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FBI wanted to make absolutely sure they
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got the right guy after all these
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mishaps peris's hand trembled so much
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that he struggled to light the match as
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Dillinger walked along the sidewalk the
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agents began closing in on him when
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Dillinger realized something was wrong
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he drew his gun and started running down
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the alley at that moment the agents
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fired and killed him instantly to give a
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an idea of Dillinger's celebrity and
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notoriety women leaned over his body and
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soaked their petticoats and dresses in
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his blood hoping to take a piece of the
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life force of Public Enemy Number One
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with them it was more than just the heat
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that made my skin crawl it was suddenly
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clear to me that I had been set up the
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headlines that followed Dillinger's
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death were astounding not just in
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Chicago but also in New York and abroad
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in London to too and Berlin he had
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become an international figure something
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about John Dillinger his story and his
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Manhunt clearly resonated with the world
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the irony of it all was that he was
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considered a movie star and died near a
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theater Dillinger's life was a film and
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people read it like a script and saw it
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like a movie anyone over 60 or 70 still
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has a story about Dillinger he became
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part of Chicago's law and American
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tradition and the truth is it's as
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compelling as the legend itself if you
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