John Dillinger gang in 1934 Chicago...
Item # 725370
July 16, 1934
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 16, 1934
* Baby Face Nelson shootout
* The hunt for John Dillinger
* Hiding in Chicago, Illinois
* Best publication to be had (very rare)
The front page has a five column heading: "Machine Gun Gang Shoots 2 Police" with subhead and related photo on the back page. (see images) Through research, this was the work of the John Dillinger Gang led by Baby Face Nelson. History also determined John Dillinger himself was probably not involved because he was laying low in the Windy City. Dillinger would be shot and killed just 7 days later in the same city.
Complete with 28 pages, rag edition in great condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.
background: On the night of July 15, 1934, the tension in Chicago reached a breaking point when Baby Face Nelson and his partner John Paul Chase engaged in a vicious shootout with two Illinois State Highway Maintenance Police officers, Gilbert Cross and Fred McAllister. The officers had pulled over to investigate a suspicious vehicle parked near a forest preserve at Wolf Road and 22nd Street in Westchester, unaware they were stumbling upon a clandestine meeting of the Dillinger gang. As the patrolmen approached, the notoriously volatile Nelson didn't hesitate; he stepped out and unleashed a hail of gunfire from a customized .38 Super Colt machine pistol—a weapon modified with a vertical foregrip and an extended magazine for fully automatic fire. Officer Gilbert Cross was struck multiple times in the chest and legs, while McAllister was also wounded in the exchange. Though both officers miraculously survived their injuries, the unprovoked ferocity of the attack sent shockwaves through the region, leading the FBI and local police to saturate the Chicago area with manpower. This surge in law enforcement presence created the high-pressure environment that ultimately led to the betrayal and killing of John Dillinger just seven days later at the Biograph Theater.
* Baby Face Nelson shootout
* The hunt for John Dillinger
* Hiding in Chicago, Illinois
* Best publication to be had (very rare)
The front page has a five column heading: "Machine Gun Gang Shoots 2 Police" with subhead and related photo on the back page. (see images) Through research, this was the work of the John Dillinger Gang led by Baby Face Nelson. History also determined John Dillinger himself was probably not involved because he was laying low in the Windy City. Dillinger would be shot and killed just 7 days later in the same city.
Complete with 28 pages, rag edition in great condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.
background: On the night of July 15, 1934, the tension in Chicago reached a breaking point when Baby Face Nelson and his partner John Paul Chase engaged in a vicious shootout with two Illinois State Highway Maintenance Police officers, Gilbert Cross and Fred McAllister. The officers had pulled over to investigate a suspicious vehicle parked near a forest preserve at Wolf Road and 22nd Street in Westchester, unaware they were stumbling upon a clandestine meeting of the Dillinger gang. As the patrolmen approached, the notoriously volatile Nelson didn't hesitate; he stepped out and unleashed a hail of gunfire from a customized .38 Super Colt machine pistol—a weapon modified with a vertical foregrip and an extended magazine for fully automatic fire. Officer Gilbert Cross was struck multiple times in the chest and legs, while McAllister was also wounded in the exchange. Though both officers miraculously survived their injuries, the unprovoked ferocity of the attack sent shockwaves through the region, leading the FBI and local police to saturate the Chicago area with manpower. This surge in law enforcement presence created the high-pressure environment that ultimately led to the betrayal and killing of John Dillinger just seven days later at the Biograph Theater.
Category: The 20th Century
