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John Dillinger hunted in 1934....
John Dillinger hunted in 1934....
Item # 719575
April 25, 1934
FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., April 25, 1934.
* John Dillinger's Little Bohemia Lodge escape
* Gang hunted in the upper Midwest
The front page has a one column heading: "Army of 5000 Officers Seeks John Dillinger" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 12 pages, a few small binding holes along the spine, nice condition.
AI notes: On April 25, 1934, federal agents and police were intensifying their nationwide hunt for John Dillinger, the infamous bank robber who had been named America’s first “Public Enemy No. 1.” By this time Dillinger had escaped from jail twice—most famously from the Crown Point, Indiana jail in March 1934 using a wooden gun—and was leading the violent “Dillinger Gang” across the Midwest. In late April, authorities were particularly focused on Chicago and northern Indiana, believing Dillinger was hiding among sympathizers and moving between safe houses. The FBI, under J. Edgar Hoover, was beginning to modernize its manhunt tactics, using wiretaps, surveillance, and a growing network of informants. While Dillinger managed to elude capture that spring, the April manhunt marked one of the most concentrated federal efforts against him, laying the groundwork for the events that culminated in his death outside Chicago’s Biograph Theater three months later, on July 22, 1934.
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