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John Dillinger's escape with a wooden gun...
John Dillinger's escape with a wooden gun...
Item # 720883
April 04, 1934
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 4, 1934
* Gangster John Dillinger
* Post escape with wooden gun
* Crown Point, Indiana jail
* The hunt continues
The front page has a one column heading: "Dillinger Pal, Shot In Fray, Is In Custody". (see image)
Complete with 12 pages, light toning at the margins, good condition.
AI notes: Eugene Green, a member of John Dillinger’s gang, was shot and killed on April 4, 1934, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Green had been associated with several of the Dillinger gang’s robberies and was being hunted by both federal and local authorities as part of the wider manhunt for Dillinger. On that day, police traced him to a St. Paul apartment where he was hiding with another outlaw. When officers attempted to arrest him, Green resisted and exchanged gunfire. He was fatally shot during the confrontation. His death came just weeks before Dillinger himself was killed outside Chicago’s Biograph Theater that July, marking another blow to the remnants of the notorious gang.
Eugene Green did not die immediately after being shot on April 4, 1934. According to police and newspaper reports from the time, Green was critically wounded during the gun battle in St. Paul and was taken alive to a local hospital. He was shot multiple times by detectives when he tried to resist arrest. Despite efforts to save him, he died a short time later from his wounds, reportedly within a few hours. His death came before he could be formally interrogated about his connections to John Dillinger and other recent robberies.
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