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The hunt for John Dillinger in 1934....
The hunt for John Dillinger in 1934....
Item # 721164
March 10, 1934
THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 10, 1934
* John Dillinger hunted in the Midwest
* Post Crown Point, Indiana jail escape
The front page has a one column heading: "DILLINGER'S SHOTS STOP PURSUING CAR" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the hunt for John Dillinger shortly after his famous escape from Crown Point, Indiana jail.
Complete in 30 pages, rag edition in great condition.
AI notes: On March 9, 1934, federal agents and local police continued their intense hunt for John Dillinger, who had recently escaped from the Crown Point, Indiana jail on March 3 by bluffing guards with a wooden gun. By March 9, Dillinger had stolen Sheriff Lillian Holley’s Ford V-8 during his escape — a federal offense that brought the FBI officially into the case under J. Edgar Hoover. Reports placed Dillinger and his associates moving through northern Indiana and the Chicago area, with sightings around Schiller Park and Lake County. Agents and police scoured roads and roadhouses after one incident in which Dillinger reportedly fired on a pursuing police car during a nighttime chase. Despite the dragnet, Dillinger slipped through again, vanishing into the Chicago underworld, where he would reorganize his gang and remain at large until his eventual death outside the Biograph Theater that July.
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