John Dillinger:"Public Enemy No. 1" Notorious bank robber John Dillinger is said to have been set up at the Biograph theater in Chicago and shot to death by FBI agents on July 22, 1934.
Posted on 07/22/2007 10:51:19 AM PDT by DogByte6RER
John Dillinger:"Public Enemy No. 1" Notorious bank robber John Dillinger is said to have been set up at the Biograph theater in Chicago and shot to death by FBI agents on July 22, 1934.
The morbidly curious pass by the body of John Dillinger at the Cook County morgue.
More related links:
http://www.crimelibrary.com/americana/dillinger/dillingermain.htm
http://www.historynet.com/picture_of_the_day
http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/crime/history/dillinger_john/dillinger_john.html
http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/outlaws/dillinger/13.html
http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihVideoCategory&id=5200
Everybody and everything else was responsible for his life of crime, poverty, resented stepmother, strict father, etc. Nothing was ever his responsibility.
And why does the MSM create hero’s out of these people? Bonny and Clyde come to mind ... the real hero’s were the FBI ....
Almost looks like the actor William Powell .....
He committed a federal offense only when he drove a stolen car across state lines. So bank robbery wasn’t yet a federal crime. When did it become one?
I think bank robbery became a federal crime sometime during The Depression.
During this era, FDR created the FDIC (Federal Depsotit Insurance Corp.)
The FDIC insures all banks (enrolled under FDIC) for up to $100,000 per account.
After FDIC, whenever a bank is robbed, the feds are obligated to cover the loss. So a bank robbery became a theft of federal government funds because the feds are required to cover the loss. The FBI was given jurisdiction involving bank robberies sometime during or after the creation of the FDIC.
“And why does the MSM create hero’s out of these people?”
Well, because they stole the people’s money back from those fat, mustachioed, cigar-chomping, top-hatted Monopoly men who stole it from them in the first place by causing a Depression with their eeeeeevil Republican ways! (do I really need a sarcasm tag for that?;)
The FBI moved Cumpanas first to Detroit and then to California, where she received a $5,000 reward. In 1935, she informed reporters of the deal to keep her in the country, but deportation proceedings had already begun. She appealed the decision to deport her and her case was heard in Chicago on October 16, 1935. In January 1936, the court agreed with the lower court and Cumpanas was deported to Romania in April 1936, where she lived until her death from liver problems in 1947.
No, not really .... a simple /s/ would suffice :)
If this is true, it might help to explain why "The Man From the South" by Ted Weems & His Orchestra, a song inspired by Al Capone, was one of the bestselling records of 1930.
John Dillinger, the last of the old time American outlaws.
I had no idea I was going to get right in to my favourite computer pastime- research. I got fired up on this one. All part of an incredible history of life and times in America. Not a criticism though.
Across the river from where I live is Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. For years people would mention to wide eyed visitors about the Dillinger legend. Now fast fading unfortunately. It was in that peaceful community that John Dillinger rolled in. He was with his friend Johnny Hamilton.
Facts are there. What the legend is and it fleshes out that era, is of his three day stay. Johnny got shelter with his sister and the two men relaxed briefly. I heard they bought candy for kids. Then the grapevine told them of the FBI. Winging their way to St Ignace, fifty miles south. No airport I guess locally.
John and Johnny got in their big black sedan and headed west. I know there are two big highways west. I travel the nearest west road. It is the State Highway M28 ,often and wonder which one it was. I
Nit picking here though. I may be wrong, but the article may not have mentioned the actual adverse event at Little Bohemia. A gas station owner and two CCC men, were finishing their meal and a few beers. They left with their car radio on. They failed to hear the FBI yelling "stop".
A volley of shots killed the gas station owner and wounded the two CCC(Civilian Conservation Corps) men.
Hamilton's sister got a year for harbouring a fugitive. Kindly persons intervened and she was released after six months. So many people wanted to see the garage where Dillinger's car was parked, that it was set afire- pity.
It’s strange reading the words of the posting this posting.
The write-up is NOT by the MSM but by the FBI’s own PR department.
The posting is taken verbatim from the FBI’s website.
Even the FBI is very politically correct, in this case when it comes to The Depression and the phenomena of “Robin Hood” like gangsters of that era.
Dillinger was a thug, and he deserved to be cut down by the feds.
No question about the feds taking no chances. One has to put one's self in the position of an agent. One hesitation and one could be dead. Nothing like the drama of the old news reels of the aftermath of Dillinger's demise. I have watched with puzzled mind at the absolute light hearted atmosphere of the general public shown. The pointing toward the X where Dillinger died. The young women all thrilled with the affair.
I felt sadly for his poor work worn father. Such a decent hard working man. He was interviewed and plead for a pardon for his son. Shown plowing a field. Such men helped make America what it became- in the best way. John too, was part of America.
Funny thing though, I myself, wonder why I have some sort of sneaking sympathy for this man. I will have to figure this out.
Thanks for the post anyway.
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