John Herbert Dillinger, Jr. was born on June 22, 1903 in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1933 and 1934 he stood out and was famous for robbing banks that he was charged with but never convicted of. He and his gang robbed two dozen banks and 4 police stations during the Depression era. He could rob a bank in 1 minute and 40 seconds. He also escaped jail twice and was convicted for the murder of a police officer in the East Chicago shootout after him and his gang fled from a robbery. The most banks he robbed were in Indiana and Ohio.
Dillinger had an older sister that was born in 1883 and his mother died shortly before his fourth birthday in 1907. His father was a grocer that was firm on discipline. He was arrested in 1922 for car theft and then his fathers relationship with him was over. John married Beryl Ethel Hovious on April 12, 1924 and tried to settle with his business and marriage. 1929 of June the married couple got a divorce.
He was believed to robbing 300,000 dollars in 1933 and was noticed over other mobsters such as Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Bonnie and Clyde. John was wanted for 10,000 dollars and Dead for 5,000 dollars. On July 22 the Federal Bureau Investigation put together a team led by Melvin Pervis to invade the Biograph Theater. After they invaded When Dillinger walked out from the movie he pulled a gun and was shot 3 times and died that July 22 of 1934. There is also a movie called Public Enemies starring Johnny Depp as Dillinger.
http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_dillinger
http://http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/john-dillinger.html
http://http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/john-dillinger
Gangsters and Outlaws in the 1930s book
Personal thoughts: I thought Dillinger was a mad man and i was wondering why he started robbing banks and what made him want to do that? Why would he want to live that kind of lifestyle in the mafia? Why not stay with his wife and have kids start a family. Maybe he robbed banks because no one could get money in the Depression era and so why would he just get a job and money. I will say one thing he was very good at robbing money.
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