{"id":131041,"date":"2024-06-12T10:01:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T09:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1707580"},"modified":"2024-06-12T10:01:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T09:01:13","slug":"how-did-gangster-john-dillinger-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/12\/how-did-gangster-john-dillinger-die\/","title":{"rendered":"How did gangster John Dillinger die?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Dillinger<\/a><\/strong> was one of the most infamous gangsters<\/a> of the Great Depression. He led a group called the Dillinger Gang, who committed a string of dramatic bank robberies. Dillinger and his crimes were the subject of sensational headlines during his time, but the authorities eventually caught up to him ni 1934. Very (very) soon after they did, he died at 31 years old.<\/p>\n

A prison escape<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In January 1934, Dillinger was arrested in Tucson, Arizona, and extradited to Indiana\u2019s Crown Point jail where he was facing the electric chair for the murder of a police officer who was killed during a bank robbery. His cell was located on the second floor, and he spent the majority of his time there. The only times he was allowed to leave his cell were for meals, exercise, and grunt work.<\/p>\n

Dillinger obeyed orders and did what he was told to do. One of his hobbies in jail was whittling, which he was good at, and the jail guards even called him \u201cJohn the Whittler.\u201d Unbeknownst to them, Dillinger had a plan<\/a>. The jail was supposed to be escape-proof, but the notorious bank robber proved them wrong. All the whittling wasn\u2019t for nothing: Dillinger carved a washboard into the shape of a pistol and dyed it with black shoe polish.<\/p>\n

On March 3, a jail employee was passing by the recreation area when Dillinger grabbed him and pushed the head of the wooden gun on his body. He threatened to kill him if he made any sudden moves. Using the man as a shield, Dillinger ordered the other guards to go into the jail cells and lock themselves in. He went into the warden\u2019s room and grabbed a couple of firearms before heading out of the jail and completed his escape by stealing a sheriff\u2019s vehicle. <\/p>\n

That act prompted the Bureau of Investigation or BOI (later changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation or FBI<\/a> in 1935), headed by J. Edgar Hoover, to actively get involved in the hunt for Dillinger. As he was crossing state lines driving to Chicago in a stolen car, he was committing a federal offense<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Public Enemy No. 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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