John H. Dillinger (John Herbert Dillinger, 1903.6) .22-1934.7.22) was a bank robber in the American Midwest. In the eyes of some, he was a dangerous robber; others admired him as the Robin Hood-style green man of his day. The legendary thief, nicknamed "The Rabbit with Long Ears", was graceful when he robbed, and could even leap over the counter (some people speculate that this action was learned from the movie), and he has repeatedly survived the siege and interception by the police. Dillinger also got his name. His legend, and his contemporaries (the Great Depression in the 1930s), such as Bonnie and Clyde, Mommy Baker and other criminal gangs, have attracted the attention of the American press and many readers. All this happened during the legendary "Public Enemy Era" (1931-1935), which also made the FBI professionalize and modernize step by step.
Dillinger's family history
Dillinger was born on June 22, 1903 in Indianapolis, Indiana, the second son of his family. His father, John Wilson Dillinger (1864-1943), and his mother, Mary Ellen "Molly" Lancaster (1860-1907), were born in 1887 They got married on August 23 in Marion County, Indiana. According to reports, Dillinger's father, a grocer, often punches and kicks his children. The couple's eldest daughter, Audrey, was born on March 6, 1889. After Molly's death, Dillinger was mainly raised by his sister while their father ran his business. Audrey married Everett "Fred" Hancock in 1907, and the first of seven children was born in 1908. Dillinger's father remarried on March 23, 1912 in Morgan County, Indiana, and his second wife was Elizabeth "Lizzie" Fields, 1878-1933). Initially, Dillinger disliked his stepmother and even envied her, but according to reports, in the end Dillinger loved his stepmother as much as his own. While incarcerated, Dillinger was released on parole to visit his seriously ill stepmother, but when he arrived home, she found she was gone forever. Dillinger's father and stepmother had three children - Hubert Dillinger, born 1913; Doris Dillinger, born December 12, 1917, after Married Hockman, died March 14, 2001 (in Martinsville, Indiana); Francis Dillinger, born in 1922, married Thompson. Ethel Schooling Dillinger died in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 9, 2004, at the age of 86. She is listed as the widow of Hubert M. Dillinger.
In his early years
, Di Lingjie dropped out of school to work in a machinery factory, often staying home all night. My father moved the family to Mooresville, Indiana. Despite his new country life, Dillinger's brutish, rebellious personality kept him back on his feet. After a conflict with his father and troubles with breaking the law, Dillinger enlisted in the US Navy, but was sent off after a few months, and eventually embarked on a path of no return. the road.
Dillinger's marriage
Beryl Ethel Hovious was born on August 6, 1906 in Stinesville, Indiana, to Stephen Hovious and Carla Hovious. Daughter of Cara Vandeventer. After being removed from the army, Dillinger returned to Moresville, where he met Beryl Huforth and married her in Martinsville on April 12, 1924 . Although she was actually born on August 5, 1904, her registered age at the time was 19. Dillinger had tried to live a stable life, but it was difficult for him to have a steady job and maintain the marriage. The two ended their marriage on July 20, 1929. Beryl Dillinger married Harold McGowen in July 1929, a marriage that lasted only two short years. In 1932 she remarried again, this time with Charles Byrum, with whom she had one child. Beryl Hoforth Beerrum died on November 30, 1993 at Millers Merry Manor, Mooresville, Indiana, and was buried in Howard, Indiana Mt. Pleasent Cemetery, Hall, Indiana.
Robbery career
Dillinger embraced the criminal lifestyle in prison, from Harry Pierpont of Muncie, Indiana, and Russell "Bobby" Clark of Tara Hunt. "Boobie" Clark of Terre Haute and other seasoned robbers figured out the tricks of robbery. The men made plans for the robbery after their release. Once released from Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Dillinger hatched a plan to help Pierpont, Clark and most of the others who worked in the prison's laundry room. This group was the "first Dillinger gang", which included Pierbont, Clark, Charles Makley, Edward W. Shouse, Jr., of Terre Haute, Harry Copeland, "Oklahoma Jack" Clark, Walter Deltridge Walter Dietrich) and John "Red" Hamilton. Homer Van Meter and Lester Gillis, aka Baby Face Nelson, also join after Dillinger's escape from Crowe Point County Jail. Join it and it's the "Second Dillinger Gang" .
Among Dillinger's many deeds, the most famous is that he pretended to be a salesman for a company's bank security system. He reportedly infiltrated banks in Indiana and Ohio and used the ruse to gauge the security systems in the basements of the targeted banks. Another time, the Dillinger Gang disguised as a film crew to select locations for a "bank robbery". Just as Dillinger's gang carried out the robbery and fled with loot, the bystanders were still standing and smiling. Similar stories are just a drop in the ocean of Di Linjie's legendary experience.
bank looted by dillinger
Dillinger's gang is believed to have looted numerous banks and amassed more than $300,000. Banks looted by Dillinger's gang include: the Commercial Bank, Daleville, Indiana, where they stole $3,500 on July 17, 1933; Montpellier, Indiana Montpelier National Bank, Montpelier, Indiana, where they stole $6,700 on August 4, 1933; cloth in Braverton, Ohio, on August 14, 1933 $6,000 from Bluffton Bank, Bluffton, Ohio; September 6, 1933, Massachusetts Avenue State Bank, Indianapolis, Indiana, $21,000; 1933 Oct. 23, Central Nation Bank and Trust Co., Greencastle, Indiana, $76,000; Nov. 20, 1933, U.S. Bank and Trust Co., Racine, Wisconsin (American Bank and Trust Co., Racine, Wisconsin), $29,000; December 13, 1933, Unity Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago, Illinois, $8,700; 1934 January 15, First National Bank, East Chicago, Indiana, $20,000; March 6, 1934, Securities National Bank and Securities, South Datka National Bank and Trust Co., Sioux Falls, South Dakota), 49,
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