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John Herbert Dillinger (/ ˈ d ɪ l ɪ n dʒ ər /; [1] June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American gangster during the Great Depression.He commanded the Dillinger Gang, which was accused of robbing twenty-four banks and four police stations.
Melvin Horace Purvis II (October 24, 1903 – February 29, 1960) was an FBI agent instrumental in capturing bank robbers John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd in 1934. All of this would later overshadow his military career which saw him directly involved with General George Patton, Hermann Göring, and the Nuremberg Trials.
The old lobby of the Hotel Congress which was built in 1919 and associated with John Dillinger. The hotel is located at 303-311 E. Congress St. in Tucson, AZ. Display of newspaper clippings of the capture of John Dillinger and his gang in the old lobby of the Congress Hotel.
History from the front pages of The Cincinnati Enquirer from July 23 includes John Dillinger slain, Johnny Bench and Barry Larkin in the Hall of Fame.
The hotel is known for being the site of the capture of gangster and bank robber John Dillinger's gang in 1934. After a series of bank robberies, the Dillinger Gang arrived in Tucson to hide out. On January 22, 1934, a fire started in the basement and spread up to the third floor, where the gang resided under aliases.
An accomplice in John Dillinger's escape from an Indiana jail in 1934, Spark was imprisoned and sent to Alcatraz. [11] William Francis Sutton: 1901–1980 Sutton was a prolific U.S. bank robber. During his 40-year criminal career, he stole an estimated $2 million, and eventually spent more than half of his adult life in prison.
Relatives of notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger who plan to have his remains exhumed say they have "evidence" the body buried may not be him
[4] [6] [8] As Dillinger was rumored to have killed two East Chicago Police Department officers on May 24 of that year, a large reward had also been offered for his capture. On July 22, after contacting the Federal Bureau of Investigation through the Chicago Police, Cumpănaș fingered Dillinger to the FBI agent Melvin Purvis , resulting in ...