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John Dillinger, the notorious bank robber and one of the prison's most famous inmates, was sent to the Indiana State Reformatory at Pendleton in the mid-1920s. In September 1924, Dillinger and a friend robbed a grocery store in Mooresville, Indiana. While the grocer was not seriously hurt, Dillinger did beat him with an iron belt wrapped in cloth.
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.
Lester Joseph Gillis (December 6, 1908 – November 27, 1934), [1] also known as George Nelson and Baby Face Nelson, was an American bank robber who became a criminal partner of John Dillinger, when he helped Dillinger escape from prison, in Crown Point, Indiana. Later, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced that Nelson and the ...
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 Indiana State Prison was established in 1860. [1] It was the second state prison in Indiana. [5] One of the most famous prisoners to be in the Michigan City prison was bank robber John Dillinger, who was released on parole in 1933. [6] The prison houses all the male death row inmates in the state.
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
Two relatives of notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger who plan to have his remains exhumed say they have “evidence” the body buried in an Indianapolis cemetery beneath a gravestone bearing ...
In Pendleton, Pierpont was the convict Dillinger looked up to the most. [9] Pierpont caused the Pendleton Warden, A.F. Miles, so much trouble that he was transferred to the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City within two months, after he attempted to drill through the bars of his cell in an escape attempt. Dillinger and Van Meter were later ...