Dillinger was cared for by his sister during his early life until his father remarried on May 23, 1912, to Elizabeth "Lizzie" Fields (1878–1933). She died in Indianapolis in March 1987 at the age of 98 years. Audrey married Emmett "Fred" Hancock in 1907, had seven children and resided in Maywood, Indiana. Dillinger's mother died in 1907 just before his fourth birthday. :p12 Dillinger's older sister, Audrey, was born March 6, 1889. :p9 In an interview with reporters, he said that he was firm in his discipline and believed in the adage "spare the rod and spoil the child". Dillinger's father was a grocer by trade and, reportedly, a harsh man. Dillinger's parents had married on August 23, 1887. Matthias Dillinger was born in German-Prussian Gisingen, near Dillingen, Saarland. :p10 According to some biographers, his grandfather, Matthias Dillinger, immigrated to the United States in 1851 from Metz, in the region of Alsace-Lorraine, then under French sovereignty. was born in the Oak Hill section of Indianapolis, Indiana, the younger of two children born to John Wilson Dillinger (July 2, 1864 – November 3, 1943) and Mary Ellen "Mollie" Lancaster (1860–1907). He pulled a weapon and attempted to flee but was shot three times and killed. Federal agents, led by Melvin Purvis, moved to arrest him as he left the theater. On July 22, the police and Division of Investigation closed in on the Biograph Theater. He returned to Chicago in July 1934 and met his end at the hands of police and federal agents who were informed of his whereabouts by Ana Cumpanas (the owner of the lodge where Dillinger sought refuge at the time). Īfter evading police in four states for almost a year, Dillinger was wounded and returned to his father's home to recover.
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Edgar Hoover developed a more sophisticated Federal Bureau of Investigation as a weapon against organized crime and used Dillinger and his gang as his campaign platform to launch the FBI.
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The government demanded federal action, and J. Media reports were spiced with exaggerated accounts of Dillinger's bravado and daring and his colorful personality. In 1933–34, seen in retrospect as the heyday of the Depression-era outlaw, Dillinger was the most notorious of all, standing out even among more violent criminals such as Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Bonnie and Clyde. His gang robbed two dozen banks and four police stations. He was charged with, but never convicted of, the murder of an East Chicago, Indiana police officer during a shoot-out. (J– July 22, 1934) was an American bank robber in Depression-era United States. For other uses, see Dillinger (disambiguation).