John Dillinger's Life

Navy

Period: Oct 4, 1923 to Dec 3, 1923

John Dillinger was in the Navy from October 4 until he desereted on Decmber 3rd, 1923.

Married

Period: Apr 12, 1924 to Jun 20, 1929

Dillinger married Beryl Ethel Hovious on April 12, 1924. He attempted to settle down, but he had difficulty holding a job and preserving his marriage.The marriage ended in divorce on June 20, 1929

First robbery

Sep 6, 1924

Dillinger robbed a grocery store in Indiana with his friend.

Dillinger is sentenced to 10-20 years in prison.

Sep 16, 1924

The Dillinger Gang escapes from prison

Sep 26, 1926

Using guns smuggled in by Dillinger, ten men escape from the Indiana State Prison. Among them are Harry Pierpont, Charles Makley, John Hamilton, Walter Dietrich, and Russell Clark.

Dillinger is released

May 22, 1933

Dillinger robs his frist bank

Jun 10, 1933

Dillinger is arrested

Sep 22, 1933

After committing several robberies, Dillinger is arrested and sent to the Allen County Jail in Lima, Ohio.

Dillinger escapes jail

Oct 12, 1933

Pierpont, Makley, and Clark free Dillinger from jail in Lima, Ohio.

Dilligner robs bank

Oct 23, 1933

Dillinger and his gang rob Central National Bank in Greencastle, Indiana. They take $75,000.

Dilinger robs Chicago bank, officer is killed

Jan 15, 1934

While robbing the First National Bank in East Chicago, Indiana, Officer William O'Malley who is shot and killed.

Dillinger gang is arrested

Jan 25, 1934

Dillinger gang is arrested in Tucson, Arizona. Dillinger is extradited to Indiana for the murder of O'Malley.

Dillinger is incarcerated in Crown Point, Indiana

Period: Jan 30, 1934 to Mar 3, 1934

January 30, Dillinger arrives at the Lake County Jail in Crown Point, Indiana. On March 3, Dillinger escapes from Crown Point with the help of a wooden gun.

Shootout at Little Bohemia

Apr 22, 1934

The Dillinger gang escapes from a shoot-out with D.O.I. special agents in Little Bohemia, Wisconsin.

Public Enemy Number One robs bank

Jun 30, 1934

Now deemed Public Enemy Number One with a bounty on him Dillinger and his gang rob a bank in South Bend, Indiana. They take $30,000.

Dillinger killed

Jul 22, 1934

Video summarizing Dillinger's life New York Times Article announcing Dillinger's Death Dillinger is give up by a woman name Anna Sage. He is killed in an ambush by D.O.I. special agents while leaving the Biograph Theatre in Chicago with Sage and Hamilton.