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John Diliger !!!!! The Most Baddass American Gangster Ever!!! by ahkenaten(m): 9:05am On Sep 05, 2014
I know you've been hearing of american gangsters....but this one stands out from among his peers....




This guy was so badass that president Hoover rebranded the fbi and launched a more organised campaign against him.

He gave the fbi so much trouble that after his death, the fbi used his face on the target board for shooting practise frim then on....yeahhh he was that badass...


And like all strong men, a woman gave him up....the popular woman in red!.

John Herbert Dillinger (June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was
an American gangster and bank robber in the Depression-
era United States. His gang robbed two dozen banks and
four police stations. Dillinger escaped from jail twice; he
was also charged with, but never convicted of, the murder


As a teenager, Dillinger was frequently in trouble with the
law for fighting and petty theft; he was also noted for his
"bewildering personality" and bullying of smaller children.
[5] :14 He quit school to work in an Indianapolis machine
shop. Although he worked hard at his job, he would stay out
all night at parties. His father feared that the city was
corrupting his son, prompting him to move the family to
Mooresville, Indiana, in 1921.[5] :15 Dillinger's wild and
rebellious behavior was resilient despite his new rural life.
In 1922 he was arrested for auto theft, and his relationship
with his father deteriorated. [5] :16–17 His troubles led him
to enlist in the United States Navy where he was a
Fireman 3rd Class assigned aboard the battleship USS
Utah,[9] but he deserted a few months later when his ship
was docked in Boston. He was eventually dishonorably
discharged.


Dillinger was unable to find a job and began planning a
robbery with his friend Ed Singleton. [5] :22 The two robbed
a local grocery store, stealing $50. [5] :26 Leaving the scene
they were spotted by a minister who recognized the men
and reported them to the police. The two men were
arrested the next day. Singleton pleaded not guilty, but
after Dillinger's father (the local Mooresville Church
deacon) discussed the matter with Morgan County
prosecutor Omar O'Harrow, his father convinced Dillinger
to confess to the crime and plead guilty without retaining
a defense attorney. [5] :24 Dillinger was convicted of
assault and battery with intent to rob, and conspiracy to
commit a felony . He expected a lenient probation sentence
as a result of his father's discussion with prosecutor
O'Harrow, but instead was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in
prison for his crimes.


Dillinger had embraced the criminal lifestyle behind bars in
the Indiana Reformatory (1924-1930) in Pendleton, Indiana
and Indiana State Prison in Michigan City . Upon being
admitted to the prison he is quoted as saying, "I will be the
meanest bastard you ever saw when I get out of here."[5]
:26 His physical examination upon being admitted to the
prison showed that he had gonorrhea . The treatment for
his condition was extremely painful. [5] :22 He became
embittered against society because of his long prison
sentence and befriended other criminals, such as seasoned
bank robbers like Harry "Pete" Pierpont , Charles Makley ,
Russell Clark, and Homer Van Meter , who taught Dillinger
how to be a successful criminal. The men planned heists
that they would commit soon after they were released. [5]
:32 Dillinger studied Herman Lamm 's meticulous bank-
robbing system and used it extensively throughout his
criminal career.
His father launched a campaign to have him released and
was able to get 188 signatures on a petition. Dillinger was
paroled on May 10, 1933, after serving nine and a half
years.

He immediately returned to crime [5] :39
and on June 21, 1933, he robbed his first bank, taking $
10,000 from the New Carlisle National Bank, which
occupied the building at the southeast corner of Main
Street and Jefferson (State Routes 235 and 571) in New
Carlisle, Ohio.[12] On August 14, Dillinger robbed a bank in
Bluffton, Ohio . Tracked by police from Dayton, Ohio, he was
captured and later transferred to the Allen County jail in
Lima to be indicted in connection to the Bluffton robbery.
After searching him before letting him into the prison, the
police discovered a document which appeared to be a
prison escape plan. They demanded Dillinger tell them
what the document meant, but he refused. [7]
Dillinger had helped conceive a plan for the escape of
Pierpont, Clark and six others he had met while previously
in prison, most of whom worked in the prison laundry.
Dillinger had friends smuggle guns into their prison cells,
with which they escaped, four days after Dillinger's
capture. The group, known as "the First Dillinger Gang,"
comprised Pete Pierpont, Russell Clark, Charles Makley , Ed
Shouse, Harry Copeland, and John "Red" Hamilton, a
member of the Herman Lamm Gang. Pierpont, Clark, and
Makley arrived in Lima on October 12, where they
impersonated Indiana State Police officers, claiming they
had come to extradite Dillinger to Indiana. When the
sheriff, Jess Sarber, asked for their credentials, Pierpont
fatally shot him, then released Dillinger from his cell. The
four men escaped back into Indiana where they joined the
rest of the gang. [7] Sheriff Sarber was the gang's first
police killing, of an estimated 13.[13]


The Bureau of Investigation was a precursor of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation .[2] The Bureau of Investigation
was renamed the "Division" in 1933 until in the 1935
Department of Justice budget appropriation, Congress
officially recognized the Division as the "Federal Bureau of
Investigation" effective March 22, 1935, when the President
signed the appropriation bill. The newly designated FBI was
brought into the investigation to help identify the
criminals, although the men had not violated any federal
law. Bank robbery was not yet a federal crime, so police
officers were powerless to pursue robbers across state
lines.[14] It was one of the first cases in which the FBI
intervened in matters outside its jurisdiction. Using their
superior fingerprint matching technology, they successfully
identified all of the suspects and issued national bulletins
offering rewards for their capture. [7]
Banks confirmed to have been robbed by Dillinger were:
Before Lima
New Carlisle National Bank, New Carlisle, Ohio , of $
10,000 on June 21, 1933; [12]
The Commercial Bank, Daleville, Indiana, of $3,500
on July 17, 1933;
Montpelier National Bank, Montpelier, Indiana , of $
6,700 on August 4, 1933;
Bluffton Bank, Bluffton, Ohio, of $6,000 on August 14,
1933;
Massachusetts Avenue State Bank, Indianapolis,
Indiana, of $21,000 on September 6, 1933;
After Dillinger was broken out of Lima
Central National Bank And Trust Co., Greencastle,
Indiana, of $74,802 on October 23, 1933;
American Bank And Trust Co., Racine, Wisconsin , of
$28,000 on November 20, 1933;
First National Bank, East Chicago, Indiana, of $20,000
on January 15, 1934;
After escaping Crown Point
Securities National Bank And Trust Co., Sioux Falls,
South Dakota, of $49,500 on March 6, 1934;
First National Bank, Mason City, Iowa, of $52,000 on
March 13, 1934;
First National Bank, Fostoria, Ohio , of $17,000 on
May 3, 1934;
Merchants National Bank, South Bend, Indiana, of $
29,890 on June 30, 1934. [


To obtain more supplies, the gang attacked the state
police arsenals in Auburn and Peru, stealing machine guns,
rifles, revolvers, ammunition and bulletproof vests. [7] On
October 23, 1933, the gang robbed the Central National
Bank & Trust Company in Greencastle, Indiana , making off
with $74,802. They then headed to Chicago to hide out. On
November 20, the gang traveled to Racine, Wisconsin and
robbed the American Bank and Trust Company, making off
with $28,000. On December 14, 1933, CPD Detective
William Shanley was killed. [15]
continued belo
Re: John Diliger !!!!! The Most Baddass American Gangster Ever!!! by ahkenaten(m): 9:22am On Sep 05, 2014
Division of Investigations chief J. Edgar Hoover created a
special task force headquartered in Chicago to locate
Dillinger. On July 21, a madam from a brothel in Gary,
Indiana, Ana Cumpănaş , also known as Anna Sage,
contacted the police. She was a Romanian immigrant
threatened with deportation for "low moral character" [81]
and offered the federal agency information on Dillinger in
exchange for their help in preventing her deportation. The
agency agreed to her terms, but she was later deported.
Cumpănaş told them that Dillinger was spending his time
with another prostitute, Polly Hamilton, and that she and
the couple would be going to see a movie together on the
following day. She agreed to wear an orange dress, which
is believed to have appeared red in the artificial lights of
the theater,[82] so that police could easily identify her. She
was unsure which of two theaters they would be attending
but told the agency their names: the Biograph and the
Marbro.[7]
A team of federal agents and officers from police forces
outside Chicago was formed, along with a very few
Chicago police officers. Among them was Sergeant Martin
Zarkovich, to whom Sage had informed on Dillinger.
Federal officials felt that the Chicago police had been
compromised and could not be trusted, and Hoover and
Purvis also wanted a Federal coup for their own reasons.
[82] Not chancing another embarrassing escape, the police
were split into two teams. On Sunday, July 22, one team
was sent to the Marbro Theater on the city's west side,
while another team surrounded the Biograph Theater at
2433 N. Lincoln Avenue on the north side. During the
stakeout, the Biograph's manager thought the agents were
criminals setting up a robbery. He called the Chicago
police who dutifully responded and had to be waved off by
the federal agents, who told them that they were on a
stakeout for an important target. [7]
Sage had had a lengthy history of arrests:
As Katie Brown, arrested in Gary, Indiana, as prostitute
2-12-23. Case dismissed July 17, 1923.
As Katie Brown, arrested as prostitute August 11, 1923.
Found guilty August 13, 1923. Amount of fine not indicated.
As Katie Brown, arrested as keeper of the house of ill
fame May 25, 1924. Found not guilty.
As Anna Sage, arrested February 8, 1930. Keeper of house
of ill fame. Found guilty. Sentenced 90 days in Women's
State Prison. Fine $25 and cost. Prison sentence
suspended pending good behavior.



and before they left to attend the Biograph, "Dillinger
counted out his money on his bed, and made note of the
amounts of different denominations of bills he had. She
said he separated fives, tens and twenties; that he had $
1,000 in five-dollar bills, which he put a rubber band around
and placed in his left-hand trouser pocket, and had about
the same amount in ten-dollar bills, which he also fastened
with a rubber band and placed in his left hip pocket. He
had 65 twenty-dollar bills, which he placed in a leather
billfold and placed in his right hip trouser pocket. She
stated the billfold was "a very nice one, being hand-
tooled." She stated that Dillinger always put some small
bills in his right-hand trouser pocket, so he would not have
to wait for change of a large bill when he purchased
theatre tickets; that he also kept his gun in his right-hand
trouser pocket


What should have surprised no one, least of all the federal
agents and police, Dillinger selected the Clark Gable
gangster picture Manhattan Melodrama right around the
corner at the Biograph instead of going across town to see
Shirley Temple in Little Miss Marker at the Marbro. As
determined previously, Dillinger was accompanied by Polly
and Anna. Once they knew that Dillinger was in the theater,
the lead agent, Samuel P. Cowley , contacted J. Edgar
Hoover for instructions, who recommended that they wait
outside rather than risk a gun battle in a crowded theater.
He also told the agents not to put themselves in harm's
way and that any man could open fire on Dillinger at the
first sign of resistance. When the film let out, Purvis [86]
stood by the front door and signaled Dillinger's exit by
lighting a cigar. Both he and the other agents reported that
Dillinger turned his head and looked directly at the agent
as he walked by, glanced across the street, then moved
ahead of his female companions, reached into his pocket
but failed to extract his gun, [5] :353 and ran into a nearby
alley.[82] Other accounts state Dillinger ignored a
command to surrender, whipped out his gun, then headed
for the alley. Agents already had the alley closed off, but
Dillinger was determined to shoot it out. [87]
Three men fired shots: Clarence Hurt fired twice, Charles
Winstead fired three times, and Herman Hollis fired once.
Dillinger was hit from behind and he fell face first to the
ground.[88] Two female bystanders, Theresa Paulas and
Etta Natalsky, took slight flesh wounds in the legs and
buttocks from flying bullet and brick fragments. Dillinger
bumped into Natalsky just as the shooting commenced.
[16][82] Dillinger was struck four times, with two bullets
grazing him, one cut a superficial hole in his right side,
and the fatal shot - which entered Dillinger through the
back of his neck, severed his spinal cord and tore through
his brain before exiting out the front of his head just under
his right eye, severing two sets of veins and arteries. [3]
Although three agents shot Dillinger, Winstead was
believed to have fired the fatal shot, and he received a
personal letter of commendation from Director Hoover

Re: John Diliger !!!!! The Most Baddass American Gangster Ever!!! by whizjay(m): 9:46am On Sep 05, 2014
God..

I thank you for my life....
I thank you for Ops life....

Father,
I thank you all the NLanders who would be able to finish reading this... Reward them.
Also I thank you for 'copy and paste' it has made life easier for us, especially Op.

For this I say may your name be highly exulted IJN!
Amen.
Re: John Diliger !!!!! The Most Baddass American Gangster Ever!!! by Leetunechi: 9:53am On Sep 05, 2014
Women has always be man's destruction right from time..if abraham had listened to God...instead of sarah


Shekau for be catholic priest !
Re: John Diliger !!!!! The Most Baddass American Gangster Ever!!! by hatux: 9:57am On Sep 05, 2014
shocked grin grin
Re: John Diliger !!!!! The Most Baddass American Gangster Ever!!! by ahkenaten(m): 12:06pm On Sep 05, 2014
whizjay: God..

I thank you for my life....
I thank you for Ops life....

Father,
I thank you all the NLanders who would be able to finish reading this... Reward them.
Also I thank you for 'copy and paste' it has made life easier for us, especially Op.

For this I say may your name be highly exulted IJN!
Amen.




grin
Re: John Diliger !!!!! The Most Baddass American Gangster Ever!!! by ahkenaten(m): 12:07pm On Sep 05, 2014
Leetunechi: Women has always be man's destruction right from time..if abraham had listened to God...instead of sarah


Shekau for be catholic priest !





adam and eve nko??





samson and delilah too....




na God go save us.

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