John Dillinger
1933 - 1934
Illinois, Indiana
Led the Dillinger Gang, which allegedly robbed 24 banks and 4 police stations; allegedly killed by law enforcement
John Dillinger was Fictional
by Miles Mathis
First published February 13, 2022
http://mileswmathis.com/dilli2.pdf
NEW PAPER, added 2/13/22, John Dillinger was Fictional. And the whole gang!
PAPER UPDATE, added 2/28/22, John Dillinger was Fictional. I have now linked Babyface Nelson to Napoleon and the Holy Roman Emperor. See p. 3.
Oh my! I will need to go back through this a few more times. My father’s family was from Indianapolis. There are family stories...allegedly Baby face Nelson’s grandmother lived in my grandparents neighborhood. Every time the gang did a robbery, the neighborhood knew because the cops/FBI? Would come search the neighborhood just in case Nelson used his grandma’s house to hide.
Another family story is that my grandfather knew Dillinger, had known him for many, many years. Him knowing gangsters is completely possible since my grandpa was the guy who kept all the booze runners vehicles running well (and sometimes well hidden) during prohibition.
Anyway, family story...after Dillinger is allegedly gunned down, grandpa goes to Dillinger’s family’s house to offer his condolences. The way I heard the story it was John’s mom’s house. While grandpa is sitting there in the living room with her, Dillinger walks from the kitchen, looks at grandpa, says “Hi Jennings,” then goes into the bathroom and shuts the door. My grandfather’s middle name was Jennings. Only his closest friends from his youth/young adult days called him Jennings.
I have zero proof of any of this, however, I do have a few old photos of my grandfather & his friends from when they were young. One of them looks exactly like Dillinger. I need to dig out those photos and go back through them.