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'''John Dillinger''' (1903-1934) was a gangster, murderer and bank-robber in the Depression-era [[United States]]<ref>http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/dillinger/dillinger.htm</ref>.

'''John Dillinger''' (1903-1934) was a gangster and bank-robber in the Depression-era [[United States]]<ref>http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/dillinger/dillinger.htm</ref>.

Dillinger was born into a middle-class family in [[Indianapolis]] but was a disturbed adolescent, getting into trouble with the police, and deserting the Navy after a short period of enlistment. In the mid 1920s he was convicted of a botched store robbery and served eight and a half years in prison. On his release in May 1933 he embarked on the criminal rampage that was to ensure his fame. He robbed a bank in Buffalo, Ohio, was arrested, and then 'sprung' from custody by associates in the course of which a sheriff was killed. After several further bank robberies (during which two police officers were killed) Dillinger and several associates were arrested in [[Tucson]], [[Arizona]], in January 1934; in March, he broke out of prison in [[Indiana]] using a fake gun (carved from wood) to take prison officers hostage. After an extensive search Dillinger was traced to [[Chicago]] through information provided by a Romanian brothel madam. In return for assistance in avoiding deportation she told police of a planned assignation with Dillinger at a local cinema and agreed to wear a red dress to identify the group. On 22 July Dillinger was shot dead by FBI agents on leaving the Biograph Theater, after he had drawn a gun on the approaching officers.

Dillinger was born into a middle-class family in [[Indianapolis]] but was a disturbed adolescent, getting into trouble with the police, and deserting the Navy after a short period of enlistment. In the mid 1920s he was convicted of a botched store robbery and served eight and a half years in prison. On his release in May 1933 he embarked on the criminal rampage that was to ensure his fame. He robbed a bank in Buffalo, Ohio, was arrested, and then 'sprung' from custody by associates in the course of which a sheriff was killed. After several further bank robberies (during which two police officers were killed) Dillinger and several associates were arrested in [[Tucson]], [[Arizona]], in January 1934; in March, he broke out of prison in [[Indiana]] using a fake gun (carved from wood) to take prison officers hostage. After an extensive search Dillinger was traced to [[Chicago]] through information provided by a Romanian brothel madam. In return for assistance in avoiding deportation she told police of a planned assignation with Dillinger at a local cinema and agreed to wear a red dress to identify the group. On 22 July Dillinger was shot dead by FBI agents on leaving the Biograph Theater, after he had drawn a gun on the approaching officers.