IS OUT AGAIN
Desperado John Dllllnger sat in
his cell at the Lake County jail in
Crown Point, Ind„ whittling as he
awaited trial for killing a police
man. The midwest's craftiest bad
man was behind the bars. But
Saturday, March 3, a guard looked
into the business end of a "pistol"
and was ordered by Dillinger to
"unlock." Grabbing the guard's re
volver, Dillinger clapped him in
the cell and turned the key. "Ha,
ha!” he laughed. "L <J|d it with
a wooden gun.” He had'whittled
his way to freedom. ’
With a negro cellmate, Dillinger
then raided the warden's office,
took two machine guns and forced
a deputy sheriff to join them as
they retreated through the jail
kitchen and out to ' the garage.
They stole the speediest car and
roared away, releasing the hostage
at Peotone, 111. Apparently Dil
linger hovered near Chicago for
several days after the break.
He was reported seen in Schiller
Park, IH, and Maccm City, la. He
fled a trap at St. Paul on March
31, probably wounded by officers'
fire. Carthage, 111., was believed
his next stop—then Noblesville,
Ind. With typical audacity he had
Sunday dinner with his father
near Mooresville, Ind., April 8, but
the news didn't leak out for several
days. Meanwhile he bobbed up in
Warsaw, Ind., to steal arms and
bullet-proof vests from the police
station. He was reported in
Brownsburg, Ind., and South Bend.
His trail was getting hotter.
