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Crime Files

Timeline

22 June 1903 - John Dillinger born in Indianapolis6 September 1924 - Dillinger’s first crime. Assault on grocery owner22 May 1933 - Dillinger paroled from Indiana State Reformatory after nine years22 September 1933 - Dillinger helps 10 fellow prisoners escape from Indiana State prison12 October 1933 - Harry Pierpont, Charles Makley and Russell Clark paid a visit a visit to the Lima jail, before they left they had freed Dillinger and murdered the Sheriff15 January 1934 - Officer Patrick O’Malley shot and killed by Dillinger25 January 1934 - Dillinger, Pierpont, Makley and Clark are arrested in TucsonApril 1934 - Dillinger receives Public Enemy Number One accolade27 May 1934 - Dillinger undergoes plastic surgery25 January 1934 - Dillinger arrested second time22 July 1934 - Dillinger shot and killed outside Biograph cinema in Chicago