Hiding out in Tucson The Dillinger Gang

issued on june 23, 1934; authorized homer s. cummings, u.s. attorney general.



the old lobby of hotel congress built in 1919 , associated john dillinger. hotel located @ 303-311 e. congress st. in tucson, az.

on january 21, 1934, fire broke out @ hotel congress in tucson members of dillinger gang staying. forced leave luggage behind, rescued through window , down fire truck ladder. makley , clark tipped several firemen $12 (each, according bureau report) climb , retrieve luggage, affording firefighters @ several members of dillinger s gang. 1 of them, william benedict, later recognized makley, pierpont, , ed shouse while thumbing through copy of true detective , informed police, traced makley s luggage 927 north second avenue. officers tucson police department went address on afternoon of january 25, , there arrested clark after struggle. found him in possession of $1,264.70 in cash.

makley followed grabbe electric & radio store on congress street, looking @ radio capable of picking police calls, , apprehended there. had $794.09 of cash in possession.

to capture pierpont, police staged routine traffic stop , lured him police station, took him surprise , arrested him. there $99.81 recovered in pierpont s personal effects , $3,116.20 on mary kinder.

dillinger last 1 taken, caught when returned bungalow clark captured. had $7,175.44 in possession, including notes robbery of first national bank in east chicago, a000919 through a001107. these amounts, along leather money bag found, totaled on $25,000 in cash, cache of machine guns , several automatic weapons. men extradited midwest after debate between prosecutors gang prosecuted first. governor compromised, , ordered dillinger extradited lake county jail in crown point officer o malley s murder in east chicago bank robbery, while pierpont, makley , clark sent ohio stand trial sheriff sarber s murder. shouse s testimony @ march 1934 trials of pierpont, makley , clark led 3 men being convicted. pierpont , makley received death penalty, while clark received life sentence. on september 22, makley shot dead guards when , pierpont attempted escape fake pistols carved bars of soap , painted black shoe polish. pierpont wounded, , executed on october 17. clark released in 1968, dying of cancer few months later.

dillinger flown douglas airport, tucson, midway airport, chicago on course of 2 days. lake county chief deputy carroll holley (sheriff lillian holley s nephew), , east chicago chief of police nick makar escorting outlaw, plane departed tucson @ 11:14 p.m. on monday, january 29. after stops in douglas, az (plane change), el paso, abilene, dallas (another plane change), fort worth, little rock , memphis (another plane change, ford tri-motor), there yet stop in st. louis, chicago times reporter/photographer sol davis boarded aircraft , obliged dillinger take few photos , ask questions. after while, growing weary of questions , being photographed, outlaw told davis, go away , let me sleep. dillinger s brutal flight schedule ended @ 6 p.m. january 30 when plane touched down @ midway. waiting him on ground 32 heavily armed chicago policemen. 13-car caravan consisting of 29 troopers indiana ready escort dillinger crown point, 30 miles away, tried o malley killing.