Complex sentence: Attempting to elude federal agents, Nelson hid out in the isolated piny woods of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and to further bolster his new found status, he boasted of a plan that would equal John Dillinger's exploits, if not surpass them.
Split into simpler sentences: Attempting to elude federal agents, Nelson hid out in the isolated piny woods of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Nelson, bolstered by his new found status, boasted of a plan that would equal John Dillinger's exploits, if not surpass them.