The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-04
DILLINGER PAID
$4,000, CLAIMS
STATE OFFICIAL
Wooden Gun in Indianapolis,
Father OF Slain
Outlaw Admits.
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"a MS NoD4eu pistol DlaCh, MI. LUZ
charges.
With the aid OF his accompice
according 20 Mr. Lutzs version. Dill
linger got out Of his cell The rest
was easy because OF the laMty OF
the guards. ne saws. Dillinger mere
lv scared the turkeys with MS
whitfield pistol and seized the real
weapons which had been left about
carelessly by the large force Of spe-
Ciai deputies hired especially 70
guard DluInger. Mr.. Lutz continues
When Dillinger got out OF the
cell. Mr. Lutz declares. he knocked
the wooden pistol against the cell
door and turning 70 the frightened
Jail guards said. Boys. did It with
this"
II Dillinger did pay $4,000 10 buy
his way out Of the Crown Point
jail. the desperado. according TO
Captain Matt Leach Of the state
police. must have been about broke
when he was killed IN Chicago.
II Just Doesn't Pay
From figures supplied by the ban
dit himself after his arrest IN Day
ton. o. last August, Captain Leach
demonstrated IN dollars and cents
why crime doesn't pay.
III show you Indiana's big shot
criminal IN terms Of cold, hard
cash" said the man who led the
hunt for the desperate in Indiana
After his capture in Dayton. Dill
unger told me that his share of the
loot Of the Massachusetts, Avenue
bank hOldup in Indianapolis was
$500. A total OF $4,000 was stolen
from the bank and split three ways
i also learned from Dillinger that
he got 81 600 from the robbery Of a
bank in Daleville. O., in which three
men participated and $1,000 was
stolen. OF the $1,000 loot in Mont
peler. o., Dillinger got $500: OF
the $4,000 robbery at the Bluffton
O.. bank his share was $1,000. Four
men did that job
Says Figures Are Right.
With three other men Dillinger
held up the New Carlisle. o., bank
stealing $4,000" said Leach. Dill
fingers share was only 81 500
Il know these figures to be right.
said Captain Leach. but we will
have To make a guess at some OF the
other sums realized by Dillinger be
cause when I next saw him after
his capture at Tucson he refused TO
talk about any Of his professional
work.
But using the same division of
spoils I think 1 can nearly approx
mate what Dillinger's share would
amount TO.
For cample $4,000 in cash was
stolen from the GreencaStle. Ind
bank. Five men including Pierpont
and Dillinger did The job. I figure
Dilinger's share was 5000. At St
Mary's. o.. Charles Makley'S home
town. the gang robbed a bank get
ting $4,000. The loot was split five
ways. and giving Dillinger a little
the b ter IN his share, let's say
that he &C. $1,000.
Received Same Amount
"The same five men under Dill
fingers leadership held up a bank
at Pacine. Wis. and stole $4,000
Let's say Dillnger's share was $4,000
It's couldn't be much more because
NIakley, PierpOnt and Clark really
were Co-leaderS of the gang with
Dnlinger and got about the same
amount as he.
In the robbery OF the East Chi
Cago. Ind, bank Dillinger took only
one man with him-John Hamilton
That Job marked the murder of De-
tective Pat OMalley, a pal of mine
who left a wife and five children.
In that job. Dillinger and Ham
ilton GOT SIS 900 which was split two
WAYS. I'm sure Add those figure:
I'D and YOU will find that Dillinger
share in all the bank rObberies
have mentioned was about $4,000 il
cash.
In the rObberieS at St. MaryS. o.
and GreencaStle. Ind, and possibly
one or two others the Dillinger gang
stole about $4,000 in bonds. Out OF
that sum. I know from my inveSti-
CATION. that the gang only got
$4,000. OF course the bonds coulC
not be sold at their face value anc
the fence got the lions share
about $4,000.
Bond Share $1,000
All right. Again giving Johnnie
the benefit of the doubt. Let's say
that his share OF the bond money
was over $1,000. That would give hin
a total Of about $4,000 less 50 .5Ot
which he paid out IN attorneys fee!
during his stay in the Lima. O.. jail
That gives him 4 working capital o
$4,000. Remember his only income
came from his bank jobs.
Then the gang went 10 Tucson
Ariz.. where Dillinger and his pal
were captured. Sixteen THOUSAND
dollars was taken from Dillinger OF
that occasion. That brings his shar,
IN the sum stolen from banks dow
10 SO. 800.
After DillinCer escaped from
Crown Point Jail the gang robbed (
bank at Mason City. Ia. from which
Dillinger. learned. received $4,000
~DIlinger personally bought ST.
new automobiles. each costing NOR
than $1,000. Let's say his auto oil
was $4,000. That leaves his capita
at $4,000. II cost Dillinger at leas
500 q week 10 live, counting gas
clothes. rents. etc. His living eX
penSeS for the year must then have
been SIC. 400. That leaves a granC
total remaining OF $1,000.
$1,000 for a Doctor
If DIlinger took part in the rob
berry az the South Bend bank las
mOnth-whlch I personally doubt
where S26. 900 vas taken by five men
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