USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

AMERICAN ORGANIZED CRIME OF THE 1920S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who escaped from jail twice?
A
John Dillinger
B
Al Capone
C
Bonnie Parker
D
Babyface Nelson
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -John Herbert Dillinger (/ˈdɪlɪndʒər/; June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American gangster during the Great Depression. He led the Dillinger Gang, which was accused of robbing 24 banks and four police stations. Dillinger was imprisoned several times and escaped twice.

Detailed explanation-2: -September 26: Using guns smuggled in by Dillinger, ten men escape from the Indiana State Prison. Among them are Harry Pierpont, Charles Makley, John Hamilton, Walter Dietrich, and Russell Clark, who will later form the Dillinger gang. October 12: Pierpont, Makley, and Clark free Dillinger from jail in Lima, Ohio.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dillinger was paroled in 1933 and began a crime spree across the Midwest, stealing more than $300, 000 in the course of a year until he was gunned down by the FBI in 1934 outside a Chicago theater.

Detailed explanation-4: -Anna Sage and Polly Hamilton were with John Dillinger the night he was killed. Sage, the legendary “Woman in Red, ” was actually wearing an orange skirt and white blouse. Born in Romania in 1892, she immigrated to America in 1909 with her first husband, Michael Chiolak.

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