The Associated Press
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — John Dillinger's escapades in Ohio aren't part of the new movie "Public Enemies" even though his rise from small-town robber to America's most wanted man can be traced to the state.Dillinger began a string of bank holdups in Ohio during the summer of 1933 and made a daring jail escape there a few months later.
The movie that opened last week starring Johnny Depp focuses on the gang's crime spree through the Midwest along with Dillinger's fatal shooting by FBI agents outside a Chicago theater.
Dillinger was far from a household name before three members of his gang killed a sheriff in a Lima (LEYE'-muh), Ohio jail break.
John Carnes, a curator at the Allen County Museum in Lima, says everybody knew about Dillinger after that.
Published 7/11/09 by
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