JULY 22, 1934
John Dillinger's death
The brazen bank robber, betrayed by "The Woman in Red," is gunned down in a North side alley.
 The scene on Lincoln Avenue shortly after Dillinger died in a shootout. He and two women had seen Manhattan Melodrama at the Biograph Theater. (Chicago Tribune / July 22, 1934) |
Twenty-three people died of the heat on this date, but the death that drew the most attention was that of a 31-year-old Indiana man who, on his birthday a month earlier, had been declared Public Enemy No. 1 by the FBI.
At the time of his death, handsome, daring bank robber John Herbert Dillinger was as famous as anyone in America. In little more than a year, Dillinger had robbed several banks, escaped from two jails, eluded police traps and killed at least one police officer.
Despite Justice Department rewards totaling $15,000, he had lived an unnoticed and relatively normal life on Chicago's North Side. He often had dinner at the Seminary Restaurant at Lincoln and Fullerton Avenues. He went to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field and pulled one of his trademark bravado stunts by saying hello to his lawyer, who was chatting with a police officer.
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