John Dillinger, the son of a farmer, was born in Indianapolis on
28th June, 1902. The family moved to Mooresville where he developed
a reputation as a rebellious youth. He joined the United States
Navy in 1923 but deserted after only a few months. He returned to
Mooresville where in September 1924 he robbed a local grocer of
$555. He was arrested and convicted and sent to Michigan City State
Prison.
Released in May, 1933, Dillinger was released on parole and with
two other ex-convicts, John Hamilton and Harry Pierpont, they began
robbing banks in Indiana and Ohio. Dillinger was arrested and
jailed at Lima. In October, Hamilton and Pierpont broke into the
Lima Prison and freed Dillinger. This escape caused a national
sensation. Dillinger's obtained more publicity when his gang broke
into two Indiana police stations to obtain fresh supplies of guns
and bullet-proof vests.
On 23rd October the Dillinger gang robbed the Central National
Bank of $75,000. The following month the gang got $27,000 from the
American Bank in Racine. In early January 1934, they robbed another
bank in East Chicago, Indiana, and during a gun-fight, killed a
police officer.
Dillinger and his gang were arrested in Tucson, Arizona, and
imprisoned in Chicago. However, while waiting to be tried for
murder at Crown Point Prison, on 3rd March, 1934, Dillinger escaped
from prison. With a new gang, including Baby Face Nelson, Dillinger
robbed banks in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The Chicago police persuaded Anna Sage, a local prostitute, to
befriend Dillinger and lead him into a trap. On 22nd July, 1934,
Sage, known as the "Lady in Red", went to the Biograph Theatre. As
Dillinger left the theatre, a team of police officers were waiting
for him. One of them called out "John" and as he turned round the
officers opened fire and Dillinger was killed in a hail of
bullets.
Always beware of those ground critters that would like to bite
you. This area is their home and not friendly in the summer time
when they are out and about.
Since this area is hard to get around, it may be beneficial to
use your tracking option in your gps to find your way back out. It
will be a big area to walk or you can drive and walk (if you have
clearance) but not only just drive to all these caches in the
series. And using Google Earth will not be 100% beneficial either.
The photos are very old and are not what they show. Things have
grown considerably since the photos were taken. What looks like
roads are now over grown. It will be a challenge to get around and
find these caches and not everyone will conquer this challenge.
Even though all the caches in this series are film containers,
they should be easy to find since all are either in a pile of
rocks, duh, plenty of those around, or some other identifiable item
to help locate them. Please do not make it hard for the next cacher
by hiding it better than you found. Since it is out in the expanse,
I do not want these to be any harder to find then they already are
and I want everyone to find them that ventures out. The trick, is
however, to get where the caches are.