John Herbert Dillinger was born on June 22, 1903 in the Oak Hill section of
Indianapolis, a middle-class residential neighborhood. Dillinger, whose name once dominated the headlines, was a notorious and vicious thief. From September 1933 until July 1934, he and his violent gang terrorized the Midwest, killing 10 men, wounding 7 others, robbing banks and police arsenals, and staging 3 jail breaks killing a sheriff during one and wounding 2 guards in another.
