I stole
from the bankers
who
stole from the people.
Harry (“Pete”) Pierpont
Member, Dillinger Gang
If it hadn’t been for Harry Pierpont, John Dillinger may never have become a “Public Enemy.”
If it hadn’t been for Indiana’s Pendleton Reformatory, the two pals might have never met.
If it hadn’t been for a prison in Michigan City, Dillinger may not have learned Pierpont’s bank-robbing skills.
And ... if it hadn’t been for Dillinger’s bank-robbing skills, he might have failed to become the Depression-era’s “most wanted man” (whom Americans secretly, or openly, admired).
But ... this is not a story about might-have-beens. It’s a story about what was - and what became of a group of gangsters who helped give birth to the FBI.
Author: Carole D. Bos, J.D.
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