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Did John Dillinger die in a hail of FBI bullets outside of the Biograph Theater in 1934, or did he escape and fade into obscurity.
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Was the Man Shot that Night Dillinger?
Questions have been raised as to whether the man killed that night was actually John Dillinger. Respected crime writer Jay Robert Nash contends that the dead man was actually a petty criminal named Jimmy Lawrence. In 1970 Nash along with Ron Offen wrote a book, Dillinger: Dead or Alive which explores in depth this theory.
The corpse of the man shot that night bore some discrepancies to Dillinger’s physical description. The corpse had a different eye color than Dillinger’s, appeared to be shorter and heavier, and lacked some of his known scars. The dead man also had a chronic heart condition, while Dillinger was very athletic. This and other discrepancies leads Nash to speculate that the FBI had been duped into shooting the wrong man and then had covered up their mistake.
Nash believes the incident was the result of an underworld scheme to allow Dillinger to escape into obscurity. Jimmy Lawrence was a small-time hood with known mob connections who bore a close resemblance to Dillinger. He may have been an unknowing pawn in the trap, or volunteered willingly because of his heart condition
Questions have been raised as to whether the man killed that night was actually John Dillinger. Respected crime writer Jay Robert Nash contends that the dead man was actually a petty criminal named Jimmy Lawrence. In 1970 Nash along with Ron Offen wrote a book, Dillinger: Dead or Alive which explores in depth this theory.
The corpse of the man shot that night bore some discrepancies to Dillinger’s physical description. The corpse had a different eye color than Dillinger’s, appeared to be shorter and heavier, and lacked some of his known scars. The dead man also had a chronic heart condition, while Dillinger was very athletic. This and other discrepancies leads Nash to speculate that the FBI had been duped into shooting the wrong man and then had covered up their mistake.
Nash believes the incident was the result of an underworld scheme to allow Dillinger to escape into obscurity. Jimmy Lawrence was a small-time hood with known mob connections who bore a close resemblance to Dillinger. He may have been an unknowing pawn in the trap, or volunteered willingly because of his heart condition
Read more at Suite101: Did John Dillinger Die at the Biograph Theater?: Controversy over the Death of Public Enemy #1 criminals-outlaws.suite101.com/article.cfm/did_john_dillinger_die_at_the_biograph_theater#ixzz0lEJuPx4m