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Dillinger-First National Bank of East Chicago

Demolished by the evil corporation known as Walgreens, just what we needed, another drugstore!!!

On January 15, 1934, John Dillinger and his gang robbed the First National Bank of Chicago of $20,000. A policeman named O'Malley was killed in this robbery. Dillinger was arrested for this murder and sent to a jail in Crown Point Indiana. It was from this "escape proof" Crown Point jail that Dillinger escaped using a gun fashioned out of the top of a washboard (not soap).

On July 27, 1934, the "Lady in Red" lured John Dillinger to the Biograph Theater in Chicago where he was shot to death as he left. At least they haven't demolished the Biograph, it's currently the home of the Victory Gardens Theater.

Address: 720 West Chicago Avenue

Directions: Downtown East Chicago, NE corner of Indianapolis Blvd. and Chicago Avenue

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