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Dillinger gang... Harry Pierpont sentenced to death...
Dillinger gang... Harry Pierpont sentenced to death...
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March 11, 1934
THE NEW YORK TIMES, from New York, dated March 11, 1934.
* Harry Pierpont death sentence
* John Dillinger gang
This 50+ page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include:
* DILLINGER AIDE DOOMED TO CHAIR
* Pierpont Is Convicted by Ohio Jury of Killing Sheriff Jail rescue of Chief
* DILLINGER HUNT SPURRED
and more.
Other news of the day throughout. Rag edition in great condition.
source: wikipedia: The fun was soon over on January 15, 1934, when John Dillinger, Red Hamilton, and Harry Pierpont robbed a bank in East Chicago, Indiana. Pierpont waited in the car while the other two emerged with the money and hostages. Responding to the alarm, Patrolman William O'Malley rushed up shooting. The bullets were stopped by Dillinger's vest, and he gunned the officer down with a machine gun burst. Heading out west to lay low, Pierpont, Dillinger, Makley, and Clark ended up in Tucson, Arizona. Flush with cash and careless, the gang made several minor mistakes which led to their being recognized and captured, one by one, on January 25, 1934. All four men and their girlfriends were extradited back to the Midwest; Dillinger to Indiana, the other three to Ohio to stand trial for the murder of Sheriff Sarber. Testimony by Shouse, one of the first members of Dillinger gang, [1] helped convict the others. In early March 1934, Harry Pierpont, Charles Makley, and Russell Clark were convicted of his murder. Pierpont and Makley got the death penalty, while Clark got a life sentence.
After Dillinger stunned the country by breaking out of the jail at Crown Point, Indiana with a wooden gun on March 3, 1934, it was suspected that he would try to break his pals out of the death house in Columbus, Ohio. Elaborate precautions were taken to keep Pierpont and Makley locked up. With Dillinger's death at the hands of the FBI on July 22, 1934, and time running out for them, Harry Pierpont and Charles Makley resorted to other means to get off of death row. They would try to duplicate their old friend's feat.
The two men carved phony pistols out of cakes of soap and made their move on September 22, 1934, brandishing the toys, they managed to get out of their cells and to the main door of the death house before rifle-wielding guards opened fire. Makley was killed outright and Pierpont was riddled with bullets. Although he survived, he was seriously injured. Still suffering from injuries incurred during his attempted escape, he was carried to the electric chair and executed on October 17, 1934.
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