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A) From where did John Dillinger make his infamous "fake gun" escape ? Whose car (title and name) did he steal to make his getaway ?

B) Outside what theater was John Dillinger shot ?

C) What movie had Dillinger gone to see on the night he was killed ?

D) What was the name of the "not-so-aptly-nicknamed" Lady in Red who helped the FBI to nab John Dillinger ?
 
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On March 3, 1934, Dillinger escaped from the "escape-proof" (as it was dubbed by local authorities at the time) Crown Point, Indiana county jail which was guarded by many police and national guardsmen. Dillinger apparently escaped using a hand-carved bar of soap shaped like a gun , although this was disputed by some witnesses.

Dillinger further embarrassed the town, as well as then-42-year-old Sheriff Lillian Holley, by driving off in her brand new V-8 Ford. The press augmented her chagrin with such headlines as: "Slim woman, mother of twins, controlled Dillinger as sheriff."[3]

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Dillinger's last day of freedom was July 22, 1934. Dillinger attended the film Manhattan Melodrama (coincidentally, a gangster film) at the Biograph Theater in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago.

Dillinger was with his girlfriend, Polly Hamilton, and Ana Cumpanas (a.k.a. Anna Sage), who was facing deportation charges for running a brothel. Sage had worked out a deal with Purvis and the FBI to set up an ambush for Dillinger in exchange for dropping the deportation charges against her. When they exited the air-conditioned theater that hot summer night, Sage tipped off the FBI agents, who opened fire as Dillinger ran, drawing his weapon, killing him. Dillinger was struck three times, twice in the chest, one actually nicking his heart, and the fatal shot, which entered the back of his neck and exited just under his right eye.
 
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Quite right on all accounts !

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