Chicago, Illinois: Alley Where John Dillinger Was Gunned Down
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Victory Gardens Biograph Theater
- Address:
- 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL
- Directions:
- North side of the city. I-90/94 exit 47A, east on Fullerton Ave. for about two miles, then make a sharp left at the intersection of Fullerton, Lincoln Ave., and Halstead St., onto Lincoln Ave. The alley will be up a third of a block on the right, a few doors down from the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater.
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Alley Where John Dillinger Was Gunned Down
John Dillinger's crime career ended in this alley with a bullet that exited through his eyeball. No plaque or marker -- just the alley. Roadsideamerica.com Report... [05/02/2008]
John Dillinger's crime career ended in this alley with a bullet that exited through his eyeball. No plaque or marker -- just the alley. Roadsideamerica.com Report... [05/02/2008]
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Site where John Dillinger was shot dead On July 22, 1934, after attending the film "Manhattan Melodrama" with brothel madam known as Ann Sage, John Dillinger was shot dead outside the Biograph theater by FBI agents led by Melvin Purvis. Purvis ordered the man in the straw hat to surrender. [John Ruffalo, 05/22/2011]
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