Two infamous members of the gang, John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson, were shot and killed by law enforcement officers in separate incidents. Led by John Dillinger, the Dillinger Gang was a notorious group of Midwest bank robbers. Patrolman William O'Malley was shot and killed after responding to an armed robbery at the First National Bank of East Chicago. Dillinger, John Hamilton and the rest of his gang rob the First National Bank of $20,000, during which Hamilton is wounded and Patrolman William Patrick O'Malley is killed. PINSKER: In January of 1934, while robbing a bank in nearby East Chicago, Ind., Dillinger shot and killed police officer William Patrick O'Malley. From September 1933 until July 1934, he and his violent gang terrorized the Midwest, killing 10 men, wounding seven others, robbing banks and police arsenals, and staging three jail breaks. O'Malley's descendants say his body had 18 bullet holes in it. Patrolman O'Malley served two years with the department and was survived by his wife and three daughters. Dillinger was extradited to Indiana, arraigned for his January 15 murder of Indiana police officer William Patrick O’Malley, and held at Crown Point prison. As the offenders were leaving the bank, shots were exchanged with officers by the suspects using Thompson submachine guns before they fled the scene with $20,376. Cops Cycling for Survivors Foundation. Dillinger was eventually extradited to Indiana to face changes for the murder. When Lake County, Indiana, officials heard of Dillinger’s capture, they made plans to arraign him for the murder of Officer O’Malley. John Dillinger was uninjured as he was wearing a bullet-resistant vest. Dillinger robbed the First National Bank of East Chicago Indiana. During the getaway Patrolman William O'Malley fired shots at Dillinger only to have them bounce off the bulletproof vest the outlaw was wearing. Forgey said another reason Crown Point kept … all 17 Reflections, Reflections Terms of Use (revised 5/31/2012), View, edit or delete any Reflection you've left in the past. Indiana State Trooper Eugene Orville Teague, East Chicago Patrolman Francis Lloyd Mulvihill. Want even more control of your Reflection? (SOUNDBITE OF CELL DOOR OPENING) Create a free ODMP account now for these benefits: Create an account for more options, or use this form to leave a Reflection now. His trail date had been set for March 12, 1934. "Dillinger" is the film, we may speculate, that John Milius was born to make: violent, tough, filled with guns and blood. Despite being mortally wounded, allegedly by John Dillinger, Patrolman O'Malley returned fire multiple times. Hammond Times, Hammond Indiana January 17, 1934 Thousands Pay Tribute To Officer Wm. The robbery was being committed by members of The Dillinger Gang. Dillinger would break out of the Crown Point, Indiana jail on March 3, 1934. The biggest disagreement in defining Dillinger centers on the 1934 robbery of the First National Bank in East Chicago. As the offenders were leaving the bank, shots were exchanged by the suspects before they fled the scene. Dillinger was charged with killing police officer William O'Malley, 43, during a bank robbery in East Chicago, Indiana on Jan. 15, 1934. O'Malley was shot down during the First National Bank robbery in East Chicago, Indiana. This was the first bank robbery committed by the Dillinger Gang in which a law enforcement officer was killed. Dillinger was awaiting trial for the murder of police officer Willliam Patrick O’Malley when Dillinger robbed the First National Bank of East Chicago on Jan. 15, 1934. Dillinger had been caught in Arizona and flown back to Indiana to be tried for the murder of patrolman William O'Malley, 43. The entire city mourns the death of Officer O'Malley who was an old steel man here as well as in Hegewisch. Ten days later Dillinger, Clark, Frechette, Kinder, Makley, and Pierpont were captured in a hotel in Tucson, Arizona. But the case never went to trial. Jan. 15, 1934 - Dillinger is shot several times during a bank robbery in chicago by officer William O'Malley. Indiana health department spokeswoman Jeni O’Malley said that based on the permit, the agency expects Dillinger’s body will be exhumed and reinterred on Sept. 16 — the date listed on the document. Jan. 25. 1934 - The Dillinger gang is arrested in Arizona. As the offenders were leaving the bank, shots were exchanged by the suspects before they fled the scene. On March 3, 1934, John Dillinger disproved the claim definitively. Likewise, Dillinger gang member Eddie Green is shown being killed in the getaway; in fact Green was killed in March 1934. Dillinger and his gang escaped to Arizona, where he was arrested and extradited to this county jail in Crown Point. In the chaotic shootout, Dillinger himself shot and killed a police officer, William Patrick O'Malley. Dillinger introduced himself as Jimmy Lawrence and said he was a clerk at the Board of Trade. It was the first Dillinger Gang killing of a law enforcement officer and the only death ever attributed to John Dillinger himself. Dillinger was captured in Tucson, Arizona on January 21 and extradited to Indiana where he would later make his infamous escape from the Lake County Jail on March 3. In 1934, Dillinger was arrested for the murder of a Patrolman William Patrick O'Malley and infamously escaped from the allegedly impenetrable jail in Crown Point taking guards hostage with a … John Dillinger, 30 and John 'Red' Hamilton, 34, were both indicted for first-degree murder in perpetration of a robbery on January 26, 1934. Milius is the hot young screenwriter whose credits to date include "Jeremiah Johnson" and "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean." 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