Comments on: Due Dillinger: A Look Back at America’s Classic Bankrobber, Part Two http://greathistory.com/due-dillinger-a-look-back-at-americas-classic-bankrobber-part-two.htm The Best Blogging in History Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:44:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Paul Davis http://greathistory.com/due-dillinger-a-look-back-at-americas-classic-bankrobber-part-two.htm/comment-page-1#comment-3174 Paul Davis Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:01:58 +0000 http://greathistory.com/?p=412#comment-3174 Ernest Blunk, a deputy sheriff at the Crown Point jail stated that Dillinger used a real gun to escape and I've read other accounts that claim the same thing as well. However, upon rereading the section of the Crown Point jail break in Bryan Burrough's "Public Enemies," I see that he offers conflicting views on the subject, including John Toland's idea that Dillinger used both a wooden replica and a real gun. As Burrough notes in his book, "the truth is lost to history." I like Woody Allen's take on the subject in his film "Take the Money and Run." While in jail Allen craves a gun out of a bar of soap and then colors it black with shoe polish. But when he takes a guard outside it is raining and the gun made from soap starts to bubble and melt. Very funny scene, I thought. Thanks for asking the question. Paul Davis Ernest Blunk, a deputy sheriff at the Crown Point jail stated that Dillinger used a real gun to escape and I’ve read other accounts that claim the same thing as well.

However, upon rereading the section of the Crown Point jail break in Bryan Burrough’s “Public Enemies,” I see that he offers conflicting views on the subject, including John Toland’s idea that Dillinger used both a wooden replica and a real gun.

As Burrough notes in his book, “the truth is lost to history.”

I like Woody Allen’s take on the subject in his film “Take the Money and Run.” While in jail Allen craves a gun out of a bar of soap and then colors it black with shoe polish.

But when he takes a guard outside it is raining and the gun made from soap starts to bubble and melt. Very funny scene, I thought.

Thanks for asking the question.

Paul Davis

]]> By: kristian http://greathistory.com/due-dillinger-a-look-back-at-americas-classic-bankrobber-part-two.htm/comment-page-1#comment-3144 kristian Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:31:01 +0000 http://greathistory.com/?p=412#comment-3144 "Legend has it that Dillinger broke out of jail with a gun carved from a block of wood, but in fact a bribed official gave him a gun" Do you have a verifiable source for that? “Legend has it that Dillinger broke out of jail with a gun carved from a block of wood, but in fact a bribed official gave him a gun”

Do you have a verifiable source for that?

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