The document sold for $34,270 at auction.
A young John Dillinger lurked behind a building under the cover of night, lying in wait for the 65-year-old grocer he planned to rob in Mooresville, Indiana — roughly 20 miles southwest of Indianapolis. In Dillinger's hands was a heavy bolt the 21-year-old machinist had wrapped in a handkerchief to beat the grocer into submission. Failing that, he was armed with a revolver.
So goes the written account Dillinger signed and gave to authorities as an inmate at the Indiana reformatory in September 1924, a document that sold Wednesday for $34,270, according to a release byThe attempted holdup fell apart quickly, according to the signed confession, and led to Dillinger's first serious conviction in Indiana 10 years before the notorious outlaw was named 'Public Enemy Number 1' by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI.
He then turned and grabbed a revolver which I held in my hand. The gun was discharged when I jerked it away from him the bullet entering the ground. We then ran. I was arrested as a suspect at my father's home the following day. At first I denied any connection with the crime, but later admitted my guilt. I am guilty as charged.If Dillinger expected to receive a light sentence by pleading guilty, he was sadly mistaken.
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