The-Hangman
Jr. Member
New Info on Dillinger's Little Bohemia cache...
Greetings,
Re: Dillinger's Little Bohemia buried suitcase / cache.
I was looking at the posts under "Dillinger's Bullets" and just finished an article on Dillinger's Little Bohemia cache, that will appear in the annual edition of Treasure Cache / Treasure Facts magazine, 2007 issue. I found a small two-page supplemental DOI report from May 2 - 3rd, 1935 from the FBI Dillinger file. Supplemental reports are often overlooked in investigative files as they usually amount to an investigators notes / intel re: a subject who is of interest to investigators. The writer is not always directly involved with the case / investigation, as was true in this case. The special agent who wrote the supplemental report was documenting a telephone contact from an informant,
which placed Dillinger, Van Meter with a 3rd unknown male subject in Fort Wayne, Indiana on the night of May 2nd and departing on the afternoon of May 3rd. This is 10 days after the firefight at Little Bohemia, where legend claims
Dillinger buried the the suitcase full of cash. According to the informant Dillinger had in his possession a "suitcase full of money" that was opened and dumped in a nap sack and taken them the following day. Said informant also said he heard Dillinger and the other two men talk briefly about the gunfight at LB. He states Dillinger did cache ammunition behind the lodge when the gang first arrived at the lodge on the 20th. Once out the rear second story window Dillinger and the gang fled unopposed into the woods, where at some distance the men realized they were nearly out of ammo. The informant states Dillinger and at least one other went back in the direction of the lodge to retrieve the ammo cache which they did unnoticed. How they managed to accomplish this without alerting DOI agents is also explained in my story, and supported by the FBI records. The informant's information is considered highly credible as he had info. that was only known to Dillinger and his gang and those in law enforcement who were present when the gunfight broke out. He also gave the agent a figure that he overheard Dillinger mention which was the amount of money Dillinger had since he broke out of Crown Point. That figure was
$210,000. The figure is another boost for the informants credibility factor. Dillinger had $200,000 in small bills that he carried in a suitcase. Legend says it buried north 500 yards in the woods behind the LB lodge. Fact is Dillinger was in possession of that suitcase 10 days after the LB gunfight. The figure of $10,000 represents Dillinger's cut from the last bank job the gang did before the incident at LB. Based on the info. in this supplemental report I do not believe Dillinger ever buried the suitcase in the woods that night, but well needed the cash to make their get-a-way. The "cache legend" may or may not have stemmed from the ammunition that he hide behind the lodge two days before the shootout.
Happy Hunting
The Hangman
Greetings,
Re: Dillinger's Little Bohemia buried suitcase / cache.
I was looking at the posts under "Dillinger's Bullets" and just finished an article on Dillinger's Little Bohemia cache, that will appear in the annual edition of Treasure Cache / Treasure Facts magazine, 2007 issue. I found a small two-page supplemental DOI report from May 2 - 3rd, 1935 from the FBI Dillinger file. Supplemental reports are often overlooked in investigative files as they usually amount to an investigators notes / intel re: a subject who is of interest to investigators. The writer is not always directly involved with the case / investigation, as was true in this case. The special agent who wrote the supplemental report was documenting a telephone contact from an informant,
which placed Dillinger, Van Meter with a 3rd unknown male subject in Fort Wayne, Indiana on the night of May 2nd and departing on the afternoon of May 3rd. This is 10 days after the firefight at Little Bohemia, where legend claims
Dillinger buried the the suitcase full of cash. According to the informant Dillinger had in his possession a "suitcase full of money" that was opened and dumped in a nap sack and taken them the following day. Said informant also said he heard Dillinger and the other two men talk briefly about the gunfight at LB. He states Dillinger did cache ammunition behind the lodge when the gang first arrived at the lodge on the 20th. Once out the rear second story window Dillinger and the gang fled unopposed into the woods, where at some distance the men realized they were nearly out of ammo. The informant states Dillinger and at least one other went back in the direction of the lodge to retrieve the ammo cache which they did unnoticed. How they managed to accomplish this without alerting DOI agents is also explained in my story, and supported by the FBI records. The informant's information is considered highly credible as he had info. that was only known to Dillinger and his gang and those in law enforcement who were present when the gunfight broke out. He also gave the agent a figure that he overheard Dillinger mention which was the amount of money Dillinger had since he broke out of Crown Point. That figure was
$210,000. The figure is another boost for the informants credibility factor. Dillinger had $200,000 in small bills that he carried in a suitcase. Legend says it buried north 500 yards in the woods behind the LB lodge. Fact is Dillinger was in possession of that suitcase 10 days after the LB gunfight. The figure of $10,000 represents Dillinger's cut from the last bank job the gang did before the incident at LB. Based on the info. in this supplemental report I do not believe Dillinger ever buried the suitcase in the woods that night, but well needed the cash to make their get-a-way. The "cache legend" may or may not have stemmed from the ammunition that he hide behind the lodge two days before the shootout.
Happy Hunting
The Hangman
