John Dillinger, without hat, and his gang pose for pictures during a reenactment of their arraignment during Dillinger Days in 2014.
While Dillinger sat in a Tucson jail, his father, John W. Dillinger Sr., 73 at the time, was lamenting his son's capture from Mooresville, Indiana.Â
"It's pretty hard to know your son will go back to prison, but I'm so glad he didn't try to shoot anybody or anybody tried to shoot him," Dillinger Sr. said in an interview with the Associated Press that ran in the Star. "I kind of hoped John would get out of the country before he got caught, but then maybe this way is best."
