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Many mistakes were made at first, and for the bureau the possibility of failure was always real and just a step away. The shooting of three innocent bystanders during the attempted capture of John Dillinger at the Little Bohemia Lodge, as well as the horribly excessive violence used to flush a wanted bank robber out of a New York City tenement that left the structure in flames and the FBI's relationship with one of the nation's largest police departments in shambles, raised serious questions regarding the bureau's readiness to assume the duties given it. Quietly, secretly, Hoover recruited men with extensive histories in local law enforcement — twofisted, hard-nosed lawmen who made up in their skills as manhunters what they lacked in polish and sophistication. (One of the "hired guns," as they became known within the bureau, was Clarence Hurt, a former chief of detectives in...
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