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John Dillinger was a believer in the quick strike — one of his accomplices would stand in a bank doorway counting the seconds off while the rest of the gang would loot for as long as their plan allowed. He used high-powered cars and modern weapons, preplanned escape routes, "safe houses," and information regarding police activity obtained from a network of informants to elude his pursuers. He was very good at staying one step ahead of the law, or, when they were able to catch up, to take another, often dramatic step ahead. His escape from a small army of local and FBI agents who had almost surrounded the Little Bohemia Lodge near Rhinelander, Wisconsin, not only embarrassed the government but may have convinced Congress to pass ten of the twelve anticrime bills for which the administration had been struggling for approval. Every twist and...
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