| Some Interesting Quotes On John Dillinger |
| "It's like the coroner said, 'Crime don't pay!' does it?" - Overheard at the morgue where Dillinger had been taken after his death |
| "He was a good all-around ballplayer. He was a good batter, good fielder, and fast - he could steal anything, so they said." - Emmett Hancock, speaking about his brother-in-law, John Dillinger |
| "There was a couple of other kids I would have picked to went that way. But I wouldn't of never picked him." - Schoolmate of Dillinger |
| "It was not the work of amateurs." - Bluffton (Ohio) News, August 17, 1933 |
| "Maybe I'll learn someday, Dad, that you can't win in this game." - Letter from John Dillinger to his father |
| "He said he expected they would be here after him, but since Jenkins got killed he said he didn't know if they would or not." - Art Miller, cellmate of Dillinger |
| "Johnnie's just an ordinary fellow. Of course he goes out and holds up banks and things, but he's really just like any other fellow, aside from that." - Mary Kinder, Dillinger's girlfriend |
| "They looked like bank examiners when they started working, if it hadn't been for all the guns they were carrying." - Jane Williams, bank employee speaking after one of the gang's holdups |
| "There wasn't a heavy drinker in the crowd... They was all nice clean boys." - Mary Kinder |
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