Indiana State Police Captain Matt Leach led the hunt for John Dillinger during the violent early 1930s. Pushing a media campaign aimed at smoking out the fugitive, Leach elevated Dillinger to unprecedented notoriety. In return, Dillinger taunted him with phone calls and postcards, and vowed to kill him. Leach's use of publicity backfired, making him a pariah among his fellow policemen, and the FBI ordered his firing in 1937 for challenging their authority. This is the first full-length biography of the man.
Indiana State Police Captain Matt Leach led the hunt for John Dillinger during the violent early 1930s. Pushing a media campaign aimed at smoking out the fugitive, Leach elevated Dillinger to unprecedented notoriety. In return, Dillinger taunted him with phone calls and postcards, and vowed to kill him. Leach's use of publicity backfired, making him a pariah among his fellow policemen, and the FBI ordered his firing in 1937 for challenging their authority. This is the first full-length biography of the man.
Dillinger researcher Ellen Poulsen is the author of a book on the women of the John Dillinger gang. She lives in Queens, New York.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: The Infinite Chase Prologue Part I. The Dreamer 1. Destination: Gary, Indiana 2. Statehouse Room 126 3. Clemency 4. Shirttails to the Wind 5. Big Men Part II. The Gadfly 6. Denials 7. Double-Crossing Dirty Rat 8. East Chicago Rising 9. Unsung 10. Obstructionists Part III. The Mutineer 11. The New Dillingers 12. Kangaroo Court Part IV. The Landowner 13. Reveille 14. Milepost 107.5 Appendix A. Indiana Police Board Charges Against Matt Leach, Charges Drafted by Indiana State Safety Director upon Request of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, Dated September 4, 1937 Appendix B. Matt Leach's Rebuttal to State Police Board Charges, Indianapolis Times, September 4, 1937 Appendix C. The Lost Manuscript: Matt Leach's Ghostwriters Weigh In Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: The Infinite Chase Prologue Part I. The Dreamer 1. Destination: Gary, Indiana 2. Statehouse Room 126 3. Clemency 4. Shirttails to the Wind 5. Big Men Part II. The Gadfly 6. Denials 7. Double-Crossing Dirty Rat 8. East Chicago Rising 9. Unsung 10. Obstructionists Part III. The Mutineer 11. The New Dillingers 12. Kangaroo Court Part IV. The Landowner 13. Reveille 14. Milepost 107.5 Appendix A. Indiana Police Board Charges Against Matt Leach, Charges Drafted by Indiana State Safety Director upon Request of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, Dated September 4, 1937 Appendix B. Matt Leach's Rebuttal to State Police Board Charges, Indianapolis Times, September 4, 1937 Appendix C. The Lost Manuscript: Matt Leach's Ghostwriters Weigh In Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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