October 12, 2021 [A close up of a sign Description automatically generated] Museum displays 1934 Ford stolen by John Dillinger from Sheriff Lillian Holley; car owner to host Meet and Greet Special exhibit to include an array of other artifacts relating to Dillinger's infamous crime spree (AUBURN, IN) - The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum is honored to host the 1934 Ford V-8 in its first-ever public display. This very same Ford was owned by Crown Point, Indiana sheriff Lillian Holley and stolen by John Dillinger upon his escape from the county prison.
When late Lake County Sheriff Lillian Holleyâs 1933 Ford V8 police car rolled back into Crown Point this April amid massive crowds of spectators 87 years after John Dillinger stole it during his infamous jailbreak, television host Josh Gates and a crew were there to film it all.
The hourlong episode Gates shot about Dillinger in Crown Point will air on Discovery at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Entitled Dillinger s Lost Loot, it s the season premiere of the eighth season of his show Expedition Unknown. Expedition Unknown used Sheriff Holley s car to reenact Dillinger s escape with a gun whittled from wood at the supposedly escape-proof jail in Crown Point, and a 1933 Essex Terraplane formerly owned by the Dillinger Museum to reenact a bank robbery in town.
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A police vehicle stolen by infamous gangster John Dillinger in 1934, was returned to Lake County Indiana.
Dillinger was being in held in the Lake County jail for murdering an East Chicago police officer in early 1934. On March 3rd, 1934 Dillinger escaped from the jail by holding up guards with a fake gun.
He stole Lake County Sheriff Lillian Holley’s 1933 Ford V8 police cruiser and drove to Chicago.
The vehicle was abandoned around the time Dillinger died in a shootout with FBI agents on July 22nd, 1934.
The car remained in an impound lot before being auctioned off.