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.
Joseph S. Pete
, 219-933-3316
After John Dillinger was arrested for the murder of a police officer during a bank robbery, he escaped from jail in Crown Point, Indiana, and stole the Lake County sheriff s car.
Now, 87 years after the jailbreak, Sheriff Lillian Holleyâs car is returning.Â
It was tracked down and restored by Arizona resident Mark Love and the Old Sheriff s House Foundation in Crown Point. Joseph S. Pete
, 219-933-3316
CROWN POINT, Indiana â Relatives of John Dillinger and an Indiana sheriff will be on hand Saturday after the 1933 Ford V8 police car the infamous bank robber stole returns home for the first time in 87 years.