{"id":3700,"date":"2022-12-05T00:07:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T00:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/?p=3700"},"modified":"2022-12-05T00:07:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T00:07:50","slug":"who-was-beryl-hovious-the-wife-of-john-dillinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/who-was-beryl-hovious-the-wife-of-john-dillinger\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was Beryl Hovious, the wife of John Dillinger?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
When a man goes to prison, it can have more long-reaching effects than anyone realizes. John Dillinger was a petty criminal in 1924. He was found guilty of an attempted robbery and assault on a local grocer. Dillinger was not able to afford a lawyer, so the court was able to maximize his sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
John\u2019s accomplice was an ex-convict, but he only served two years in prison. On the other hand, Dillinger was sentenced to nearly a decade behind bars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The man released in May 1933 was angry and bitter. Finding a job with a prison record is challenging enough, but it must have seemed impossible to a young man released during the height of the Great Depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With little opportunity to make an honest living, John returns to his criminal activities. In barely a year, he became Public Enemy number 1. In June of 1933, John was arrested for bank robbery in Ohio. But that bank robbery was the first in a string of criminal activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
From September 1933 to July 1934, John Dillinger and his gang killed ten men and injured seven people, all while robbing various banks. They also staged at least three jailbreaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The end of his criminal career was July 22, 1934. He left the Biograph Theatre in Chicago, was shot by three FBI agents, and was declared dead minutes later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The movie he saw was Manhattan Melodrama<\/em>, starring Clark Gable. Clark\u2019s character was lawless, and, in the end, he was executed by the electric chair for the murders he committed. Those who were promoting the movie highlighted Dillinger\u2019s death, although some of the stars found that distasteful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although his criminal life is well known and documented, his life before becoming public enemy number 1 is less well known.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMugshot of John Dillinger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The Early History of Dillinger<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
John Dillinger was born in Indianapolis in 1903. His mother died just a few weeks before he turned four. His childhood was troubled, and John was in and out of trouble with the law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
John\u2019s father, hoping to get his son on the right path, decided to move the family to a more rural environment in Mooresville, Indiana, in 1921.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the move did nothing to change John\u2019s character. Instead, he grew even more wild and rebellious. It led to an arrest for car theft in 1922. John enrolled in the Navy with less than stellar results to avoid the charges. Instead, John received a dishonorable discharge and returned to his family in Mooresville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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