The United States of America v. John Dillinger (federal case file, Hammond, Indiana, 1934)

Eleven-page federal case file from Hammond, Indiana with the arrest warrant, indictment and praecipe for capias charging John Dillinger with the auto theft at Crown Point. The case was dismissed after his death.

Date: 1934
Kind: case-file
Source: National Archives Catalog
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
NAID: 2694456
Rights: A record of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Hammond Division, held by the National Archives in Record Group 21, Records of District Courts of the United States. A United States government work, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105. The National Archives catalog marks use "Unrestricted."

The National Archives describes this file unit as the case file in “The United States of America v. John Dillinger,” containing “an arrest warrant, indictment, and praecipe for capias.” Its general note reads: “John Dillinger was indicted for auto theft he committed in Crown Point, Indiana. The case was dismissed when Dillinger was killed in Chicago on July 22, 1934.” Eleven page images are online.

The catalog records the identifier CR797 as an agency-assigned number for the file. This archive has not confirmed that number on the scanned pages, so it is not given as a docket here. The arrest order in the file is filed separately with its image; the other pages were not read for this archive.

itemOrder to arrest John Dillinger, U.S. District Court at Hammond, Indiana (11 June 1934)Capias issued by the federal court at Hammond on 11 June 1934 commanding the marshal to bring John Dillinger, with six aliases, to answer an indictment for motor theft, bail $25,000. The National Archives notes it was never served. A copy is stored here.

itemIdentification Order No. 1217: John Dillinger (12 March 1934), stamped "Cancelled"Division of Investigation wanted notice for John Dillinger, alias Frank Sullivan, under the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act, issued nine days after the Crown Point jail escape. The FBI's copy is stamped CANCELLED. A copy is stored here.itemUnited States v. One Ford V-8 Sedan, 7 F. Supp. 705 (W.D. Mich. 1934)Federal forfeiture opinion over a car claimed by John Hamilton's sister at Sault Ste. Marie. It recites that Dillinger escaped from the Lake County Jail at Crown Point on 3 March 1934 in a Ford sedan stolen from the sheriff.