Public Enemy: The Extremely Brief and Violent Life of John Dillinger

After receiving a tip that the Dillinger gang was holed up at a lakeside resort in Wisconsin known as Little Bohemia, Purvis arrived at the scene, but the wanted men got away.
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The Little Bohemia Debacle
After receiving a tip that the Dillinger gang was holed up at a lakeside resort in Wisconsin known as Little Bohemia, Purvis and his team blundered onto the grounds of the resort, opening fire without verifying whom they were shooting at. Dillinger and his men got away.

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