Originally Posted by Turnbull
Dary Matara, who wrote a well-researched bio of Dillinger, makes no mention of The Outfit or anyone in it. Logically, Dillinger was much closer to the Old West tradition--a desperado--than to the modern Mob.and its gangster-as-businessman modus operandi. But, no mention doesn't necessarily mean no connection.


Thats right, although during those days the Outfit still had members and associates like Capezio or Maddox who loved the adrenaline of doing a bank robbery and also killed cops, besides being involved in numerous lucrative rackets, and on top of that they knew almost every shooter and bank robber from around the country. Take Fred Burke for example and the rest of the guys from the St Valentines massacre, or the guys from Detroit. Those guys werent racketeers but istead they were shooters, cop killers and bank robbers.

Mongol General: Conan, what is best in life?

Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.