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Mark Love, of Avondale, Arizona, whose late father co-owned a collection of Dillinger artifacts, believes, however, that the car is a great honor to her and a huge part of history that belongs in Northwest Indiana.
CROWN POINT â Lake County put on a homecoming worthy of a big screen gangster movie for the return of the Lillian Holley car. The jet black 1934 V-8 Ford that depression-era desperado John Dillinger stole in his famous jail escape 87 years ago cruised back to the Sheriffâs House on Saturday afternoon. The car driven by John Dillinger to eascape Crown Point comes to the city. It arrived with a motorcade, directed by Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr., of county police cars, motorcycle and two county police helicopters. A crowd of several hundred cheered as it stopped in the middl...
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. 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...
Relatives of John Dillinger and Lake County Sheriff Lillian Holley will be on hand Saturday after the 1933 Ford V8 police car the infamous bank robber stole returns home to Crown Point for the first time in 87 years. Thousands are expected to attend when Holley's historic car returns to Old Sheriff's House and Jail at 226 S. Main St. in Crown Point after departing in a motorcade of Lake County Sheriff's Department police vehicles, including a helicopter, from the Lake County Government Center just up the road at 11 a.m. Saturday. The Discovery Channel will film the festivities and reena...
Mountain Vista The Governing Board of Mountain Vista Governor's School has announced Kelly A. Huff has been named regional director. Huff succeeds Roseanne Williamson, who will retire as director on Jan. 1. Mountain Vista is a governor's school for math, science and technology that serves over 200 gifted and talented high school students from the school divisions of Clark, Culpeper, Frederick, Fauquier, Winchester City, Rappahannock and Warren. As regional director, Huff will serve as the principal and primary administrator and will oversee day-to-day operations, curriculum development, and f...