article_snippet: Some say Dillinger did it by fashioning a fake gun out of wood smeared with shoe polish.
article_snippet: Sticking a fake wooden gun into the back of one guard after another, Dillinger locked each one up, then moved on,' a placard at the Crown Point museum reads. '
article_snippet: Another theory asserts that someone corrupt within the prison helped Dillinger get a real gun.
article_snippet: Tool of Dillinger escape?
article_snippet: Some say Dillinger duped Crown Point prison guards with The famous Dillinger escape gun  
article_snippet: , others say Dillinger was slipped a real one by a crooked jail insider .
highlights_snippet: Dillinger escaped with the help of a fake wooden gun