article_snippet: On the other side are the town's supporters of Sheriff Lillian Holley, the first woman to carry the title in Indiana who became a national pariah after Dillinger duped Dillinger into setting Dillinger free using a piece of wood meant to look like a gun.
article_snippet: Opponents say it is a slap in the face to justice and to the state's first female sheriff who was duped into letting Dillinger escape .
article_snippet: Infamous extradition: Seen here, in an infamous photo that would one day prevent Prosecuting Attorney Robert G. Estell from running for governor of Indiana, the state's first female sheriff Lillian Holley stands to the attorney's left with Dillinger at the right after the gangster's extradition back to Indiana in 1934 .
article_snippet: the state's first female sheriff Lillian Holley supporters maintain that a Dillinger museum is not only a slap in the face of justice but also an affront to women and an embarrassment to the town that was, for a time, infamous for having let Public Enemy No. 1 walk free. '
article_snippet: Dillinger was placed in the prison at Crown Point, Indiana while awaiting trial for the murder of East Chicago, Indiana police officer William Patrick O'Malley.
article_snippet: However, those plans were put on hold when Dillinger managed to escape The jail at the time--and get away in Sheriff Holley's car, no less--without firing a single bullet.
article_snippet: Dillinger remained free until July of 1934, when Dillinger was tracked down to Chicago and killed in a hail of police bullets while walking out of a movie.
article_snippet: Sheriff Holley (left), Prosecuting Attorney Robert G. Estell (center) and infamous gangster John Dilinger (right)
article_snippet: Dillinger would evade police for only a few more months following Dillinger escape from Holley's jail, but in those months the widow sheriff was the butt of ridicule nationwide .
article_snippet: We are not here to glorify or say Dillinger was a hero,' Crown Point Mayor David Uran said. '
article_snippet: The folks at the jail believe the museum dishonors Sheriff Holley's memory and good deeds outside letting Dillinger free .
highlights_snippet: Dillinger used to trick Sheriff Lillian Holley (bottom at left) into setting Dillinger free .
  