The two men carved phony pistols out of cakes of soap and made their move on September 22,1934, brandishing the toys, they managed to get out of their cells and to the main door of the death house before rifle-wielding guards opened fire.
The two men carved phony pistols out of soap cakes, and painted them black with shoe polish, and made their move on September 22,1934, exactly two months after Dillinger's death. Brandishing the toys, they managed to get out of their cells and to the main door of the death house before rifle-wielding guards opened fire.