No one could stop john Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him.His charm and audacious jailbreaker endeared him almost everyone-from his girlfriend Billie Frechette to an American public who had no sympathy for banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the advantures of Dillinger'gang-later including Baby face Nelson and alvin karpis- thrilled many,J.edgar hoover made Dillinger America's first Public Enemy Number One and sent in Melvin Purvis,the dashing "Clark Gable of FBI "However ,Dilinger and his gang outwitted and outgunned Purvis'men in wild chases and shootouts. Only after importing a crew of western ex-lawmen (newley baptized as agents ) and orchestrating epic betrayals from the infamous "lady in Red" to chicago crimes boss Frank Nitti were Purvis,the FBI and their new cew of gunfighters able to close in on Dillinger
