Pete Pierpont - Dillinger Gang Member
Harry ("Pete") Pierpont (1902-1934) met John Dillinger at Pendleton, an Indiana reformatory. The two men remained close associates for the rest of Dillinger's life. Historians believe that Dillinger learned his bank-robbing skills from Pendleton and other inmates incarcerated at the Indiana State Prison located in Michigan City, Indiana. When asked why he robbed banks, Pierpont said: "I stole from the bankers who stole from the people." CreditsPhoto of Harry ("Pete") Pierpont - mugshot from the Ohio Department of Corrections. Image online, courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Quote from Outlaws and Gunslingers, by Alton Pryor, pages 163-64.
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