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Posted: Saturday, 01 August 2009 8:40AM

Dillinger letter sells for $60,400 at auction



CHICAGO (AP) - A letter hand written by John Dillinger sold for $60,400 in Chicago, more than ten times its pre-sale estimated value.

The auction Tuesday by Leslie Hindman Auctioneers also netted $36,400 for a Colt Army Special .38 revolver owned by East Chicago Police Captain Timothy O'Neil.

The gun was used when Dillinger was killed outside Chicago's Biograph Theater in 1934. It sold for $36,400 to Wayne Lensing, owner of the Historic Auto Attractions Museum in Roscoe.

The letter, dated Dec. 18, 1932, was written by Dillinger at the Crown Point, Ind., jail. He writes his niece, Mary Hancock, discussing his wish to be with the family at Christmas.

Dillinger would later escape from the jail using a fake gun carved out of wood.

Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.

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