Justice Department seeks funds to pursue Dillinger gang
The Justice Department seeks budget money for armored cars radio equipped scout cars more machine guns high power rifles and 200 additional special agents to chase outlaws like John Dillinger Attorney General Homer S Cummings said public sympathy for criminals and lax law enforcement are dangerous. He said Dillinger could have been trapped in Wisconsin if the department were modernized and criticized doctors bosses and lawyers who aided the gang. Funds are requested from the budget bureau to modernize enforcement efforts.