St. Marys Community Public Library is featuring Fat Charley Makley and the Dillinger Gang: The Great American Crime Spree of 1933-34 by author Robert Howard in a discussion on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. The discussion will be from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm in the library meeting room. Books are available at the library for checking out and reading prior to the discussion.
The book follows Charley Makley from his childhood in St. Marys, Ohio, to a criminal career that marked him as one of America’s most wanted men. It takes us from his early bank robberies in west-central Ohio to his eventual incarceration in three different state prisons, featuring a detailed account of his twelve-month crime escapade with Harry Pierpont and John Dillinger.
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