A little while ago someone asked about Evelyn Frechette's reaction to Dillinger's death. I posed the question to Ellen Poulsen who wrote the book, Don't Call Us Molls: Women of the John Dillinger Gang published in 2002. She said the following,

After researching Evelyn Frechette I found her story to be a very sad one. Very little is on Ancestry.com (and other genealogy sites) about her. The only saving grace is that since she was American Indian the required records were preserved.

I'm really looking forward to see how the relationship begin her and Dillinger is played out in the film. This could be one of the kept best secrets of the film. As Rod said in his blog, would an Academy Award winning actress agree to such a small part? As in BB's book, Frechette's life was briefly touched on.

I guess, it's a wait and see.

Interesting info ChristineM..... thanks for sharing that.

It will be interesting to see how Michael Mann presents this story.....

Thanks for that info. Christine--I would imagine Billie would be upset at hearing about his death. I also feel that Dillinger's relationship with Billie will be an important part of the film. She spent quite a bit of time with Dillinger, so how could it not be? Of course, the movie is based on PE and not a documentary. I really hope they do have several scenes with Billie/Dillinger :shistle

Also, the link below has some great links with info. about Billie/Johnny D.

http://johnnydeppreads.com/index.php?showtopic=5109

***The PBS site has some great info. on Billie after her arrest***

-Donna

Thanks Donna. I was actually searching on JDR for the link you posted. I'm glad you found it and shared it. :snoopy
















ps - off topic ~ didn't you say you were from PA or lived in PA for a while. Can you give a general idea where? I'm in the Harrisburg area.

How wonderful Christine that you've been able to contact Ellen Poulson about Billie! And that she's been to nice to share her finds with you!

Thank you for sharing it with us!

Went on a hunt and found this....thought it was interesting...

The following information was obtained orally from Evelyn Frechette by Special Agent Deaderick:
http://www.geocities.com/jdillinger34/statement.html

Thanks Minxie, but I got this message, I'll try back later.

Sorry, this GeoCities site is currently unavailable.
The GeoCities web site you were trying to view has temporarily exceeded its data transfer limit. Please try again later.

Eek! It works for me... sorry.... :(

Also... another link I found.... mostly about Dillinger. As I read it, I thought about the scenes that have been filmed.

http://home.swipnet.se/roland/dillinger.html

It worked!! Thanks ! They may have gotten a lot of hits...

Thanks for the link, that was really interesting. I can't help but wonder what else is out there about her.

Karen,

Talking with Ellen Poulsen was very interesting. Needless to say, she has a heavy New York accent, which I loved hearing. She was very kind and had no problem with answering my questions. I read exerts of her book and recently ordered it. I'm really looking forward to seeing what she says about ALL the women in the group. She spent 15 years researching them.

Here is another link about Evelyn and the FBI. Apparently when she got out of prison Mr. Hoover was still interested in her.

http://foia.fbi.gov/frechette_evelyn/frechette_evelyn_01.pdf

Thanks Minxie - Thanks Christine!

These were very fascinating reads. An interesting tidbit inthe pamphlet distributed by Evelyn's Crime Doesn't Pay Show states that Red Hamilton's body was found and dug up by the FBI in Aug of 35. I thought Mr. Burrough's book stated his grave was never found. I'm going to have to go back and re-read now. My memory is untrustworthy. :D

thanks so much I really enjoyed these...