A few months after Dillinger made parole, on September 26, ten inmates, including Harry Pierpont, Charles Makley, Russell Lee Clarke and Ed Shouse, escaped thanks to the help of three pistols Dillinger had smuggled into the prison.
Following Dillinger's release from prison a few months prior, on September 26th, ten prisoners, including Harry Pierpont, Charles Makley, Russell Lee Clarke, and Ed Shouse, escaped with the help of three pistols smuggled into the prison by Dillinger.