George Dale
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George Dale was the lover and criminal partner of Eleanor Jarman
, dubbed by the press "The Blonde Tigress", and was executed
by the state of Illinois
for the murder of Chicago clothier
Gustav Hoeh.
Dale was the triggerman in the robbery of Hoeh's store, and was the only one of the gang (the other member was Leo Minnici) to get the death penalty. Both Minnici and Jarman were sentenced to 199 years for the August 1933 murder. Minnici was paroled in 1954. Jarman escaped from prison in 1940 and was never caught.
One of Dale's last acts before his electrocution was to write a love letter to Jarman.
Eleanor Jarman
Eleanor Jarman was an American runaway, fugitive from justice, and robber who was jailed, escaped from jail in 1940, was placed on the FBI ten most wanted fugitives list, and remains missing.-Early life and crime career:...
, dubbed by the press "The Blonde Tigress", and was executed
Capital punishment
Capital punishment, the death penalty, or execution is the sentence of death upon a person by the state as a punishment for an offence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally...
by the state of Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
for the murder of Chicago clothier
Tailor
A tailor is a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.Although the term dates to the thirteenth century, tailor took on its modern sense in the late eighteenth century, and now refers to makers of men's and women's suits, coats, trousers,...
Gustav Hoeh.
Dale was the triggerman in the robbery of Hoeh's store, and was the only one of the gang (the other member was Leo Minnici) to get the death penalty. Both Minnici and Jarman were sentenced to 199 years for the August 1933 murder. Minnici was paroled in 1954. Jarman escaped from prison in 1940 and was never caught.
One of Dale's last acts before his electrocution was to write a love letter to Jarman.
See also
- List of individuals executed in Illinois
- Capital punishment in the United StatesCapital punishment in the United StatesCapital punishment in the United States, in practice, applies only for aggravated murder and more rarely for felony murder. Capital punishment was a penalty at common law, for many felonies, and was enforced in all of the American colonies prior to the Declaration of Independence...
External links
- Malefactor's register article on Dale and Jarman
- http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F50B1EFC3C58177A93C3AB178FD85F408385F9"3 Chicago Slayers Executed", The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, April 20, 1934 (subscription required).]