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Pair of historically-associated Peerless handcuffs, period inscribed “Used on Johnnie Dillinger When Captured By James C. Herron, Jan 25, 1934, Tucson, Ariz. K. Mullaney, M. Walker” (Johnnie Dillinger is on its own line and in handwritten style; the rest of the inscription is in block print lettering). These handcuffs are accompanied by notarized affidavit signed by William L. Rivera stating in summary that he and “Big Jim” Herron had struck up a friendship in the mid-1960’s after both realized they had in common the fact that their fathers were both police officers. At one point in their friendship, “Big Jim” needed a loan and entrusted William with his father’s Colt Official Police .38 engraved revolver, this pair of handcuffs and the Colt .38 Super his father took off John Dillinger when he arrested him on that fateful day in Tucson. The affidavit further states that over the years, Big Jim and William lost touch and all efforts William made to locate Jim were unsuccessful. In closing, the affidavit notes “I have had these items in my possession for the past 40 years stored away”. Of particular additional interest is the passage “Big Jim told me the signature “Johnnie Dillinger” on the .38 super and on the handcuffs was put on by Dillinger himself after his capture”. In essence, Jim Herron and two fellow officers, Kenneth Mullaney and Milo Walker, using basic police practices and following up on tips, accomplished what legions of federal, state and “big city” police had been unable to do and they go “Johnnie” without firing a shot. The arrest of Dillinger made national news with the media flocking to Tucson in droves. Dillinger and some of his inner circle had planned to lay low in Tucson to avoid the intense heat they had created in Indiana, Illinois and Ohio and with J. Edgar Hoover’s G-Men thinking the “hick town” was a safe bet to avoid detection. It was after extradition from Tucson up North and his subsequent notorious escape from jail with the use of a carved wooden “gun”, that Public Enemy No. 1 finally met his violent end outside the Biograph Theater on July 22nd, 1934 at the hands of the FBI’s Melvin Purvis and colleagues. A real piece of America’s criminal justice history associated with conceivably the “Jesse James” of the 20th Century. Est.: $15,000-$30,000.
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