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1. Automobile with bullet holes from the FBI Dillinger shoot out at Little Bohemia Lodge. April 1934 - The locals in the car did not heed FBI commands to halt. The FBI agents, expecting the occupants to be members of the Dillinger gang, mistakenly shot and killed Eugene Boisoneau and wounded John Morris and John Hoffman, all civilians.

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. A Weekend to Remember... 4/20-4/22/1934 - A photographic booklet about the people and places involved in the Dillinger shoot out with and escape from the FBI in Spider Lake, WI (later named Manitowish Waters).

   2018

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. CCC member Eugene Boisoneau was accidentally killed during the botched FBI raid at Little Bohemia in an attempt to capture John Dillinger and his gang. 4/1934 - The record includes a short description of Boisoneau's death, an image of his tombstone in Mellen, WI and a newspaper clipping discussing the proposed pay-out to his mother due the FBI's mistaken shooting.

   1934

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Dedication speech given by Kay Krans at the unveiling of the historical roadside marker in Manitowish Waters on August 24, 2024. - Her speech tells the story of the FBI raid on Little Bohemia Lodge on April 22,1934 in an attempt to capture the Dillinger gang hiding out there. The historic marker commemorates the individuals wounded and killed by the gang as they made their escape.

   August 24, 2024

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. Newspaper clippings about the men wounded and killed during the FBI raid at Little Bohemia to capture the Dillinger gang. April 1934 - Carl Christensen was the constable for the Town of Spider Lake.

   April 1934

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Video by FBI historian, Dr. John Fox, telling the story of the unsuccessful raid on Little Bohemia Lodge in an attempt to capture the Dillinger gang in 1934. - Per Fox, this failed raid was a learning lesson for the FBI. It needed to have better training and preparation for raids and employ more advanced tactics. The video has many historic images of Little Bohemia from that time.

   2010

   Record Type: Archive