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ATF and FBI agents search Denys Ray Hughes' property on 30-30 Road for explosives. 7/16/2005 - Vilas County Sheriff arrests Hughes after being notified by federal agents that he possessed bomb making material.
7/16/2005

Record Type: Archive
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
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
Brief published history of the Famous Little Bohemia Lodge and the FBI shoot out with the Dillinger gang. 1915-1934 - The original Little Bohemia was established in 1915 in Chicago. It began operations in Manitowish Waters in 1927. The Dillinger shoot out took place in April 1934.

Record Type: Archive
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
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
"Dillinger's Escape is Northwoods Legend" 8/1/1988 - George Bazso and Emil Wanatka Jr. tell their memories of Dillinger and his accomplices hiding out and escape from Little Bohemia Lodge in April 1934.
8/1/1988

Record Type: Archive
"Dillinger's Money Still a Mystery" 11/7/1982 - Dillinger allegedly buried $200,000 somewhere in the Northern Highland State Forest. It has never been found.
11/7/1982

Record Type: Archive
Exclusive photos of the FBI Dillinger raid at Little Bohemia Lodge on 4/21/1934, taken by a Milwaukee Sentinel reporter. 4/1934 - The Dillinger girls captured at Little Bohemia hid their faces and gave false names to the authorities. The blonde woman was Jean Delaney (used the name Ann Southern). The woman with the wide blouse lapels was Helen Gillis, wife of Lester Gillis, aka Baby Face Nelson (used the name Marian Marr). The third woman was Marie Comforti (used the name Rose Anker).
4/25/1934

Record Type: Archive
Historical article about 30-30 Lodge on Vance Lake. 1934-1994 - Written by Kay Krans and Emily Magyer for the MWHS web page and the March 2022 newsletter.
8/23/2005

Record Type: Archive
Newspaper articles about the emergency incident in Manitowish Waters involving potential explosives and biological agents found in the home of Denys Ray Hughes. July 2005 - The incident involved an unprecedented number of national, state, county and local law enforcement and emergency agencies.
8/23/2005

Record Type: Archive
Newspaper clipping reporting the indictment of the Dillinger gang for the murder of an FBI agent and for harboring fugitives. The article discusses details of the shoot out and escape from Little Bohemia Lodge on 4/22/1934. - Wisconsin State Journal 5/19/1934
5/19/1934

Record Type: Archive
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
Newspaper clipping showing the road at Koerner's Spider Lake Resort where FBI agent Carter Baum was killed by Baby Face Nelson during the Dillinger gang escape from Little Bohemia Lodge on 4/22/1934. - Daily News (New York, New York) 4/25/1934
4/25/1934

Record Type: Archive
Paul Lange, Sylvan Lodge, tells of his encounter with Baby Face Nelson 4/1934 - Baby Face walked into Lange's cabin, pointed a gun at Paul ordering him to drive Nelson out of the country. They didn't get far before they met up with the FBI, where Nelson fatally shot Agent Carter Baum.
5/17/1934

Record Type: Archive
Paul Lange the morning after he was abducted by Baby Face Nelson fleeing the FBI raid at Little Bohemia. 4/23/1934 - Baby Face Nelson ordered Paul, at gun point, to drive him out of the country. They didn't get far before the FBI caught up with them.

Record Type: Photo
Photo of Emil Wanatka, Sr., proprietor of Little Bohemia Lodge, shortly after the shoot out between Federal Agents and the Dillinger gang. 4/22/1934 - The clipping tells of the passage of a note in a cigarette package to notify the FBI of the whereabouts of the Dillinger gang.
4/25/1934

Record Type: Archive
Reporter's plane landed at the Mercer golf course to cover the FBI Dillinger shoot out story at Little Bohemia April 1934 - The golf course later became the Mercer Lumber Yard and then Action Floors on Highway 51 south of town.

Record Type: Photo
Several clippings from the New York Daily News regarding the FBI shoot out with Dillinger at Little Bohemia Lodge on 4/22/1934. - Daily News (New York, New York) 4/25/1934
4/25/1934

Record Type: Archive
Two newspaper clippings detailing the role Mr. & Mrs. Ed Mitchell, Mitchell's Resort, Rest Lake, had with the Dillinger gang and their escape from the FBI on 4/22/1934. - They were awaken during the night of April 22nd by John Dillinger, Homer Van Meter and John Hamilton and instructed to find them a get away car.
4/25/1934

Record Type: Archive