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  1. The Espionage Act of 1917

    Date(s): 1917 Location: Dist Columbia, District of Columbia Tag(s): World War I, J. Edgar Hoover, Espionage Act, Eugene V. Debs, Emma Goldman, A. Mitchell Palmer 

    In 1917 the United States Congress passed the Espionage Act while involved in World War I. This act made it illegal for someone to obtain, distribute, or possess information relating to the national defense of the United States, her dependents, or those under her control or jurisdiction. The act also made it illegal to aid, conspire, or share any information or documents relating to national defense....

  2. Death of America's First Public Enemy #1

    Date(s): July 22, 1934 Location: Cook, Illinois Tag(s): John Dillinger, FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, Biograph Theater, Public Enemy #1 

         America’s first Public Enemy Number One, John Dillinger, was an idolized gangster who robbed and killed during the Great Depression. Considered a Robin Hood character by the public, in reality he was a prosaic gangster and a cold hearted killer. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agents C.B. Winstead and C. O. Hurt gunned down John Dillinger on July 22, 1934, outside the Biograph...