Reading post paragraph 11

Dillinger had just escaped jail again with one of his greatest achievements; a carved gun. Dillinger was on the run at this point. He was so high on himself for his last accomplishment, he forgot all else. Dillinger who was known for both his care and his arrogance, was displaying his arrogance trait. Daru Matera writes, "Continuing west, the four men crossed the border into Illinois- a minor event that had the dramatic legal effect of allowing J. Edgar Hoover into the game. Dillinger, flushed with freedom, couldn't care less" (Matera 207). J. Edgar Hoover was the one who would finally bring him in to justice. Had Dillinger not made this mistake, and just quit for the rest of his life, it is possible he could've died a free man. He crossed the border of states which makes it a federal offense, calling Hoover. This small peice of ignorance was quite consequential. John Dillinger's latest escape was unbelievable. Dillinger was passing off as a mental patient in the prision. He somehow drew a pistol in a short window of time when the guards had a few cells open. So when the one to discover it spread the word, he was met with remarks like this. Matera recalls, "Dillinger's escaped!" the postman gasped. "You're nuts," one of the volunteers snapped, shooing him a way like an annoying gnat. "Get out of here" (Matera 207-208). The jailers believed that the old dog Dillinger was out of tricks. He escaped. It was quite reasonable to believe that nobody would even believe the postman.