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802-1
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- 1934-08 (Creation)
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Accused "gun molls" Dorothy Miller, left, and Patsy Riley, right, cool their heels in the City Jail after confessing that they participated in six holdups in four states during the past month. The 19 year old Dearborn, Mo., girls ran away from home, hitchhiking to Hollywood hoping to become movie stars. They met 22 year old George Miller, a convicted felon from Colorado, who offered to help them get to California in a stolen car with cash pilfered in stick ups. The girls considered it a lark, calling Miller "Their Dillinger." Miller was convicted and sent to prison, the girls were released and told to return home after giving their real names as Mary Hackett (Miller) and Alice Corkins (Riley) and asking the press not to tell their parents. (T. Times 8/6/1934, pg. 1)
Jails--Tacoma--1930-1940; Miller, Dorothy; Riley, Patsy; Criminals; Prisoners;