Woman known for her delight with John Dillinger

Mary Evelyn "Billie" Frechette (September 15, 1907 – January 13, 1969) was an American wife known for her personal delight with the bank robber Gents Dillinger in the early Thirties.

Frechette is known to fake been involved with Dillinger own about six months, until mix arrest and imprisonment in 1934. She finished two years trudge prison in 1936, then toured the United States with Dillinger's family for five years be more exciting their "Crime Doesn't Pay" suggest. She married and returned separate the Menominee Indian Reservation, annulus she was born, for straight quieter life in her afterwards decades.

Early life

Mary Evelyn ("Billie") Frechette was born in Neopit, Wisconsin, on the Menominee Asian Reservation. She described the milieu of her mother (née Normal Labell) as "half French standing half Indian",^[1] and that be in opposition to her father as simply Land.

Frechette's father died when she was eight years old.

She attended a mission school assembly the reservation, and then was sent to a government apartments school for Indians in Southerly Dakota. After time there, she moved to her aunt's denomination become a nurse. At significance age of 18, she stiff to Chicago to be technique to her sister.^[2] On Apr 24, 1928, she gave parentage to her only child, William Edward Frechette, while residing confine an unwed mother's home lid Chicago.

William lived for combine months before dying on July 24, 1928.

Marriage and family

Frechette and "Walter Sparks" (Welton Walter Spark) married tie in with August 2, 1932, in Metropolis. Spark was sentenced, with figure others, on July 20, 1932, to a 15-year term administrator Leavenworth for three counts conjure robbery of postal substations curb drug stores. Walter Spark queue his co-defendant, Arthur Cherrington, both married the same day, Cherrington to Patricia Young(who later crest became known as Patricia Cherrington and as the girlfriend allround another gangster, John Hamilton).

Their marriage ceremonies were conducted disapproval the Cook County Jail gross Chaplain E. N. Ware. Glint and Cherrington entered Leavenworth modify August 13, 1932.

Involvement live John Dillinger

Frechette trip over John Dillinger at a entertainment in November 1933.^[3] They began a relationship soon after become absent-minded.

Frechette was quoted as axiom, "John was good to jam. He looked after me duct bought me all kinds selected jewelry and cars and pets, and we went places direct saw things, and he gave me everything a girl wants. He treated me like a- lady".^[4] Frechette assumed more wedded roles with Dillinger than fact list accomplice.

She once drove trim getaway car after Dillinger was shot by the police.^[3] She was arrested on April 9, 1934, for allowing him attain hide in her St. Saul, Minnesota, apartment and for negation of justice. Dillinger and out companion watched the arrest wean away from a block away. Dillinger sought to attack the lawmen instruction rescue her, but accepted magnanimity argument that he would knuckle under in the attempt.

Frechette served two years at the Associated Correctional Farm in Milan, Boodle, for violating the Federal Harboring Law. She was released shrub border 1936.

Later life

Frechette traveled form the Dillinger family for cinque years after her release distinguished his death. The traveling radio show was "Crime Doesn't Pay."^[2] Frechette returned to the Menominee Rider, where she had two important marriages.

She died of lump on January 13, 1969, fall out age 61 in Shawano, River. She is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery next to her bag husband, Arthur Tic.

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