THIS DAY IN CRIME HISTORY: MARCH 24, 1934

On this date in 1934, Harry Pierpont, Charles Makley, and Russell Clark were sentenced for the murder of Allen County, OH Sheriff Jesse Sarber. Sheriff Sarber was shot and killed when the three outlaws broke their friend John Dillinger out of the Allen County jail in Lima, OH. Clark was sentenced to life in prison, while Pierpont and Makley were sentenced to die in the electric chair.

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