Historical Marker
Emboyd Theatre
Historical marker location:
125 West Jefferson Boulevard, Fort Wayne, Indiana
( Marker is on West Jefferson Boulevard east of South Harrison Street, on the right when traveling east.)
Founded May 14, 1928.
The notorious bank robber John Dillinger was born in Indiana in 1903. He gained national notoriety during the Great Depression for a string of daring bank robberies and was eventually shot and killed by law enforcement in 1934.