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Penalty. Imprisonment from January to December, 1924; 1925 to 1933 ( paroled) Homer Virgil Van Meter (December 3, 1905 – August 23, 1934) was an American criminal and bank robber active in the early 20th century, most notably as a criminal associate of John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson .
Van Meter quickly returned to crime and on Aug. 18 robbed a bank in Grand Haven, Mich., with “Baby Face” Nelson and Tommy Carroll. They got away with $30,000. On Oct. 23, joined by John Paul Chase and Charles “Chuck” Fisher, the five robbed a bank in Brainerd, Minn., of $32,000. Van Meter was quickly becoming the focus of law ...
2 apr 2014 · But he shot his way out of the situation, killing an FBI agent in the process. He was with Dillinger and Homer Van Meter during the June robbery of the Merchants National Bank in South Bend,...
Homer Virgil Van Meter (* 3. Dezember 1905 in Fort Wayne, Indiana; † 23. August 1934 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) war ein US-amerikanischer Bankräuber der 1930er Jahre. Bekannt wurde er als Mitglied der Bande um John Dillinger. Leben. Homer Van Meter wurde 1905 (nach anderen Quellen 1906) als Sohn von Cary B. und Julia Van Meter geboren.
The Grand Haven bank robbery convinced Nelson he was ready to lead his own gang. Through connections at the Green Lantern Tavern in St. Paul, Nelson recruited Homer Van Meter, Tommy Carroll, and Eddie Green.
While in Indiana, Nelson met several criminals, including Homer Van Meter, and occasionally accompanied them to San Antonio, Texas. Nelson may have made his original connection with the...
The story is written from the first-person view of Homer Van Meter, a member of John Dillinger's gang, who says he wants to tell the story of how Dillinger got the scar on his upper lip. Following a gun battle with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at Little Bohemia Lodge , Van Meter, Dillinger and Jack Hamilton escape in a ...
