Mr. Schiff: John Dillinger was Public Enemy #1. One day in 1934 he went to the Biograph Theater in Chicago. At the time, Doris Lockerman worked at the FBI office there...

Ms. Lockerman: "He had some intimation of movement when he came out."

Mr. Schiff: Lockerman says she knew all the FBI Agents who were there when Dillinger was shot and killed...

Ms. Lockerman: "The one's who would be apprehending him would be waiting for a signal from Melvin Purvis, who was then the Special Agent in Charge."

Mr. Schiff: Lockerman says that the Dillinger case changed the FBI...

Ms. Lockerman: "They had defeats as well as victories. They were the most sensational group of young lawyers turned Agents that you can imagine. But there was very little pomp and glory."

Mr. Schiff: Doris Lockerman is 94 and today lives in Georgia. I'm Neal Schiff and that's what's happening at the "FBI, This Week."

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