<p> </p><p> </p> <p>Thanks very much for the response! I know you know the subject and appreciate the information! After further investigation about Ed Echols, you are of course correct, John Belton was sheriff when Dillinger was captured, and Echols was elected Sheriff in 1937. This part of the gentleman's story was the most unclear to me. While Echols would have been active in the department at the time, this makes it seem unlikely that he would have had access to Dillinger and his belongings. If I am able to contact the gentleman again, I will have to try and clear this up a bit more</p> <p> </p> <p>I also noticed that in the reports of the Tucson arrests this type of shotgun is not listed. I have not seen the reports about Peru, but to hear you say they are not listed there either is a little disheartening. However, my first attempt to contact Peru was via email and proved to be unfruitful. I have since called and spoken with an officer there who said he would speak with the Chief about accessing the stole guns records and seeing if a W.T. or W.J Rawlins ever worked there. I expected to hear back today, but unfortunately did not.</p> <p> </p> <p>So far, the search is not looking promising, but you never know! I really appreciate you contacting the historians you know and eagerly await an update be it positive or negative!</p> <p> </p> <p>Thanks again!</p> <p> </p> <p>**Edit** When I try to access the Dillinger FBI case files online I keep getting a "this page does not exist" error, can you point me in the right direction? Also, would it be possible that the firearms listed in the FBI report would not contain all of the Tucson weapons because it was prior to him crossing state lines in the police vehicle? I found this quote from the Pima County Sheriff's office History of keeping the peace "Confiscated during the arrest were around 40 suitcases, bags, sacks, boxes and trunks. Hidden within the luggage was $36,000 in bills ranging from $50 to $1,000 along with $12,000 worth of set and unset diamonds. Also, law enforcement officers were amazed to have found the gang's arsenal of 80-odd weapons, including 4 bullet proof vests, submachine guns, high-powered rifles, sawed off shotguns, and at least one variety of revolver and automatic then made." I have not been able to find the model of shotgun they refer to, would you happen to have that information?</p> <ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <li style="margin: 0.5em 0em;"> </li> </ul> **Edit 2** I don't know what I did to the formatting, sorry!