Pearl Elliott was a notorious madam of Kokomo, Indiana, United States.
17 Facts About Pearl Elliott
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Pearl Elliott was best known as an early associate of the Prohibition era gangster Harry Pierpont and later of the bank robber John Dillinger.
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Pearl Elliott was well known to the local authorities in Kokomo, frequently appearing in the police blotter of the local paper, a record of arrests and other events at the police station.
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Pearl Elliott's home was raided by Kokomo police on the weekend of December 14,1929, and she was charged with operating a house of ill fame.
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Pearl Elliott was charged with operating a disorderly house and pleaded guilty when brought before Judge Shenk.
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At the time of a robbery of the South Side State Bank in Kokomo in 1925, Pearl Elliott reportedly harbored the bank robbers Harry Pierpont, Ted Skeer and Earl Northern at her boarding house on the corner of Washington and Madison streets.
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Pearl Elliott stated that he was in Kokomo the day after the prison break from Michigan City and visited Elliott's house on North Washington Street but did not find her there.
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Pearl Elliott disappeared from the Kokomo area after the release of John Dillinger from the Lima, Ohio jail by Pierpont and his associates.
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Pearl Elliott was alleged to be a 'treasurer' and advance 'fixer' for the Dillinger gang.
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On December 28,1933, Pearl Elliott was listed on Chicago Police Department's Public Enemies List, with orders to 'shoot to kill' as an associate of Dillinger.
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On January 25,1934, members of the Indiana State Police raided the boarding house formerly operated by Pearl Elliott, based on a tip that members of the gang were expected to be there.
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On February 16,1934, Pearl Elliott eluded Peru, Indiana police who had stationed a road block on US Route 31 upon reports from Kokomo police that she had been seen heading in that direction.
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On March 24,1934, a tip that a man resembling Dillinger was seen in Chicago travelling with a woman resembling Pearl Elliott failed to pan out.
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On July 25,1934, Pearl Elliott was reportedly seen in Mooresville, Indiana at the funeral of Dillinger.
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Pearl Elliott never threw me down and I wouldn't do it on him.
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Pearl Elliott died August 10,1935 at her mother's home in Clinton County, Indiana.
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Pearl Elliott was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in Clinton County.