Leach was an honest cop who had chased Dillinger through the Midwest in 1933 and early 1934. The day after the robbery a man known as Jimmy Lawrence met his girlfriend, Polly Hamilton, for a date. The Lady in Red wasn't necessarily a slut, but she was strongly sexual, and often had a strong personality.

Spotting Dillinger and the women arrive at the Biograph, where Manhattan Melodrama featuring Clark Gable was showing, Agent Brown immediately called Cowley. Zarkovich contacted Melvin Purvis. John Dillinger and Lady in Red – Nostalgia and Now John Dillinger and Lady in Red John Dillinger who terrorized the midwest by robbing banks and stealing guns, rifles, ammunition and bulletproof vests from police stations across the midwest.

Secondary plans were quickly made to have Purvis and Agent Ralph Brown stake out the Biograph. She told them that she would be going with John and Polly to the movies at the Marbro the following evening.On July 22, all available agents were briefed on the setup. Hoover had appointed Samuel Cowley to head up the investigation in Chicago.On July 20, 1934, Anna Sage contacted acquaintance Martin Zarkovich, an East Chicago police sergeant, and offered to reveal the whereabouts of John Dillinger in return for both the reward money and help in blocking her deportation. Agents quickly surrounded the theater. On July 20, 1934, Anna Sage contacted acquaintance Martin Zarkovich, an East Chicago police sergeant, and offered to reveal the whereabouts of John Dillinger in return for both the reward money and help in blocking her deportation. The role of the Woman in Red was leaked to the Chicago Tribune, immediately after Dillinger's death by Matt Leach, Captain of the Indiana State Police. Polly, a young countryside girl decides to leave for the city and all it has to offer. Ana Cumpănaş (Anna Sage), who was nicknamed "the Woman in Red" for the dress she wore when John Dillinger was killed Melisandre, a character from the A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones, often referred to as "The Red Woman" " The Red Woman ", an episode from Game of Thrones Sage’s orange dress looked red under the Biograph’s lights, which would earn her the nickname “the lady in red.” Dillinger … Sage was currently facing deportation proceedings, stemming from her convictions resulting from charges related to her running brothels in Gary, Indiana, and East Chicago. She starts an relationship with John Dillinger and soon discovers that city life isn't as easy as she hoped when she gets entangled in a world of crime and prostitution. The movie is partly based on the life of John Dillinger. While living quietly in his new identity, the manhunt was continuing. She is best known for assisting the Federal Bureau of Investigation in tracking down gangster John Dillinger.

At 5:30 p.m., Sage called and confirmed that they would attend a movie that night at either the Marbro, or the Biograph theater. Angered at being left out of the grand finale, he leaked inside information to the press. According to Goodman, Hamilton was "the girl Mrs. Sage had 'arranged' for [Dillinger]"Berlioz-Curlet, p.157-158; Goodman, p.169; Gorn, p.164-165, 172; Segel, p.200 Cumpănaș married attorney Alexandru Suciu, and the couple used Famous as the "Woman in Red", Cumpănaș reached the status of cultural icon in the United States in the years following Dillinger's death.In Romania, interest in the career of Ana Cumpănaș was sparked by The case of Ana Cumpănaș was discussed by researcher G. Russell Girardin, William J. Helmer, Rick Mattix, Berlioz-Curlet, p.157-158; Gorn, p.164; Segel, p.200. Lady in Red is something of an old-fashioned trope, where The Vamp or the Femme Fatale was designated by having her wear bright red formal wear. In more prudish times the Lady in Red was considered almost dangerous. © Copyright 2019, All Rights Reserved
At subsequent secret meeting with Purvis and Cowley she outlined her offer and received assurance that they would help with her deportation problem. Zarkovich contacted Melvin Purvis. Ana Cumpănaș or Anna Sage, nicknamed Woman in Red (1889 – April 25, 1947), was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian prostitute and brothel owner in the American cities of Chicago and Gary.



She was renting out a room from a Romanian immigrant named Anna Sage. He had been seeing her for two weeks. Purvis was stationed left of the entrance. Only Sage knew that Jimmy Lawrence, was in fact, John Dillinger. At 10:40 p.m., Dillinger came out.