Please don’t interpret this to mean I am upset with the writer of the article. I was also asked if there is a market for this type of thing (referring to a museum in Mooresville) and I said, “Yes, I believe so, and hopefully it will do some good for the town of Mooresville and will help establish The John Dillinger Troubled Youth Fund.” I posed for photograph(s) per the photographer’s instructions and as directed to use the smirk. As far as my saying I looked liked John, all I said when asked about it was that when I was younger and thinner, I was told by some relatives that I favored John. I did say that when my brother and I were kids, we used to argue who got to be John when we played cops and robbers. (Lake County Convention and Visitors Bureau is a tourism entity.) I never said I had dreamed about the glamorous image of John when I was a child. The article says I have “filed lawsuits or threatened legal action against those who blame great-uncle for the police officer’s killing, including cafe owners, museum organizers, historical societies and rural township officials.” I have never sued historical organizations.
It means that they were trying to stop the use of certain photographs.
It was not me nor my attorneys, and if someone did contact his publisher about the copyright to photographs, that hardly constitutes an effort to stop the book. In a conversation with me this past weekend (after the publication of the article), Matera stated that someone had contacted his publisher about copyrights to photographs, and he had assumed this person was my representative. We absolutely never tried to stop Matera’s book. Before this article was written, I had never spoken with Matera or his publisher, nor had anyone who represents me. I never “tangled with” either Matera or his publisher. The article may have left the impression that Dillinger book author Dary Matera and/or his publisher said I tried to block the publication of his book.
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