Herman Lamm
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Herman Karl Lamm (April 19, 1890 ā December 16, 1930[1][2][3]), known as Baron Lamm, was a German-American bank robber. A former Prussian Army soldier who immigrated to the United States, Lamm believed a heist required all the planning of a military operation. He pioneered the concepts of "casing" a bank and developing escape routes before conducting the robbery. Using a meticulous planning system called "The Lamm Technique", he conducted dozens of successful bank robberies from the end of World War I.
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Born | (1890-04-19)April 19, 1890 |
Died | December 16, 1930(1930-12-16) (aged 40) Sidell, Illinois, United States |
Cause of death | Suicide |
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Occupation | Former member of the Prussian Army |
Conviction(s) | Grand larceny |
Criminal charge | Charge of robbery, 1914; suspicion of hold up, 1918; arrested for burglary, 1920; arrested 1927; arrested 1929 |
Penalty | Imprisonment in 1917 |
In 1930, Lamm committed suicide when surrounded by a law-enforcement party in Sidell, Illinois,[4] after a botched heist. Lamm's techniques were studied and imitated by other bank robbers across the country, including the infamous John Dillinger.