This Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 picture at the Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas shows a pocket watch that once belonged to the infamous gangster John Dillinger. It is believed he had the pocket watch on him when he was shot to death at the age of 31 by federal agents outside Chicago's Biograph Theater on July 22, 1934. The pocket watch is among a dozen artifacts from the famed Depression-era bank robber that Heritage Auction Galleries will offer in December. AP Photo logo AP Photo 29 months ago

This Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 picture at the Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas shows a pocket watch that once belonged to the infamous gangster John Dillinger. It is believed he had the pocket watch on him when he was shot to death at the age of 31 by federal agents outside Chicago's Biograph Theater on July 22, 1934. The pocket watch is among a dozen artifacts from the famed Depression-era bank robber that Heritage Auction Galleries will offer in December.

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