Eleanor Jarman (born Ella Berendt, April 22, 1901 – date of death unknown) was an American fugitive who was imprisoned and escaped from custody in 1940. Jarman was never apprehended, and her ultimate whereabouts remain unknown.

Jarman was one of 12 children (3 died young) born to Julius and Amelia Berendt, in 1901, in Sioux City, Iowa. She married Michael Roy Jarman, and they had two children, LeRoy and LaVerne. The family moved to Chicago, Illinois, where Michael Roy abandoned the family and Eleanor worked primarily as a waitress until she met George Dale. Dale supported her and the children by robbing small shops in Chicago's West Side. In the spring and summer of 1933, Eleanor became an accomplice.

On August 4, 1933, Dale, Jarman, and the get-away-car driver Leo Minneci tried to rob a clothing store. But, in a struggle, Dale shot and killed the shop owner, Gustav Hoeh.^{[citation needed]}

When the robbers drove away, several witnesses noted the license plate. That led police to Minneci, who was the first to be arrested. He blamed Dale and Jarman for the robbery. Jarman claimed she was in the back room looking at clothes.

Witnesses gave contradictory statements as to how many shots were fired and what role Jarman had played in the crime. The press (primarily to sell newspapers) exaggerated Jarman's involvement and dubbed her "the Blonde Tigress." She was compared to her contemporary Bonnie Parker (of Bonnie and Clyde).

In a trial that lasted less than a week, Jarman was convicted as an accomplice in the murder, even though it had become clear that Dale had pulled the trigger. The prosecuting attorney, Wilbur Crowley, called for the death penalty for all three –– Dale, Jarman, and Minneci.

George Dale, however, was the only one sentenced to the electric chair. As his last wish, he wrote a love letter to Jarman. Jarman and Minneci each were sentenced to prison for 199 years,^[1][2] one of the longest criminal sentences ever imposed at the time. Jarman's children were sent to live with her older sister and her husband, Hattie and Joe Stocker, in Sioux City, Iowa. ^[3]

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