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Anna Sage

1889 – 1947

About

American Folk Figure. Ana Cumpanas, later known as Anna Sage, is best known for collaborating with the FBI to apprehend her lover, gangster John Dillinger. She was born Ana Persida Cumpanas in the village of Lunga, part of the commune of Comlosu Mare near Timisoara, Romania. She married Mihai Ciolac at the age of 20 in 1909. They had a son Steve before immigrating to America in 1914. The family settled in Chicago where she divorced Mihai. She worked as a prostitute, eventually owning brothels on Halstead Street and other locations. Her second marriage was to Romanian immigrant Alexandru Suciu, who anglicized his name to Alexander Sage. She then became known as Anna Sage. She divorced Alexandru in 1932, after which she met and had a love affair with John Dillinger, a notorious criminal wanted for his bank robberies and the assassination of several police officers. Her activities came to the attention of the authorities, who decided to deport her back to Romania. She made a deal with FB