State Police restore order after 1,500 convicts rioted in the Stateville Prison in Joliet, Illinois on March 18, 1931. Here’s William “Three Fingered Jack” White who was twice tried for the murder of policeman Edward Pflaume in 1925. Never play cards with anyone called “Lucky” or “Fingers”-you’ll lose. Stick to mineral water if she’s buying a round. “Moonshine” Mary Wazeniak-the first woman to be convicted of selling fatal moonshine.
The usual suspects: bank robber and killer Joseph Schuster on ID parade between two cops.Įlliot Wisbrod tests his invention the bullet-proof shield against the bullets of police Lieutenants Frank Ballou and Samuel Peterson. Darrow has been played onscreen by Orson Welles, Kevin Spacey and Brian Dennehy and Henry Fonda and Leslie Nielsen onstage. Their killing for kicks inspired Patrick Hamilton‘s play ‘Rope,’ later made into a film by Alfred Hitchcock. Darrow blamed “Nietzsche’s philosophy” for Leopold and Loeb‘s crime, and managed to get them out of the electric chair and into life imprisonment. Darrow hoped to avoid a death sentence for his clients, so had them both plead guilty. Legendary defense lawyer Clarence Darrow tried to get life sentences for thrill killers Richard Loeb, 18, and Nathan Leopold Jr., 19, when they were tried for the murder of 14-year-old Robert “Bobby” Franks. Here cops inspect some of the alcohol Capone and his associates were running. Prohibition helped the rise of gangsters like Al Capone, who ran hooch and illegal drinking dens. One of the shooters was thought to be mob enforcer Tony Accardo. Valentine’s Day Massacre, when six mobsters where shot dead-you’d have thought the cops might have been grateful. He suffered from tertiary syphilis and died of cardiac arrest in 1947.Ĭops examine guns suspected of being used in the St. He was eventually busted for tax evasion and sentenced to gaol. He was believed to have been responsible for the St.
Capone had a seven year reign of terror on the streets of Chicago during the 1920s.
These vintage glass-plate and acetate negatives captured many legendary moments in criminal history-from which this small selection has been culled.Īl Capone making an appearance in court, date unknown. The book contains a collection of rarely seen photos of infamous gangsters, murderers, thieves, pickpockets, bandits, molls as well as the cops who brought them to justice from 1900-1950.
#Stick em up 1940s gangster archive#
Gangsters and Grifters is a book of photographs compiled from the extensive crime archive of the Chicago Tribune. Then I turned six-discovered soccer and the fancy footwork of Jimmy “ Jinky” Johnstone and Harry Hood which made me think playing for Celtic would be a better choice. Even the gangsters’ names were exotic: Al Capone, Bugsy Moran, John Dillinger, Tony Accardo. I could picture myself running a numbers racket, or selling moonshine, riding the running board while blasting the competition. Watching too many Jimmy Cagney movies as a child made me think a gangster’s life as a possible career option.
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