1929 St. Valentine's Day massacre suspects...

THE KINGSPORT TIMES, Tennessee, March 5, 1929



* St. Valentine's Day massacre investigation probe

* Fred "Killer" Burke & Joe Lolordo named suspects



The front page has a one column heading: "THREE NAMED AS MASSACRE GUN HANDLERS" with subhead. (see images) 

Complete with 6 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally nice.



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St. Valentine's Day massacre indictment... Jack McGurn....

NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 28, 1929 



* St. Valentine's Day massacre arrest (1st rpt.)

* Jack McGurn - Al "Scarface" Capone trigger man



Page 29 has a one column head: "CAPONE AIDE NABBED IN CHICAGO MURDERS" with subheads that include: "Police Say Jack McGurn Is Identified as One of the Beer War Executioners" and more.

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St. Valentine's Day Massacre investigation in a Chicago newspaper...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Feb. 20, 1929



* St. Valentine's Day Massacre investigations

* George 'Bugs' Moran & Al 'Scarface' Capone



The front page has a one column heading: "LEADERS OF SLAIN GANGSTERS SLIPS OUT OF CHICAGO" with subheads. (see images)

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St. Valentine's Day massacre in 1929....

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Bellevue Ohio bus and trolley disaster....

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, January 23, 1929 This 24 page newspaper has a three column photo on the front page with captioned headline: "Snow Storms Blamed In Series of Fatal Rail Accidents In Various Parts of U.S." with subhead. (see)



This tells of the Interurban train (trolley) and bus collision disaster at Bellevue, Ohio.



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Rehmeyer's Hollow murder... Witchcraft...

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, January 13, 1929 



* Cascade Tunnel dedication - Stevens Pass

* Rehmeyer's (Hex) Hollow Murder

* York, Pennsylvania - John Blymire

* Wilbert G. Hess found guilty



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "HESS FOUND GUILTY IN WITCH DEATH, FACES 10 YEAR TERM; VERDICT GOOD ONE, HE SAYS" with subheads. (see images)

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Rehmeyer's Hollow murder... Witchcraft...

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, January 12, 1929 



* Rehmeyer's (Hex) Hollow Murder

* York, Pennsylvania - John Blymire



The front page has an article headed: "THIRD BOY ON TRIAL FOR 'HEX' MURDER IN YORK" with subheads. (see) Nice to have in a Pennsylvania title.

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Rehmeyer's Hollow murder... Witchcraft...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 10, 1929 



* Rehmeyer's (Hex) Hollow Witch Murder trial

* York, Pennsylvania - John Blymire convicted



The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "PLEADS RIGHT TO KILL 'WITCH'; IS GIVEN LIFE TERM" with subhead. Related photo is on the back page. (see images)

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Rehmeyer's Hollow murder... Witchcraft...

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, January 8, 1929 



* Rehmeyer's (Hex) Hollow Murder

* York, Pennsylvania - John Blymire



The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "WITNESS INJECTS WITCHCRAFT INTO TRIAL OF 'DOCTOR'" with subheads. (see)

Complete with 22 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, a few small binding slits along the spine, genera... See More  

Rehmeyer's Hollow murder... Witchcraft...

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, January 6, 1929 



* Rehmeyer's (Hex) Hollow Murder

* York, Pennsylvania - John Blymire



The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "STAGE ALL SET FOR OPENING OF 'VOODOISM TRIAL" with subhead. (see)

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Rehmeyer's Hollow murder... Witchcraft...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 4, 1928



* Rehmeyer's (Hex) Hollow Murder

* York County, Pennsylvania - John Blymire



Page 14 has an article headed: "DEATH OF 5 BABIES LAID TO WITCH CULT" with subheads. (see)

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1930 Chicago gangland war in full swing...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 29, 1928



* Nice headline for display

* Chicago gangland wars

* Al 'Scarface' Capone era

* Prohibition & great depression

* Best title to be had - rare as such



The front page has a nice banner headline concerning the gangland wars in Chicago that reads: "HERO ROUTS 3 IN GUN BATTLE" with subheads. Nice for display.

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The Furnace Girl of Lake Bluff, Illinois (1928)...

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, Nov. 1, 1928



* Elfrieda Knaak burned - the furnace girl



The front page has a one column heading: "3 MEN HELD; LOVE MARTYR REPEATS TALE" with subheads. (see images)

Coverage of the (still) unsolved mystery surrounding the burning (and ultimate death) of Elfrie... See More  

The Furnace Girl of Lake Bluff, Illinois...

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, Oct. 31, 1928



* Elfrieda Knaak burned - the furnace girl



Page 2 has a two column heading: "Girl Tortures Self in Furnace To Prove Love for Policeman; Tells Officials Weird Story" with subhead. (see images)

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William Edward Hickman hangs....

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, October 19, 1928



* William Edward Hickman hanged

* Marion Parker kidnapping and murder



This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "'FOX' HICKMAN HOLDS COURAGE AS TRAP DROPS" and "Only Slight Pallor and Weakening Knees Show Emotions of Doomed Youth" with smaller subheads and photo of... See More  

William Edward Hickman hangs....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 19, 1928 This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on the back page: "Hickman Must Die Today" "San Quentin Warden Rejects a Sanity Board for Slayer".



Tells of the upcoming execution (same day) by hanging of William Edward Hickman for the murder of 12 year old Marion Parker after kidnapping her.



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William Edward Hickman...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, October 18, 1928 



* William Edward Hickman 'dead man walking' 

* Marion Parker kidnapping and murder 



This 20 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Hickman Awaits Death In Noose", "Girl's Slayer, Resigned to Fate, Will Be Hanged Friday 10 A.M.".



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Brooklyn gangster Mike Schatz assassination.....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 7, 1928 (1st section)



* Michael "Mike Shots" Abbatemarco

* Brooklyn gangster assassination hit

* Frankie Yale organization leader



The front page has a one column heading: "UALE GANG LEADER SLAIN LIKE HIS CHIEF" with subheads that include: "Abbatemarco Shot Four Times in Quiet Brooklyn Street by Gunman in Auto With Him" and more. (se... See More  

1928 Harlem mobster Casper Holstein kidnapping...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 24, 1928



* Casper Holstein kidnapping (set free)

* Harlem Negro mobster leader



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "KIDNAPPED NEGRO FREED BY CAPTORS; FIVE SEIZED IN PLOT" with subheads. (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 44 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, a little irregular alo... See More  

1928 Wineville Chicken Coop murders...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 18, 1928 



* Wineville Chicken Coop murders 

* Christine and Walter Collins 

* Slayer Gordon Stewart Northcott hunted

* Hollywood movie 'Changeling' theme

* Okeechobee hurricane - Palm Beach, Florida



The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "BONES FOUND ON 'MURDER FARM' ARE ANIMALS" with subhead. (see images) Nor... See More  

The kidnapping of little Billy Ranieri...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 14, 1928



* Billy Ranieri kidnapping - kidnapped

* Chicago gangland wars - mafia

* Best title to be had (rare)



The front page has a great banner headline: "QUIZ 2 AS BOY'S KIDNAPERS" with subheads. Nice for display. Four related photos are on the back page. (see) When it comes to gangsters, organized crime, and the nefarious activities born out of ... See More  

Fritz Von Opel... motorboat speed.....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 19, 1928



* Fritz Von Opel

* Father of rocket propulsion



This 44 page newspaper has a small one column heading on the front page: "Opel Motorboat Beats Train; Speeds 58.84 Miles and Hour".



See photos for short article here. An early report on speed propulsion, very slow in today's standards.



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Early Al Capone... Cigarettes don't cause cancer ?....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 10, 1928



* Early Al Capone report

* Chicago gangster war

* Alcohol - beer - prohibition era

* re. Frankie Yale Uale murder



Page 25 has one column headings that include: "CAPONE PUTS 5 HERE DAY UALE WAS SLAIN" "Politicians See Gangster" "Track Capone Gangsters" and more. Coverage on Capone this early are somewhat rare, prior... See More  

Frankie Yale murder Burial...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, July 6, 1928



* Chicago gangster war

* Frankie Yale (Uale) funeral



The front page has an article headed: "GANG WAR FLARES AS SLAIN LEADER IS LAID IN GROVE" "5000 Pals Follow $15,000 Silver Casket to Brooklyn Cemetery; 104 Autos Carry Mourners" and more. (see)

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Frankie Yale assassination.... Al "Scarface" Capone....

THE DETROIT NEWS, July 2, 1928



* Frankie Yale (Uale) assassination (1st report)

* Gangster - gangland wars of the 1920's



The top of the back page (pg. 36) has a one column heading: "A GUNMAN DIES, GEMS AFLAME" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on the assassination of gangster Frankie Yale (Uale). He was an associate of Al Capone.

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