1929 test flights of the Dornier Do R Superwal flying boat......

SECTION 10 only of the New York Times, Sept. 15, 1929 



* Dornier Do R4 Superwal flying boat - airplane testing 



Page 16 of this section has a three column heading: "LARGEST FLYING BOAT IN AMERICA IS TESTED" with subhead and photo. (see images) Other aviation related articles as well.

Other topics throughout. Complete section 10 with 22 pages, rag edition in very nice con... See More  

1985 "The Commission" Mafia crime family bosses...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 27, 1985



* The "Commission Case" indictments

* NYC mafia - organized crime family bosses 

* Paul Castellano, Anthony Salerno & more



The front page has a two column heading: "U.S. Indicts Five Top N.Y. Mafia Chieftans" with related pictorial. (see images) 

Complete with all sections (80+ pages), very light toning along the central f... See More  

1946 Tomoyuki Yamashita execution...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Feb. 23, 1946



* Tomoyuki Yamashita execution

* Imperial Japanese Army General

* "Tiger of Malaya" war crimes



The front page has a nice banner headline: "YAMASHITA DIES ON GALLOWS" with subheads and photo. (see images)

Complete with all 18 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, small library stamp within the masthead, generally in nic... See More  

Spirit photography fraud trial.... ghosts...

THE WORLD, New York City, April 24, 1869

* Spirit photography - ghosts
* William H. Mumler fraud trial

The top of the front page has one column headings that include: "THE GHOSTLY CONTROVERSY" "Continuation of the Case Against the Spiritual Photographers" "The Process Very Mysterious" and more with loads of testimony. Lengthy report continues on page 2 for a total of about 3 1/3 columns of text.
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1970 "Free Huey!" campaign... Black Panthers...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 19, 1970



* Huey P. Newton & the Black Panthers Party

* "Free Huey!" campaign - protest demonstration

* re. the shooting death of a Chicago police officer



The front page has a heading: "Rage of the Panthers: The Ghetto on Trial" with 3 related photos. (see images) Coverage continues inside. Lengthy text.

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Prohibition era bootlegger George Remus...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 21, 1930



* George Remus acquitted of murder 

* Infamous "King of the Bootleggers"

* Prohibition era liquor smuggler 



The front page has a one column heading: "REMUS ACQUITTED AS INSANE SLAYER" with subheads. (see images) 

Complete with 52 pages, light toning at the margins, a little irregular along the spine, generally in nice co... See More  

Death of playwright Arthur Miller...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 12, 2005



* Broadway icon Arthur Miller death

* American playwright & screenwriter

* Bombshell Marilyn Monroe's husband

* "Death of a Salesman" play fame



The top of the front page has a color photo with heading: "Arthur Miller / 1915-2005" Also a heading: "Playwright's Classic Dramas Dominated the U.S. Stage" First report co... See More  

1875 Molly Maguires...

BETHLEHEM DAILY TIMES, Pennsylvania, April 6, 1875



* Molly Maguires

* Miners - railroad6

* Gov. John F. Hartranft

* Pennsylvania



Page 3 has an article with small heading: "Shot by the 'Molly Maguires'"

And a related article on page 3 with small heading: "Troubles in the Coal Regions" (see images) Nice to have in a Pennsylvania title.

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Charles "Taze" Russellites arrested in 1918...

THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, May 9, 1918 



* Rutherford & other Russellites arrested

* Opposition to World War I - WWI

* Pastor Charles Taze Russell followers

* Christian restorationist minister

* Founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses



The bottom of the front page has brief report with a small one column heading: "Russell's Successor Taken By Government" (see image). ... See More  

Irma Grese... Belsen trial... Nazi Woman guard...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 27, 1945



* Female SS guard Irma Grese

* Bergen-Belsen concentration camp trial

* Jewish Holocaust  - exterminations - atrocities

* "Hyena of Auschwitz" - "The Beautiful Beast"



Page 12 has a one column heading: "BELSEN TORTURES BY WOMAN LISTED"  with subhead. (see images) I suspect this is one of the few publications to... See More  

Very displayable French criminal broadside from 1794...

Interesting French criminal broadside announcing the acquittal of a trial against Etienne Michaud.  Headed in large type at the top (translated): JUDGMENT OF THE CRIMINAL COURT of the Department of Rhone, Who Declares Etienne Michaud Acquitted of The Charge Against Him." followed by details of the result of the trial.
There is a "dateline" at the middle: "Du 17 Floreal, l'an second de la Repub
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 10, 1950



* Chemist & spy Harry Gold sentenced

* Atomic secrets to Soviet Union (Russia)



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "GOLD, ATOM SPY, GETS 30-YEAR MAXIMUM FOR AIDING RED WING" with subheads. (see images)

Complete Sunday edition with 100+ pages, rag edition in nice condition.



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Jewish Holocaust coming to light after the war...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 14, 1945



* Jewish holocaust revelations 

* Nazi prison guards sentenced to hanged

* Dachau concentration camp 

* German General Anton Dostler execution photo



The top of page 11 has a one column heading: "36 DACHAU KILLERS TO DIE BY HANGING" with subhead.

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Leopold - Loeb case... Bobby Franks murder...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Aug. 2, 1924



* Leopold & Loeb trial

* Bobby Franks murder

* Thrill Killing case



The top of the front page has a one column heading on the Leopold - Loeb case with: "SAYS LOEB WAS 'MENTALLY ILL'" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 18 pages, light toning, some margin wear, generally good. Should be handled with care.



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Nuremberg trials... films shown as evidence...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 20, 1946



* Nuremberg trials - Germany - Nazis 

* “Presentation of Documentary Evidence”

* Jewish holocaust - Atrocities against Jews 

* Films showing mass murders at camps



The top of page 6 has a one column heading: "FILMS BACK CHARGE OF GERMAN CRIMES" with subhead. (see images)

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1948 Hideki Tojo execution... hanging....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 23, 1948



* Hideki Tojo hanged (1st report)

* World War II Japanese criminals



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "TOJO AND 6 OTHERS HANGED BY ALLIES AS WAR CRIMINALS" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 40 pages, rag edition in great condition. 



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Al Capone's trial would result in eight years in the federal penitentiary...

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, October 15, 1931 



* Al 'Scarface' Capone - gangster - mob boss

* Famous tax evasion trial - Gambling losses ?



The front page has a one column heading: "CAPONE HEAVY BETTING LOSER, BOOKIES SHOW" with subhead. (see images)

Complete with 44 pages, light toning, a little margin wear, generally in good condition.



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Gangster Dutch Shultz acquitted of tax evasion in 1935...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 3, 1935



* Arthur Dutch Schultz Flegenheimer acquitted

* Jewish-American gangster tax evasion trial

* New York prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "SCHULTZ 'EXILED,' DEFIES THE MAYOR; DEWEY WILL ACT" with subheads. (see images) Coverage continues inside with related photo.

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1931 Al "Scarface" Capone indictment for tax evasion...

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, June 6, 1931



* Al 'Scarface' Capone

* Income tax evasion indictment

* 1st report - the beginning of the end



Page 2 has a one column heading: "CAPONE FACES 32-YEAR TERM ON TAX COUNT" with subheads. (see images)

Complete in 16 pages, some spine wear with small piece torn away, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally go... See More  

1935 serial killer & rapist Albert Fish trial eve...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 11, 1935



* Albert H. Fish trial - creepy acts

* Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal

* "The Boogey Man" - "Gray Man"

* "Brooklyn Vampire" - "Werewolf of Wysteria"



The top of page 11 has a one column heading: "FISH ON TRIAL EVE, WOUNDS HIMSELF" with subheads. (see images) I suspect this is one of the few public... See More  

1935 Russell "Slim Gray" Gibson assassination....

THE DETROIT NEWS, Jan. 9, 1935



* Russell "Slim Gray" Gibson assassination

* American bank robber & gangster - outlaw



The front page has a one column heading: "Trap Snapped On 2 Gunmen" with subhead. (see images) 

Complete with all 32 pages, rag edition in nice condition.



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On a California lynching by the Committee of Vigilance, wth a print...

ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Nov. 15, 1851  Pages 3 and 4 contain an article on a famous case involving the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance, headed: "Californian Lynchings". Included as well is a print captioned: "Lynching In San Francisco".

In 1851, San Francisco was a city in chaos, its population swelling due to the Gold Rush and its streets rife with crime a... See More  

Wright brothers at Fort Myer for airplane tests...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 21, 1909 



* Orville & Wilbur Wright Brothers

* Early airplanes flights aviators

* At Fort Myer, Virginia for tests

* Begin assemblage of airplane 



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "WRIGHTS BEGIN ASSEMBLING AEROPLANE" with subheads. (see images) Related pictorial is on page 2 with heading. Surprisingly this iss... See More  

Death of the Kennedy Family Matriarch, Rose Kennedy...

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, PA, Jan. 23, 1995  The front page has the banner heading: "Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, the family matriarch, dies", with the subheading: "SHe passed away peacefully in the presence of several family members, her son Edward M. Kennedy said. She was 104." Also included is a large photo. The article continues on an inside page and included additional r... See More  

Dramatic issue on the execution of Bruno Hauptmann...

THE DAILY MAIL - Extra, Hagerstown, Maryland, April 3, 1936 



* Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping

* Bruno Hauptmann execution

* Nice headline for display - "same day" report



A quite dramatic front page with the bold banner headline: "BRUNO DIES", and also: "Convicted Murderer Of Lindbergh Baby Goes To The Electric Chair", with a large photo.

Extensive add... See More