Fox Lake, Illinois gangster massacre....

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, June 2, 1930



* Fox Lake Massacre (1st report)

* Chicago gangster war

* Al Capone vs. George 'Bugs' Moran?



This 12 page newspaper has a small one column heading on the front page: "Three Deaths Herald New Gangster War".  This is 1st report coverage on the Fox Lake, Illinois gangster raid which many consider to be a r... See More  

Charles Lindbergh bady kidnapping arrest...

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, September 20, 1934 



* Bruno Hauptmann arrested (1st report) 

* Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping 



This 20 page newspaper has a five column headline on the front page: "IDENTIFY MAN IN 'LINDY' KIDNAPING" with subheads (see photos). 1st report coverage on the arrest of Bruno Hauptmann, suspect in the most famou

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Bruno Hamptmann executed... Lindbergh kidnapping...

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1936 



* Bruno Hauptmann execution (1st report) 

* Charles Lindbergh Jr. baby kidnapping  



The front page has a two column headline: "HAUPTMANN DIES, AS WAS EXPECTED, SILENT, UNAFRAID" with subheads that include: "Walks Steadily To Chair After Again Claiming He Was Innocent" and more. 1st report covera... See More  

Mob boss Albert Anastasia murdered...

THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, October 26, 1957 



* Mob boss Albert Anastasia assassination 

* Murder Inc. head 



This 6 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "Query Costello IN Gang Death" and "Anastasia Killing Baffles N.Y. Police".



Other news, sports and various advertisements of the day throughout. Minor margin wear, otherwise nic... See More  

Mention of "The Pretender"...

The Count of Albany's death report... woodcut ad...

THE EDINBURGH ADVERTISER, Edinburgh, March 9, 1784 Within this issue is a report of the death of the Count of Albany, which makes reference to The Pretender.  Also included is a decorative woodcut ad for "Improved Milk of Roses".  News of the day with period advertising are present throughout.  Measures approximately 8 1/2 by 11 1/2 inches, complete in 8 pages, in good con... See More  

Al Capone Gets 1 Year In 1929...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, May 19, 1929 



* Al Capone (Scarface) 

* Chicago Beer baron 

* 1 Year Jail term 

* Avoids murder for hire 



This 40+ page Sunday newspaper has one column headlines on the front page; "'SCARFACE' MADE DESPERATE EFFORT TO ESCAPE PRISON" and "Offered to Post Bond for $100,000 That He Would Stay Out of Pennsy... See More  

Hamptmann executed...

MILTON EVENING STANDARD, Milton, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1936



* Bruno Hauptmann execution (1st report)

* Charles Lindbergh Jr. baby kidnapping



The banner headline announces: "HAUPTMANN IS EXECUTED FOR KIDNAP-MURDER" with subhead: "Goes to Electric Chair Without Any Statement" and more. There is a related ftpg. cartoon: "Closed At Last" a book labeled 'The L... See More  

1933 John Dillinger Mason City, Iowa robberry...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, March 14, 1934 



* John Dillinger bank robbery 

* Post wooden gun escape 

* Mason City, Iowa 



This 38 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 11: "BANK RAID LAID TO DILLINGER", "Bystander Shot in $52,000 Holdup; Killer Identified as Machine Gunner". 1st report coverage of the bank robbery in Mason City, Iowa that wa... See More  

1931 Al Capone changes plea...

PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Arizona, July 30, 1931 



* Gangster Al Capone's tax evasion case



This 6 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "CAPONE WILL BE SENTENCED TODAY", "Gangster Spends Last day Of Freedom Hiding From His Foes". On this day, Al "Scarface" Capone would change his plea to not guilty after learning he could get a long p... See More  

Chicago gangster... Al Capone...

PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Prescott, Arizona, October 16, 1929 



* re. William McSwiggin murder

* Al "scarface" Capone

* In prison for the 1st time 



This 8 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "CAPONE ALLEGED TO HAVE KILLED ATTORNEY IN '26".



Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Light browning with a little margin wear an... See More  

Alfred Jake Lingle assassination...

PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Arizona, June 10, 1930 



* Jake Lingle assassination 

* Chicago reporter  

* Al Capone - Gangsters 



This 8 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "CHICAGO POLICE SEEK MURDERER OF REPORTER". Coverage on the gangland death of Chicago reporter Jake Lingle. Though the murder was never solved, many believe this was g... See More  

Beer Baron "Dutch" Schultz shot...

THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, October 24, 1935

 

* Arthur Dutch Schultz Flegenheimer shot

* Early report as he was not officially dead yet



This 26 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "DUTCH SCHULTZ, FOUR AIDES ARE WOUNDED" and "Underworld Attempts To Wipe Out Gang"



1st report coverage on the shooting of "Dutch" Schultz... See More  

"Woman in Red" deported in 1936...

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, May 1, 1936



* Woman in Red - Anna Sage

* John Dillinger



This 24 page newspaper has a one column photo with caption: "Woman in Red Is Feeling Blue" with brief text underneath. Report on Anna Sage's deportation to her native Romania.



Other news, sports, and advertisements of the day are included. This issue has a little margin wear, but i... See More  

Death of Ferdinand Foch...

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, March 20, 1929



* Ferdinand Foch death

* World War I fame

* Gangster Al Capone



This 30 page newspaper has one column headline on the front page: "MARSHAL FOCH DIES AT PARIS IN 77TH YEAR", "Surrenders to Death but Only After Battle to the End", "Led Allied Armies in War as Brilliant Strategist". 1st report coverage on the d... See More  

1931 Chicago gangland murder.....

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, March 22, 1931



* Scarface Al Capone

* Johnny Genaro assassination

* Chicago gangland war



This 32 page newspaper has a one column heading on the front page: "GUNMAN KILL CAPONE AIDE" which tells of the murder of Johnny Genaro, Al Capone henchman. See photos for text.



Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Minor spine wear, otherwi... See More  

Al Capone indicted...

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Frank Costello - NYC mob boss......

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, March 18, 1951



* Frank Costello - NYC gangster - mob boss

* "The Prime Minister of the Underworld"

* United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce



This 30+ page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page:  "Costello Faces Perjury and Contempt Charges", with subheads (see images).



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Outlaw John Dillinger...

NEW YORK TIMES, February 3, 1934  Page 3 has one column headings: "Dillinger Is Reindicted", "Faces Death Penalty in Murder of Patrolman O'Malley"



This was when he predicted they could not hold him & soon after this, he escaped with his famous wooden gun at Crown Point Jail in Indiana.



Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout. Complete in 3... See More  

Gunnison, Mississippi negro lynching...

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, April 24, 1930



* Lloyd Warner negro lynching

* St. Joseph, Missouri



This 26 page newspaper has a small one column headline on the front page: "Crowd Shoots Negro In Levee Lynching Bee" which tells of the lynching of Negro Dave Harris in Gunnison, Mississippi.



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Jake Lingle assassination...

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, June 10, 1930 



* Jake Lingle assassination 

* Chicago reporter  

* Al Capone - Gangsters 



This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "CHICAGO HUNT SEEKS KILLER OF REPORTER", "$40,000 Award Is Offered for Assailant of Paper Employee" and more (see photos). This tells of the gangl... See More  

Raymond Hamilton captured in 1935....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 6, 1935



* Raymond Hamilton captured (Southwest outlaw)

* Bonnie and Clyde fame



This 34 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "RAYMOND HAMILTON CAPTURED IN TEXAS POSING AS A TRAMP", "Desperado Who Fled the Death House Seized as He Walks Ties in Disguise", and more with smaller subheads. Lengthy text carries over ... See More  

Pretty Boy Floyd escapes police...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, October 12, 1934 



* Gangster Charles 'Pretty Boy' Floyd 

* Gunfight w/ police 

* He would die about 10 days later 



This 38 page newspaper has a two column headlines near the bottom of the front page that include: "'Pretty Boy' Floyd, Badman of Southwest, Escapes in Gun Fight with Iowa Police" and more. (see... See More  

Roger Touhy escapes jail in 1942...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 10, 1942



* Roger Touhy escapes prison

* Chicago mob boss & bootlegger

* Stateville haunted prison



This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:  "TOUHY MOB HEADS BREAK FROM PRISON", "Former Enemies Take to Cover as 5 Desperate, Armed Men Flee Toward Chicago in Auto" which tells of Chicago gangster Roger Touhy.

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President Wars On Gangland In 1930...

NEW YORK TIMES, November 26, 1930.



* President Herbert Hoover declares war on gangsters

* The Al Capone era



This 44 page newspaper has a three line, one column headline on the front page: "PRESIDENT DEMANDS WAR ON GANGSTERS; PUTS DUTY ON STATES", with subheads. This was during the time Al Capone was in power.

Other news of the day throughout. The issue is complete and h... See More  

Dutch Schultz in jail...

THE CHENANGO TELEGRAPH, New York, December 4, 1934



* Dutch Schultz - Arthur Flegenheimer - New York bootlegger gangster

* Albany, New York jail photo



This 8 page newspaper has a three column photo with caption: "Schultz Now Clings Fearfully to Law's Skirts" which shows Shultz behind bars with his lawyers conferring nearby (see photos).



Tells of NYC beer baron, Dutch Schultz... See More