1929 Kalamazoo, Michigan witch killing...

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, July 21, 1929



* Etta L. Fairchild murder

* Witch's spell killing - wicca

* Eugene & Pearl Burgess

* Kalamazoo, Michigan



The top of page 6 has a one column heading: "WIFE ASSUMES ALL BLAME IN WITCH KILLING" with subhead. (see images) Coverage on the killing of Etta Fairchild by Eugene and Pearl Burgess at Kalamazoo, Michigan. This would end up to ... See More  

Russellites on trial in 1918...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 13, 1918 



* Clayton Woodworth & other Russellites on trial

* Pastor Charles Taze Russell followers

* Christian restorationist minister

* Founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses



Near the bottom of page 7 has a small one column heading: "Would Let Sinners Fight" with subhead. (see images) They would be found guilty about a week later.

Complet... See More  

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  

Supreme Court Blocks President... Youngstown, Ohio...

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 3, 1952



* Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co vs. Sawyer

* Supreme Court decision checks Presidential Authority



The front page has a displayable photo and  a 4 column headline: "STEEL SEIZURE HELD INVALID; STRIKE CALLED IMMEDIATELY" which tells of the United States Supreme Court's decision that limited the power of the Presiden... 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... See More  

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.



AI notes: On December 9, 1950, Harry Gold, a chemis... See More  

1956 Clinton, Tennessee school integration crisis...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Sept. 2, 1956



* "The Clinton 12" high school integration 

* Clinton, Tennessee Negroes desegregation

* "Brown v. Board of Education" aftermath 



The front page has a two column heading: "Tear Gas Routs Mob In Race-Torn Town" with subhead. (see images)

Complete with 30+ pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, sm... See More  

Josef Kramer "Beast of Belsen" 1945 execution......

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 15, 1945



* Josef Kramer execution by hanging

* "The Beast of Belsen" concentration camp

* William Halsey welcome home celebration



Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading that reads: "Kramer and 10 Others Hanged For Belsen-Oswiecim Atrocities" (see images) Also a two column headline at the top of the front page: "Halse... See More  

Scottsboro Boys rape case ends in 1937...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 25, 1937



* Scottsboro Boys case ends w/ release

* African American teenagers - Negroes



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "SCOTTSBORO CASE ENDS AS 4 GO FREE; 2 MORE GET PRISON" with subheads. (see images)

Complete 1st section only with 28 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, generally good.



background: On July 24, 1937, i... See More  

1928 Wineville Chicken Coop murders... Northcott guilty...

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



* Wineville Chicken Coop murders 

* Christine and Walter Collins 

* Gordon Stewart Northcott guilty (1st report) 

* Hollywood movie 'Changeling' 



The front page has a one column heading: "NORTHCOTT FACES DEATH PENALTY ON 3 MURDER COUNTS" with subhead. (see images) These murders wer... See More  

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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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.

Complete in 28 pages, rag edit... See More  

1907 Standard Oil case.... John D. Rockefeller...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 30, 1907



* The Standard Oil of New Jersey

* John D. Rockefeller case



The front page has a nice banner headline: "ANOTHER BLAST FOR THE STANDARD OIL; Commissioner of Corporations Answers Letters to the Stockholders" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" er... See More  

Adolph Hitler & Eva Braun's cause of death...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 2, 1945



* How Adolph Hitler & Eva Braun died ?

* Photo of leading Nazi leaders at Camp Ashcan



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "HITLER ENDED LIFE IN BERLIN BUNKER, BRITISH FEEL SURE" with subhead. (see images) 

Page 3 has the official statement from British intelligence. 

And page 3 also has a five column photo with headi... See More  

Serial killer & rapist Albert Fish trial...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 14, 1935



* Albert H. Fish court trial

* Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal

* "The Boogey Man" - "Gray Man"

* "Brooklyn Vampire" - "Werewolf of Wysteria"



The top of the back page has a one column heading: "FISH 'CONFESSION' IS READ TO JURORS" with subheads. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publi... See More  

Flag salute no longer mandatory...

ELMIRA STAR-GAZETTE, New York, June 14, 1943 



* West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette

* United States Supreme Court decision

* Pledge of Allegiance - flag salute unconstitutional

* Johovah's Witnesses & public schools



The front page has a three column photo with heading: "1777--Old Glory's 166 Years Old Today--1943", which includes the full text of t... See More  

Gangster Ralph Capone goes to prison in 1931...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, November 3, 1931



* Ralph Capone receives 3 year prison term

* Chicago gangland gangster - mobster

* Brother of Al "Scarface" Capone



Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Ralph Capone Jailed in High Court Appeal" with subhead. (see images) 

Complete with 26 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally... See More  

Killer Charles Starkweather death sentence in 1958...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., May 24, 1958 



* Charles Starkweather sentencing

* Death by electric chair w/ photo

* Girlfriend Caril Fugate 



The front page has a two column heading: "Seek New Trial For Killer" with lead-in: "Starkweather Sentenced To Die In Chair" and photo of Starkweather in court. (see images)

Complete with 12 pages, light toning at the margin... See More  

1957 "Little Rock Nine" Central High School...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., September 11, 1957 



* Little Rock Nine

* Negro students - Arkansas

* Central High School

* Gov. Orval Faubus disobeys 

* re. Brown v. Board of Education 



The top of the front page has a four column headline: "TROOPS WILL REMAIN AT ARKANSAS SCHOOL, GOV. FAUBUS ASSERTS" with subheads. (see images) This report concerns the Little Rock N... See More  

1775 capture of Ethan Allen...

THE PENNSYLVANIA LEDGER, Philadelphia, Oct. 21, 1775



* Ethan Allen captured

* American Revolutionary War



The front page includes a letter: "To the King" which references the American situation & includes: "...Let then, royal Sire, the liberty of England and America be ever in your heart, then shall the people be free, and America shall yet be happy in the full enjoyment ... See More  

The Pfanschmidt ax murders of 1912...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 7, 1912



* The Pfanschmidt family ax murders

* Payson (Quincy), Adams County, Illinois



The front page has a one column heading: "SON CHARGED WITH SLAYING FAMILY" with subhead. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in pap... See More  

Death of the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court...

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, May 23, 1829 



* Founding father John Jay death 



Page two has a report with a small heading: "John Jay is No More" with the article beginning: "It seldom falls to our lot to record the death of so distinguished a man as this. Another Revolutionary Patriot has gone down to the grave..." (see).

John Jay was President of the Continental ... See More  

George W. Bush (Finally) Wins... Becomes the 43rd U.S. President...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 14, 2000



* George W. Bush election

* After SCOTUS decision - becomes 43rd U.S. President

* The "hanging chads" saga comes to an end



The front page has a three-line, full-banner heading: "BUSH PLEDGES TO BE PRESIDENT FOR 'ONE NATION' NOT ONE PARTY; GORE, CONCEDING,URGES UNITY", with subheading: "Theme of Reconciliation After Five-Wee... 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  

Orrin Porter Rockwell, the Mormon bodyguard...

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, March 25, 1843



* Porter Rockwell - Utah Territory lawman

* Bodyguard and friend of Joseph Smith arrest

* Mormons - Mormonism - Latter Day Saints

* Attempted murder of Governor Lilburn Boggs



 The back page has a small report: "Mormons" noting: "Orrin Porter Rockwell, the Mormon, who has been accused of being the person who attemp... See More