THE DAY, New London, Conn., May 8, 1931

* Francis 'Two Gun' Crowley captured
* American murderer and career criminal
* New York City Police Department shootout

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Crowley Murder Indictment Takes Only 26 Minutes" with subhead and related pictorial. (see images)
Complete with all 24 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, generally in very nice condition.

Background: The capture and execution of Francis "Two Gun" Crowley served as a watershed moment in American criminological history, fundamentally altering law enforcement tactics while providing a stark psychological profile of the emerging "Public Enemy" era. The chaotic siege exposed glaring vulnerabilities in urban policing when facing heavily armed desperadoes, directly prompting the NYPD and other major departments to modernize their tactical operations, invest in specialized ballistics equipment, and transition toward what would become modern SWAT concepts to handle barricaded suspects safely. Beyond its tactical impact, the event achieved permanent cultural and psychological significance through Dale Carnegie’s analysis of Crowley's blood-stained self-justification. By highlighting how a ruthless killer could view himself as a benign, "weary heart," Crowley’s defiance became the definitive textbook example of cognitive dissonance and criminal self-delusion, illustrating to generations of criminologists and psychologists that purely punitive measures fail to deter individuals who are fundamentally incapable of recognizing their own guilt.