Historic Newspapers: Crime-Outlaws-Gunfights-Mobsters-Gangsters

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... Read full description  

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... Read full description  

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... Read full description  

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... Read full description  

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.

Other news, sports... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 10, 1928

* Early Al Capone report
* Chicago gangster war
* Alcohol - beer - prohibition era
* re. Frankie Yale Uale murder

This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 25 that include: "CAPONE PUTS 5 HERE DAY UALE WAS SLAIN", "Politicians See Gangster", "Track Capone Gangsters" ... Read full description  

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)
Other news, sports and advertisements... Read full description  

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... Read full description  

NEW YORK TIMES, May 28, 1928

* Early Gangster Al 'Scarface' Capone
* As protector of Chicago businessman

The front page has one column headings that include: "CHICAGO FIRM MAKES GUNMAN A PARTNER" "Old Business Concern Takes In Scarface Al Capone as a Protector" and more.
Other news, sports and... Read full description  

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 23, 1928 

* Australian polar explorer & aviator Hubert Wilkins
* Trans-arctic airplane flight w/ Carl Ben Eielson
* Point Barrow, Alaska to Spitsbergen, Norway

The front page has a one column heading: "CAPT. WILKINS TELLS STORY OF POLAR FLIGHT" with subhead. (see) Related map on page 2.
Other... Read full description  

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, April 21, 1928 

* George H. Wilkins North Pole flight 

This 22 page newspaper has banner headline on the front page: "Wilkins Flies Over Pole on Alaska to Spitzbergen Hop" with subheads. (see)

Tells of George Hubert Wilkins' flight over the North Pole.

Other news of the day. Light browning... Read full description  

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, April 11, 1928

* Pineapple Primary in Chicago IL
* William Hale Thompson - Big Bill
* Gangster era elections - corruption

This 14 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Small-Thompson-Crowe Faction Goes Down to Defeat; Smith Loses Out in Senatorial Race". Coverage on the... Read full description  

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 27, 1928

* re. Diamond Joe Esposito's funeral
* Prohibition-era Chicago gangster - mobster
* Al "Scarface" Capone era - gangland wars
* Best title to be had - very rare as such

The top of page 2 has a two column heading: "Thousands Brave Blizzard to Attend Esposito Funeral"... Read full description  

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, March 17, 1928 

* St. Francis dam disaster 
* Los Angeles, California area 

This 26 page has one column headlines on the front page that include:
"LOOTERS PILLAGE RUINED HOMES IN TRAIL OF DELUGE" "Big Force of Police Fails to Check Robbery; Passes Required for All in Devastated Area"... Read full description  

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, February 10, 1928

* Marion Parker kidnapping and murder
* William Edward Hickman found guilty

The front page has a great banner headline: "FIND HICKMAN SANE, GUILTY OF MURDER" with subheads. (see) Nice headline for display. A photo of a smiling Hickman is on the back page. First report coverage on... Read full description  

THE DETROIT NEWS, Jan. 13, 1928

* 5 year old girl Dorothy Schneider w/ photos
* Mount Morris, Michigan kidnapping & murder
* Slayer suspect Adolph Hotelling arrest ?

The front page has a displayable banner headline: "SUSPECT HELD AT FLINT IN SLAYING OF GIRL, 5" with subheads and related pictorial.
Complete with 48 pages, light... Read full description  

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, December 30, 1927 

* Marion Parker kidnapping and murder 
* re. William Edward Hickman arrest 

This 18 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Hickman to Plead Insanity; Authorities Now Believe He Had Aid in Parker Girl Murder" with subheads and photo of... Read full description  

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, December 24, 1927 

* Marion Parker kidnapping and murder 
* William Edward Hickman ARREST 

This 20 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Hickman Shows Worry; Examined by Alienist; Locate Three Cramers" and more. (see)

Tells of the recent kidnapping... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 23, 1927

* Marion Parker kidnapping and murder
* William Edward Hickman captured

The top of the front page has a two column headline: "HICKMAN CAUGHT IN OREGON, CONFESSES KIDNAPPING GIRL, SAYS ANOTHER KILLED HER" with subheads. (see) Much more on pages 4 & 5. First report coverage on the capture of... Read full description  

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... Read full description  

KANSAS CITY JOURNAL, December 20, 1927

* Marion Parker kidnapping and murder
* William Edward Hickman

The front page has one column headlines: "$100,000, DEAD OR ALIVE, ON FIEND'S HEAD" "Slayer's Automobile Found, But Identity of 'The Fox' Is Still as Mysterious as Ever" and more with two column photo of... Read full description  

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, December 19, 1927

* William Edward Hickman
* Murderer of Marion Parker & others

This 18 page newspaper has a great banner headline on the front page: "FIND FIEND'S MURDER LAIR" with subheads (see photos). Coverage soon before his capture. Nice to have this report on the front page... Read full description  

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, August 20, 1927 

* Dole Air Race
* Early aviation - airplanes 
* California to Hawaii 

This 16 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Three Planes, Six Aviators Now Missing Over Pacific; Mysterious Flare Sighted" with subheads and related photo. (see)

Tells of the... Read full description  

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, August 18, 1927

* 1st Dole Air Race
* Early aviation - airplanes
* Woolaroc - Art Goebel

This 16 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "42 Ships Combing Pacific For 2 Lost Hawaii Planes; Goebel Wins, Jensen Second" with subheads. (see) Tells of the very 1st Dole Air Race from Oakland Ca... Read full description  

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, June 22, 1927

* Ferguson State Prison Farm
* Madisonville, Texas

This 16 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "35 Convicts Escape; Fugitives Unarmed; Dogs, Posse on Trail" with subheads. (see) Tells of the escape of several prisoners at the Ferguson State Prison Farm near Madisonville... Read full description