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

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, April 18, 1936

* Charles "Lucky' Luciano arrested
* New York City gangster

This 16 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 3: "LUCIANO ON WAY EAST UNDER GUARD", "Detectives to Board Train at Albany; $350,000 Bail Proposed"

This tells of the arrest of Charles "Lucky"... Read full description  

RADIO GUIDE, Chicago, Illinois, April 11, 1936  The cover of this issue features an illustration of Ann Shelley of "One Man's Family". Inside the issue is: "Winchell's Forty-two Days at Flemington" which dealt with Bruno Hauptmann; "Ego's on Parade"; and more. This includes the radio schedule... Read full description  

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... Read full description  

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... Read full description  

RADIO GUIDE, Chicago, Illinois, April 4, 1936  The cover of this issue features an illustration of a young lady reading a book. Inside the issue is: "What Winchell Knows About (Bruno) Hauptmann"; "It's Tough To Be On Top"; and more. This includes the radio schedule for the week. This also has advertisements... Read full description  

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... Read full description  

RADIO GUIDE, Chicago, Illinois, March 21, 1936  The cover of this issue features an illustration of Louise Massey of "The Westerners". Inside the issue is: "What Winchell Knows About (Bruno) Hauptmann"; "It Will Still Go 'Round"; "Cradle Snatching" and more. This includes the radio schedule for the week. This also has... Read full description  

NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 15, 1936 

* Jack 'Machine Gun' McGurn assassination
* St. Valentine's Day Massacre fame
* Al 'Scarface' Capone hit man

Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: " 'Machine Gun' McGurn Is Slain in Chicago; Linked to St. Valentine 'Massacre' of 1929".
McGurn... Read full description  

BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvanian, Nov. 30, 1934  Near the top of the ftpg. is a one column photos of gangster "Dutch" Schultz, headed: "Surrenders To Law" and with the caption reading: "Sought by police & Federal agents for months, 'Dutch' Schultz, ex-New York beer baron and racketeer,... Read full description  

THE DETROIT NEWS, November 8, 1935 

* Garrettsville, Portage co., Ohio train robbery
* Gangsters Alvin Karpis -  Ma Barker gang

The top of page 17 has a one column heading: "'West West' gang Hunted" with subhead: "Mail Train Is Robbed of More Than $40,000" Karpis was member of the Ma Barker Gang, and was... Read full description  

NEW YORK TIMES, October 31, 1935 

* Post Dutch Schultz assassination
* New York City gangsters hunted
* Johnny Torrio & Lucky Luciano

The top of the front page has one column headings: "POLICE TO REVIVE GANGSTER SQUAD; TORRIO IS IN MIAMI" "Valentine to Restore System of Picking Up All Outlaws Who... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 28, 1935.
 
* Dutch Schultz assassination
* Jewish-American mobster
* Hunt for the killers in NYC

The top of the front page has one column heading: "SCHULTZ'S RECORDS OF RACKET DEALS CHECKED FOR CLUES" with subheads. (see)
Complete with 34 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

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... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 1, 1935 

* Assassination of Joseph "Tough Joe" Amberg
* Murder Inc.'s Louis Buchalter & Albert Anastasia 

The top of page 24 has a one column heading: "GANGSTERS KILL 2 LINED UP AT WALL" with subheads. (see images) 
Complete with 48 pages, rag edition, some light damp staining, generally nice.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 27, 1935

* Arthur Dutch Schultz Flegenheimer jailed
* Jewish-American gangster - beer baron

The top of page 8 has a one column heading: "SCHULTZ IS JAILED; BAIL SET AT $75,000" with subheads. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication, especially on... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 31, 1935

* Al 'Scarface' Capone and crime syndicate
* Taxes on barrels of beer bootlegged

The front page has a one column heading: "$120,000 TAX LEVIED ON CAPONE AND GANG" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the attempt of the government to collect tax money on barrels of beer that was bootlegged when... Read full description  

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, August 23, 1935 

* Will Rogers
* Wiley Post 
* Airplane crash - funerals 

This 30 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Millions of Americans Bow In Silent Farewell as Post And Rogers Rites Are Held" and more. (see)

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THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, August 19, 1935 

* Will Rogers 
* Wiley Post 
* Airplane crash - deaths 

This 14 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Plane Wings South With Bodies of Rogers, Post" and more with smaller subheads. (see)

Other news of the day throughout.... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 4, 1935

* Yreka, California lynching
* Sheriff Frank R. (Jack) Daw murder
* Clyde L. Johnson hanging 
* Masked men lynch mob 

The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "BANDIT IS LYNCHED BY CALIFORNIA MOB" with subheads. (see images) 
Complete with 30 pages, rag edition in nice... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 2, 1935

* Arthur Dutch Schultz Flegenheimer acquitted
* Jewish-American gangster tax evasion trial

The top of the front page has two column headline: "SHULTZ IS FREED; JUDGE EXCORIATES JURY OF FARMERS" with a subheads. (see) Lengthy first report continues inside. Always nice to have notable events in history... Read full description  

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION. Massachusetts, July 19, 1935

* Louis 'Two Gun' Alterie death
* Chicago Gangsters
* "Woman in Red" - John Dillinger

This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 14:  "CHICAGO GUNMAN IS SHOT DOWN OUTSIDE HOTEL", "Former O'Banion Lieutenant Dies Without Making Statement;... Read full description  

THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, July 19, 1935

* Louis 'Two Gun' Alterie death (1st report)
* Chicago gangland war -gangsters

Page 8 has one column headings: "CHICAGO GANGS RETURN TO WAR", "Battle to Finish Predicted in Wake of Cowboy Hoodlum's Slaying".

Other news, sports and advertisements of the... Read full description  

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, July 12, 1935 

* Melvin Purvis resigns (1st report) 
* FBI agent - G-Man 

This 8 page newspaper has a small one column headline on the front page: "Melvin Purvis Resigns from Dep't of Justice"

Tells of the resignation of famous G-Man head Melvin Purvis.

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LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, May 22, 1935 

* Jane Addams death 
* Nobel Peace Prize winner 
* Adolph Hitler agreeable? 

This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 3: "JANE ADDAMS SUCCUMBS" "Noted Social Service Worker Dies in Chicago Hospital" with photo of Addams. (see)

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THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 29, 1935

* Bank Crisis - New Deal
* Franklin D. Roosevelt FDR
* Works Relief Program
* Social Security Act
* Fireside Chat (1st report)

The top of the front page has a three column headline: "PRESIDENT IN TALK TO NATION PROMISES TO EXPEDITE RELIEF; EMPHASIZES SOCIAL SECURITY" with subheads and complete... Read full description