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Jack 'Legs' Diamond is shot... Fred 'Killer' Burke...



Item # 697890

April 28, 1931

NEW YORK TIMES, April 28, 1931  

* Jack 'Legs' Diamond shot
* New York City gangster
* Fred 'Killer' Burke gets life


The top of the front page has a two-column head: "CLEAN-UP OF DIAMOND GANG ORDERED BY THE GOVERNOR; WOUNDED LEADER IS DYING" with subheads and lengthy reporting.
Also on the front page is a two-column heading: "'Killer' Burke Gets Life Term in Michigan On Pleading Guilty to Slaying Policeman".
 Complete in 56 pages, a bit irregular along the spine, very nice condition.

Item from Catalog 340 (released for March, 2024)

Category: The 20th Century