 State prison escapee caught. |
 Russell Noble (no hat) leaving for jail. 17 year old Noble of Haverhill killed Mrs. Clara E. C. Ellis, a wealthy widow, with a hammer. |
 Russell Noble (no hat), 17, of Haverhill, leaving for jail. Killed Mrs. Clara E. C. Ellis, wealthy widow, with a hammer. |
 Steve Gustin - wanted for beating officer in South Boston - brother of gangster. |
 Frankie Wallace slain. |
 Fall River mail robbery - Carl Rettick |
 Rutstein kidnapping case: L-R Police Inspector Benjamin Goodman, suspect Maurice Cohen, Police Inspector William Goulston. |
 Gangsters pay the penalty; Gustin and Walsh killed on Hanover St. Picture is of Frankie Wallace AKA- Frankie Gustin - leader of Gustin Gang - (JPJ) |
 Solomon shooting. |
 Solomon shooting. |
 Gangi Cero who was acquited of murder - Samuel Gallo convicted |
 US Jails: Miss Ann Ettors (L) and Mrs. Mae Stislow (R), Bronx divorcee, in counterfeit racket. |
 Lombardi brothers: Pasquale Lombardi - let go after questioning by police. |
 Lombardi brothers; Joseph Lombardi - held for murder. |
 King' Solomon death certificate. |
 Solomon murder. Two suspects held. Burke - (soft hat) Frank Karlonas - (straw hat) |
 Frank Bello who was sentenced for two years in an unusual trial held in an ambulance. |
 Kenneth Buck entering state prison for life for kidnapping Peggy McMath when she was ten. |
 King' Solomon shooting. Top - Exterior of 'Cotton Club' where Solomon was shot. Bottom: Charles Solomon - death certificate (JPJ) |
 King' Solomon shooting. |
 Crime/Police |
 Scarface Al |
 Gamblers rounded up on Boston Common by U.S. soldiers after Boston Police went on strike. |
 State prison escapee caught. |
 Al Capone |
 Scarface Al |
 Al Capone |
 Francesco Santorelli, wearing bullet proof vest, accompanied by patrolmen Alfred Pearson and Patrick Conroy (R). |
 Jailbird Jesse Pomeroy |
 Jesse Pomeroy, life in jail for 50 years |
 Left: King Solomon at Coconut Grove, Right: John J. Burke, 1933 |
 Charles Ponzi speaking before the U.S. court on deportation |
 Charles Ponzi, the 'wizard' |
 Franke Wallace, South Boston gangster slain in the North End. Exactly as police found him. |
 Gangster pays the penalty, Gustin killed on Hanover St. in the North End |
 Mike 'Spike' Hennessey, nailed in the 'King' Solomon shootings and held for $20,000 bail |
 Steve Gustin, gangster of note from South Boston |
 Al Capone and attorney Michael Ahern held for evading income tax |
 A confident Charles Ponzi |
 Charles Ponzi with gold handled cane and diamond stickpin |
 Charles Ponzi on his way to court |
 Charles Ponzi walking up gangplank of SS Vulcania after deportation order |
 Sacco and Vanzetti taken from jail to court |
 Jessie Costello leaving salem court house. She claimed she poisoned her husband, the Peabody Fire Chief |
 James Scully, suspect in 'King' Solomon murder |
 John T. O'Donnell, suspect in Solomon murder, in custody |
 Samuel Gallo, faces murder trial for 3rd time |
 Samuel Gallo, faces murder trial for 3rd time |
 Samuel Gallo, faces murder trial for 3rd time |
 Jesse Pomeroy, noted lifer |
 Eliott Hathaway, murderer of Verna Russell, a Fall River nurse, in R.I., Newport, R.I. |