Elmer Fanter, the “Boy Murderer,” standing behind jail cell bars, March 2, 1915.
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The FBI manhunt to capture bank robber and escaped convict John Dillinger (pictured here in court) ended in an alley behind Chicago’s Biograph Theater on July 22, 1934.
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Jerry Mangano in his cell after a jury found him guilty and sentenced him to the electric chair.
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The body of Earl “Hymie” Weiss after he was gunned down on State Street October 11, 1926.
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Al Capone at a baseball game at Comiskey Park, 1931. Before the end of the baseball season, Capone would be indicted on charges of tax evasion and failure to file tax returns.
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Tommy O’Connor in cap c. 1920s.
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Chief of Detectives Captain James Mooney and Chief of Police Colonel John J. Garrity aim handguns for reporters inside a police station.
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Crying mother, Mrs. Jenko, bids farewell to her son Raymond Jenko in handcuffs with his hand over his face.
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Shown here, a dry goods store at 7303 S. Halsted Street owned by Benjamin Wolfe is destroyed by a bomb. Wolfe maintained that he was the victim of a labor conflict.
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James Morelli gives statement to Assistant State Attorney, Alexander J. Napolie, c. 1947.
On the back of the original print of this photograph is an interesting quote written by an unidentified person:
Morelli - Hair stands on end as his lawyer says, “I’ve got shocking news for you, Morelli - You’re gonna fry.”
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Clarence Sponagel laying on a stretcher with broken legs after he jumped the wall in the jail yard.
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“Umbrella” Mike Boyle with his signature accessory. Boyle was a corrupt boss of the electrical workers union who had his bribes dropped into his umbrella.
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Hymie Weiss and his bride on their honeymoon.
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Al Capone (seated, center) with associates, including racketeers Jim Emery and Frankie La Porte in Chicago Heights, c. 1929.
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Issued in 1931 by cartographers Bruce-Roberts Inc., the map identifies key gang territories in the city from which the gangs controlled the distribution and sale of liquor during Prohibition.
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