September 16, 1930 Los Angeles, California This vintage forensics photograph shows the detail of a fingerprint on a gun
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this day in crime history: september 26, 1933
This one’s a two-fer. September 26, 1933 was a big day for crime stories.
On this date in 1933, George “Machine Gun Kelly” Barnes was arrested by FBI agents in Memphis, TN. Kelly, who was asleep when agents burst in on him, surrendered without incident.
Further reading:
Wikipedia – Machine Gun Kelly
Amsterdam Evening Recorder – “Machine Gun” Kelly, Notorious Desperado, Captured in Memphis
Also on this date in 1933, ten inmates escaped from the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. The inmates took hostages using three pistols that had been smuggled into the prison. The escapees included Dillinger associates Harry Pierpont, Charles Makley, Russell Clark, and John Hamilton.
Further reading:
Wikipedia – Harry Pierpont
JohnDillinger.com – September 1933
Patty Hearst crime history: September 18, 1975
On this date in 1975, heiress-turned-hostage-turned- revolutionary Patty Hearst was arrested by the FBI in San Francisco. And so began her transformation from radical chic to jailhouse geek. She was tried, convicted, and given a seven year sentence that was commuted in 1979. She was pardoned in January 2001 .
Further reading:
On this date in 1975, heiress-turned-hostage-turned- revolutionary Patty Hearst was arrested by the FBI in San Francisco. And so began her transformation from radical chic to jailhouse geek. She was tried, convicted, and given a seven year sentence that was commuted in 1979 (thanks, Jimmy!). She was pardoned in January 2001 (thanks, Bill!).
Further reading:
On this day: Mary, Queen of Scots married.
Mary, Queen of Scots married her second husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley at Holyrood Abbey on the 29th of July 1565. The marriage was not a happy one, and Darnley was murdered in February 1567. He was twenty-one when he died.
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