Boston Police Crime Archives

Equestrian police. This image from the earlier period, but it was too it I liked it. The rest will be from the 30's.





Suitcase killer.



Francis "Two Smoking Barrels" Crowley - a gangster and a murderer. He shot two cops in New York, after which it started this roundup. The police came to him on a tip from a former lover that Crowley caught with another woman, and thus decided to take revenge. The operation to seize the offender involved 300 police officers armed with rifles and machine guns, which surrounded the five-storey building on 91 th Street, where he was held. All this has attracted a huge number of onlookers. According to press reports there were about 15,000 people. The exchange of fire continued for 2 hours but after Crowley ran out of ammunition, he was forced to surrender. The court sentenced him to the electric chair. The sentence was executed at Sing Sing in New York. At the time of Crowley's death was 19 years.



Machine criminals who had an accident during the chase. Inside were three teenagers.



Weapons that have been found. 1931.



Bandits William Gray and Vincent Zamotel caught after escaping from prison on Charles Street. 1932.



Samuel Gallo before his third trial on charges of murder. 1932.



Sergeant Sullivan explores the safe, which tried to crack the three young offenders. 1932.



A gang of thieves caught by the police. 1933. On the left a young DeNiro? :)



Transportation of several million dollars under heavy police guard. 1933.



The police car pulls out of the quarry, which is the piece of evidence in a murder case.



The suspects in the murder of Charles "King" Solomon, a Jewish gangster (came from Russia), who controlled all bootlegging, drug trafficking and gambling in Boston. He was shot dead in Boston Catton-Club in January 1933.



Flowers at the funeral of Solomon.



Buried in the cemetery Dedham.



Arrested in a police van.



Hugh Manthey - loving cult leader arrested in his "Temple of the Cosmos." 1933.



John Dillinger - bank robber, "public enemy number one." 1934.



The body of John Dillinger, who was shot by FBI agents at the entrance to the cinema Biograph Theater in Chicago. 1934.



Weapons Dillinger.



And his personal belongings.



Theodor Benz Dillinger gang member, while escorting to Michigan from Portland. 1934.



Charles Ponzi (in the chair) pending deportation to Italy. Ponzi was the inventor of the financial pyramid, which was named in his honor. The pyramid was set up under the classical scheme, when high interest rates on deposits paid by the influx of new investors. The company gave out IOUs, which undertook to pay for each received $ 1,000 $ 1,500 90 days. The pyramid collapsed in the summer of 1920 due to the action of one of the contributors on behalf of Daniels, which required 50% of the profits from the company's Ponzi scheme. According to the law at the time the action is allowed to freeze funds Ponzi, who had been in bank accounts. 26 July Ponzi announced the temporary suspension of acceptance of deposits in connection with inspections of tax. It was a mistake, investors rushed to take money crowd. August 12, 1920 Ponzi was arrested in connection with the results of the inspection, reveal the debt of 7 million, and the funds in the accounts - 4 million. October 25, 1920 Ponzi firm declared bankrupt, and on October 30, Charles Ponzi was sentenced to five years. In 1934 he was deported to Italy.



Arrested for theft in the store. 1934.



Steve Gustin - a gangster from South Boston. 1934.



Three teenagers were arrested for being hijacked and crashed car.



And here is the car, or rather what was left of it. 1935.



Francesco Santorelli in body armor. 1935.



There was no signature, but a funny picture.



Unit riot, arrived on a call in the state prison. 1935.



Train police. Pay attention to the armored vehicle on the right. 1935.



The car in which the criminals fled to rob a bank. Found abandoned outside the city. 1935.



No signature, but I pologayu that we are talking about the stolen RV.



Machine criminals with a stolen safe inside.



Criminals who killed a prison guard during an escape attempt.



The killer of two girls in Maine. 1936.



Working with evidence. 1937.



Robber.



Police guarding something.



Those arrested.



Policeman shoots the horse that broke his leg during the race.



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