Retro gangster from Chicago of the twentieth century Bashny.Net

The first half of the last century, Chicago erected to the rank of one of the largest centers of criminals. Gangsters and all sorts of cheats literally occupied the metropolis, and with the advent of "dry" law altogether suppressed the city of his aggression.

After viewing these pictures, I remember a considerable number of films made about the key figures of the time, both on the part of law enforcement officers, and by organized crime.

Al Capone (center) at the next court hearing.





Inventor bulletproof shield hides behind its development.



The result of the rebellion in 1500 in the prison Steytvill.



Chicago duo beer barons, who have been in the days of action "dry" law multimillionaires.



Identification of the murderer.



Funeral policy, bootlegger, brothel owners and rekitira Joseph "Diamond Joe" Esposito, received 58 bullet wounds.



Next, look just a compilation of previously unpublished photographs from the criminal life of Chicago first half of the twentieth century.