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Elmer Fanter, the “Boy Murderer,” standing behind jail cell bars, March 2, 1915. DN-0064142.
Al Capone and his attorney in 1929. Photograph by Jun Fujita. ICHi-14414
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Police and curious onlookers crowd the street in front of the SMC Cartage Company at 2122 North Clark Street as news of the crime spreads across the city. CHM, ICHi-27393
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Clarence Sponagel laying on a stretcher with broken legs after he jumped the wall in the jail yard.
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.”
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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Crying mother, Mrs. Jenko, bids farewell to her son Raymond Jenko in handcuffs with his hand over his face.
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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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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The body of Earl “Hymie” Weiss after he was gunned down on State Street October 11, 1926.
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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 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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“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. chicagohistorymus...
Hymie Weiss and his bride on their honeymoon. chicagohistorymus...
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Al Capone (seated, center) with associates, including racketeers Jim Emery and Frankie La Porte in Chicago Heights, c. 1929. chicagohistorymus...
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Police Chief William Shoemaker points a Thompson submachine gun, or tommy gun, for reporters, c. 1926. chicagohistorymus...
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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. chicagohistorymus...
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The Birger Gang, southern Illinois bootleggers, pose with guns. Charles Birger is at center, on top of the car, c. 1924. chicagohistorymus...
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Chicago Police Officer Pat Barret examines 13 bullet holes in a glass window at the scene of an attempted murder, c. 1928 chicagohistorymus...
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Al’s brother, Ralph Capone (left) and Anthony Aresso, two members of Capone’s gang, c. 1930s. chicagohistorymus...
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Small numbers of women joined the police ranks in the 1920s. Shown here is Chicago policewoman Anna Sheridan, with pistol, in 1928. chicagohistorymus...
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A crew of gangsters line up in a Chicago jail. From left to right are Mike Bizarro, Joe Aiello, Joe Bubinello, Nick Manzello, and Joe Russio, c. 1928 chicagohistorymus...
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Capone earned the nickname “Scarface” at eighteen while working as a bouncer in Frankie Yale’s Brooklyn bar, the Harvard Inn. Capone’s left cheek and neck were cut after he insulted a patron and her brother pulled a knife to defend her honor. Capone always preferred to be photographed on his right side. chicagohistorymus...
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Raymond Weaver I don't know who the photographer was, but this is a wonderful portrait shot of a man about to die. The space is well framed and you get a sense of such emptiness, both in him and in his surroundings.