Tag: July 1931
Dredge Captain’s Deadly Obsession: 14-Year-Old Girl Shot in Broad Daylight
July 3, 1931, Washington D.C. – In a shocking act of violence, 70-year-old dredge captain Williams Owens turned a gun on his 14-year-old paramour, Elsie Bryant, shooting her four times in the streets of the nation’s capital. The girl’s fate hangs in the balance as she teeters on the brink of death, her spine severed…
Capone Crippled: Feds Bring Down Chicago’s Kingpin
Chicago, IL, July 1, 1931 – The notorious Al Capone, once the epitome of organized crime’s ‘Robin Hood’ glamour, has been exposed as a cowardly criminal by federal prosecutor Hubert Tolley. The relentless campaign to bring down the Chicago crime boss has finally paid off, with Capone facing sentence on June 30 for tax fraud…
