Tag: Q3 1920
Walt Seizure, Murder, Detroit MI, 1920
In a shocking turn of events, the mysterious death of a man thought to be Leroy Comettied has been linked to a sinister plot in the Motor City. The victim’s body, discovered in a New York morgue, will not be buried in Potter’s Field after all. Instead, his family, reeling from the news, has claimed…
El Paso Trunk Murder, Texas 1920
On a sweltering summer day in July 1920, the tranquil city of El Paso was thrown into chaos. A gruesome murder had taken place, and the police were hot on the trail of the killer. The victim, a woman whose identity was not immediately disclosed, had been found in a trunk, her body mutilated beyond…
Garbage Piles of Doom: East 95th Street Residents Cry Out for Relief
The stench was suffocating, a noxious cloud that hung over East 95th Street like a malevolent specter for three long weeks. Residents of the beleaguered neighborhood had had enough of the putrid odors and unsightly vapors wafting from the immense garbage piles that littered the dock, some as large as 2-3 days old. The source…
Farmers Traders Bank Officials, Bank Heist, Kentucky 1920
In a shocking turn of events, the annual meeting of the stockholders and directors of the Farmers Traders Bank in Maysville, Kentucky, revealed a web of deceit and financial mismanagement. On July 16, 1920, the bank’s officials gathered at the bank building to discuss their most successful year in history. But beneath the surface of…
Alexander Uczewek, Murder, Illinois 1920
WARSZAWA, JULY 18 – In a brutal display of violence, Alexander Uczewek, a Chicago-based YMCA relief worker, was mercilessly gunned down by a Bolshevik soldier masquerading as a Polish uniform. The heinous act has sent shockwaves through the war-torn Polish Front, where Uczewek was working tirelessly to provide aid to those affected by the conflict.…
La Follette Leads Third-Party Movement, Chicago IL, 1920
Chicago’s streets were abuzz with the radical spirit of reform as Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin emerged as the clear frontrunner in the convention of the Committee of 48. This coalition of liberal and radical organizations had assembled to challenge the two-party system and push for a more just society. La Follette’s popularity…
Rum Runners Reign Supreme: Canada-U.S. Liquor Smuggling Epidemic
In the scorching summer of 1920, El Paso, Texas, was abuzz with news of a brazen bootlegging operation spanning the Canadian-U.S. border. According to customs officials, hundreds of men – many of them armed and desperate – were secretly smuggling liquor into the United States from Canada on a massive scale. The operation was so…
