Tag: Q3 1934
James Johnson and Michael Davis, Escape from Custody, Virginia 2022
Washington D.C. – In a daring daylight escape, two convicted gangsters, Walter Legenza alias William Davis and Robert Mats, broke free from the Richmond Jail yesterday, leaving behind a trail of chaos and a shaken law enforcement community. The audacious escape was described as an outside job, with reports indicating that two policemen and a…
Roy Ruff, Canal Blowout, Texas 1913
BROWNSVILLE, TEX. – In the scorching Texas heat, a tale of deceit and engineering woes unfolded in the 1913 blowout celebrating the completion of the Intracoastal Canal. Roy Ruff, a local resident, witnessed firsthand the grandeur of the event, but little did he know that it would mark the beginning of a long and arduous…
Astrugglemaker, Radio Sabotage, New York 1926
NEW YORK, September 12, 1934 – The Morro Castle, the ill-fated ocean liner that burned to the ground off the coast of Asbury Park, New Jersey, on September 8, has yielded another shocking revelation. Chief radio operator George Rogers testified at a Government Inquiry today that his first assistant, George Alagna, and another operator had…
Dillingers Heir, Murder, Florida 1929
Brooksville, FL – August 30, 1934 – The Sunshine State has seen its fair share of high-profile crimes, but none as brazen as the recent 427,000-dollar heist in New York. This staggering sum set a new record for both the state and the nation, leaving law enforcement scrambling to catch the culprits. Related Federal Cases…
Robert Mais, Bank Robbery, California 2022
RICHMOND, VA – August 30, 1934 – In a shocking display, defendant Robert Mais took the stand in his own defense, claiming he was nowhere near the scene of the crime when the Federal Reserve Bank truck was held up and the driver, E.M. Huband, was brutally slain. Mais testified that on the fateful evening…
Al Capone, Federal Tax Evasion, Illinois 1931
On August 27, 1934, the notorious Alphonse Capone, once the undisputed kingpin of Chicago’s underworld, made a desperate bid for freedom. The notorious gangster, convicted of violating the Internal Revenue laws, petitioned the Supreme Court to review his conviction, citing a technicality that could potentially set him free. Attorneys William E. Leahy and William J.…
Subsidy Scandal Rocks the Nation: Merchant Marine under Fire
August 24, 1934, Washington D.C. – In a heated speech, Henry Harriman, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, vehemently defended the American Merchant Marine, lambasting proposals by Agriculture Secretary Wallace to give a sizeable portion of the country’s shipping business to foreign vessels. Harriman, speaking on behalf of the Chamber’s vast organization, firmly…
Al Capone, Tax Evasion, California 1932
The infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone, known as ‘Scarface,’ has finally met his match – the notorious Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. On August 22, 1934, Capone and 52 other convicts were transferred from other prisons to the escape-proof fortress, marking a new era in Capone’s life behind bars. According to Warden James A. Johnston, Capone and…
Charles Zaun, Brooklyn Robbery, Brooklyn NY, 1934
The Big Apple’s underworld shook with a heist of epic proportions on August 21, 1934, when an armored truck was relieved of a staggering $427,000 in Brooklyn, New York. The brazen daylight robbery left authorities scrambling to track down the culprits, but the trail went cold faster than a Brooklyn summer breeze. The holdup was…
James Johnson, Bootlegging, North Carolina 2022
In the midst of Prohibition, the nation’s capital, Washington D.C., has become a hotbed of illicit liquor trade. Between December 6, 1933, and June 30, 1934, the gap between estimated consumption and tax receipts has grown alarming, revealing a thriving bootlegging business. The discrepancy stands at approximately 35,000,000 gallons – a staggering figure that defies…
