Tag: September 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…
