Crime in L.A.

 

Body in L.A. River, 1955, Los Angeles Police Crime Photo, photographer unknown.  

Australian Mug Shot

  

Mug shot of Vera Crichton, New South Wales, Australia, 1924, photographer unknown.  Vera Chrichton, Australian, dates unknown, charged with conspiring to procure a miscarriage. 

Les Apaches

Les Apaches, street criminals battle the police, Paris, illustration from Le Petit Journal, 1904, artist unknown.

Murder at the Feast of San Genaro

Murder at the Feast of San Genaro, 1939, by Weegee, born Usher Fellig,  American, born Austria-Hungary, now Ukraine, 1899-1968.

Billy The Kid Plays Croquet

Tintype with detail of Billy the Kid and the regulators gang playing croquet, 1878, photographer unknown.   Billy the Kid,  AKA William H. Bonney, born Henry McCarty, American, cowboy, outlaw, murderer, 1859-1881.

Rodney King

Video screen capture of the beating of Rodney King by the LAPD, 1991, by George Holliday, American.  Rodney King, American, construction worker, victim of a police beating, 1965-2012.

The Last Public Execution In France

The execution, by guillotine, of Eugene Weidmann, Paris, June 17, 1939, photographer unknown.  Eugene Weidmann, German, serial killer, kidnapper, 1908-1939.

Unabomber's Cabin, Evidence Photos, Exhibits A, B, C, D

Evidence photos of the Unabomber's Cabin, 1998, by Richard Barnes, American, 1953-.  The Unabomber, real name Theodore, "Ted" Kaczynski, American, mathematician, terrorist, paranoid-schizophrenic, 1942-.

100 Years Ago Today, Gavrilo Princip Under Arrest

 Gavrilo Princip (center) under arrest, 1914, from a newspaper, photographer unknown.  Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian Serb, 1894-1918. assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg.

The Wild Bunch Gang

The Wild Bunch Gang, 1901, by John Schwartz, American, 1858-1930. Standing, (L) Will Carver, AKA News, American, 1868-1901, (R) Harvey Logan, AKA Kid Curry, American, 1867-1904.  Seated (L) Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, AKA The Sundance Kid, American, 1876-1908, (C) Ben Kilpatrick, AKA The Tall Texan, 1874-1912, (R) Robert Leroy Parker, AKA Butch Cassidy, American, 1866-1908.  Criminal gang.

Laura Bullion, Bank Robber

Mug shot of Laura Bullion, AKA The Thorny Rose, 1901, photographer unknown, bank robber, prostitute, seamstress, American, exact date of birth unknown, thought to be between 1873-1876. Died 1961.