King' Solomon shooting. |
Charles St. Jail: Escape by William Gray and trustee Vincent Zamotel between 4 and 5 AM. Sawed bars and climbed down sheet. |
Charles St. Jail: Escape by William Gray and trustee, Vincent Zamotel sawed bars and climbed down bedsheet between 4 and 5 AM. |
L-R: Inspectors Warren Liese / George Augusta / and William Leblanc leaving Charles St. Jail after William Gray escaped with trusty Zamotel |
US Jails: Miss Ann Ettors (L) and Mrs. Mae Stislow (R), Bronx divorcee, in counterfeit racket. |
Lombardi brothers: Pasquale Lombardi - let go after questioning by police. |
Lombardi brothers; Joseph Lombardi - held for murder. |
King' Solomon death certificate. |
Alley behind cotton club in South End through which murderers escaped. |
Solomon murder. Two suspects held. Burke - (soft hat) Frank Karlonas - (straw hat) |
Mrs. Jessie Costello at Salem Court. Murder case |
McMath kidnapping case: William Lee - McMath girl was found on his boat. |
Two lynched by angry California mob. |
Fall River mail robbery. |
Miss Ellen Chase - girlfriend of Solomon murder suspect John T. O'Donnell. |
Gangsters guns taken away at Police HQ. |
Frank Bello who was sentenced for two years in an unusual trial held in an ambulance. |
Fall River mail robbery - led to mystery home of Carl Rettick. |
Kenneth Buck entering state prison for life for kidnapping Peggy McMath when she was ten. |
Suicide fished out of Charles after jumping off Harvard Bridge. |
King' Solomon shooting. Top - Exterior of 'Cotton Club' where Solomon was shot. Bottom: Charles Solomon - death certificate (JPJ) |
King' Solomon shooting. |
Crime/Police |
Hugh Manity - love cult leader arrested in 'Temple of Cosmos' |
Gamblers rounded up on Boston Common by U.S. soldiers after Boston Police went on strike. |
State prison escapee caught. |
Dope seized and den discovered in Chinatown raid |
Francesco Santorelli, wearing bullet proof vest, accompanied by patrolmen Alfred Pearson and Patrick Conroy (R). |
Mrs. Ruth Cummings, connected to the New London coast guard shooting. She was involved with Gerald Chapman who was later hung in Weathersfield, Conn. |
Lynching in California |
Hunt for murder victim at Quincy quarry |
Crime scene in restaurant |
Gloucester home of tax collector Albert D. Hodson blown up by arson gang |
Gloucester home of tax collector Albert D. Hodson blown up by arson gang |
John F. Sullivan, former owner of the Hotel Ritz on Columbus Ave., testifying on amount of hush money he gave to Oliver Garrett and his men before raid |
Bars cut by Jesse Pomeroy in escape attempt |
Tools Jesse Pomeroy used in escape attempt |
Left: King Solomon at Coconut Grove, Right: John J. Burke, 1933 |
The police boat 'watchman', smallest steamboat in Boston Harbor |
Mercy eviction of Katherine Gallagher, age 81, in Watertown |
Franke Wallace, South Boston gangster slain in the North End. Exactly as police found him. |
Kid lost, and then found |
Gangster pays the penalty, Gustin killed on Hanover St. in the North End |
Mike 'Spike' Hennessey, nailed in the 'King' Solomon shootings and held for $20,000 bail |
Steve Gustin, gangster of note from South Boston |
King' Solomon's murderers threaten the captain of Station 10, who had charge of the crime after the shooting |
King' Solomon shooting: Diagram of the crime scene / reporters interviewing the police |
Charles 'King' Solomon funeral at Fuller St., Brookline |
The Cotton Club in the South End where 'King' Solomon wa murdered |
Where 'King' Solomon was slain by gangsters, the Cotton Club in the South End. |
Crime scene of the Gustin-Walsh murder on Hanover St., North End |