Annals of Crime #32

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Vallejo -- A high school teacher in Salinas, Donald G. Harden, and his wife cracked a code of a man threatening mass murder, a code which the Navy and FBI experts have failed to break in a week of effort. Ciphers were contained in a letter sent to three newspapers in which the author claimed to have committed three recent lovers lane murders. The code, a portion which is shown with Haden's version, reads: "I like killing people because it is so much fun it is more fun than killing wild game in the forest . . . when I die I will be reborn in paradise and all I have killed will become my slaves. I will not give my name because you will try to slow down or stop my collecting of slaves." (1969)

Annals of Crime #31

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Maryland -- Col. Oran Henderson and his attorney, Henry Rothblatt, give a "thumbs up" sign outside Henderson's residence at Ft. Meade shortly after Henderson was acquitted December 17th of charges he tried to cover up the murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians at My Lai. (1971)

Annals of Crime #30

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Fort Myers -- Gary Steven Krist sits dejectedly in an FBI car after being brought out of Lee Memorial Hospital where he stayed since his capture in a marsh late Dec. 21 near Punta Gorda. Krist is being charged with the kidnapping of Barbara Jane Mackle in Atlanta, GA, on Dec. 17. Krist was put under $500,000 bond, the same amount he allegedly demanded and got from the parents of Barbara Jane. (1968)

Annals of Crime #29

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Toledo -- A two year flood of bogus one and five dollar bills, a flow totalling perhaps millions of "dollars" was believed stopped with the arrest of a 21 year old Toledo, Ohio youth and four others as accomplices. Midwest states had been flooded with the bogus notes of high quality. They were sold wholesale, cost at $15 for each $100 worth. Photo shows Patrolman Charles Whitmer of Toledo, as he stood guard over the plant uncovered by the federal agents. Its 21 year old operator Clarence Brown, took his arrest philosophically. (1935)

Annals of Crime #28

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Wyoming -- Caril Fugate, 14, girlfriend of alleged "mad dog" killer Charles Starkweather, leaves her cell to be fingerprinted. Wyoming officials have waived jurisdiction of the pair and agreed to return them to Nebraska where they will face charges in the killings of ten people. (1958)

Annals of Crime #27

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Maniac Slays Family of Six.

Detroit -- The entire police force of Detroit was called out today to search for the fiend who slashed the head of Bennie Evangelista, 43, erstwhile carpenter, herb doctor and healer, then hacked Evangelista's wife and four children to death, leaving a crimson trail smeared over their small home after the murders has been discovered. (1929)

Annals of Crime #26

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Cleveland -- This is the general view of the court room in the Cuyahoga County Criminal Courts building as the first degree murder trial of Dr. Samuel Sheppard (arrow) gets under way. Prosecution attorneys are seated in the foreground at the table with defense attorneys on the opposite side. The 30-year-old osteopath is accused of the bludgeon slaying of his pregnant wife, Marilyn, who was found murdered in the Sheppard lakeside home in suburban Bay Village last July 4th. Dr. Sheppard has testified that an intruder killed his wife and assaulted him. (1954)

Annals of Crime #25

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Queens -- Malcolm X gets out of his car at his home, which had been firebomed the night before; almost certainly by former colleagues in the Nation of Islam (1965)

Annals of Crime #24

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Accused Murderers With Their Attorney

New York -- Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez look as happy here as if they were merely attempting to induce the man in center to accompany them on a picnic. Actually the chap in center is their attorney, Herbert S. Rosenberg. He is defending the two, known as the "Lonely Hearts" killers in their trial for murder in Bronx County Court. Mr. Rosenberg is particular about jury selection, dropping frequent hints that part of the testimony may bear a distinct resemblance to excerpts from the Kinsey Report. (1949)

Annals of Crime #23

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Police Suspect Murder and Suicide in Central Park.

New York -- General views of death scene in Central Park at 106th Street East early this evening. Bodies are those of Juanita Rivera and Luis Rizarry. Police suspect the man murdered the woman and then committed suicide. Time of death set at 4 p.m. A forty-five caliber pistol was the death weapon and can be seen in some of the pix near the man's right foot. (1952)

Annals of Crime #22

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Gail Fails to Convince Cops.

Hollywood -- Actress Gail Russell shows her wing spread to a critical cop as she failed to pass a sobriety test given her by the police after her new convertible crashed through the front of a Hollywood restaurant. A night porter was seriously injured and Miss Russell suffered a slight cut on the bridge of her nose. The actress was booked on a misdemeanor drunken driving charge. (1957)

Annals of Crime #21

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Peoria -- Evidence from the Richard Speck murder trial is carted from the Peoria County Courtroom by Chicago Detective Jack Wallenda. An armed police convoy returned Speck to Chicago on April 17, where he will remain for the duration of the legal proceedings planned to save him from the electric chair. Speck, 25, was convicted of murdering eight student nurses. (1967)

Annals of Crime #20

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Police are shown carrying out the body of Serge Rubinstein from his Fifth Avenue home where he was found slain today in an upstairs bedroom. Authorities said that the Russian born millionaire appeared to have been strangled. His body was found with hands and feet tied and the mouth taped. It is believed that he died after a "terrific struggle" with an intruder. According to police, "it could have been robbery" but the theory of planned attack was not ruled out. The 46 year old international financier was the central figure of a World War II 'draft dodger' case, and prior to his death had been fighting a deportation order. (1955)

Annals of Crime #19

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Los Angeles -- The body of singer Sam Cooke lies slumped in the doorway of a Motel manager's apartment. According to police, he kicked in the manager's door looking for another woman when he was shot (1964)

Annals of Crime #18

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Death Watch

New York -- This was the grim scene outside an amusement arcade in downtown Brooklyn after Tony LaVanchino, 17, had been shot to death in a teen gang feud. His friend John Lombardi, 17, wounded in the hand, turns his face away as police surround the body. Four youths were captured. (1959)

Annals of Crime #17Artists in Action #358

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Ready To Testify.

Indianapolis -- Zeppo Marx, one time straight man for the Marx Brothers comedy team, waits to testify before the Federal Grand Jury here, on Aug. 22nd. The Grand Jury is investigating the activities of a gambling ring based in Terre Haute, Indiana. Marx promised to cooperate with the jury and tell what he knows about the case. (1958)

Annals of Crime #16

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Wires Ready for Hauptmann Trial

Flemington, NJ -- The Press is ready for the Hauptmann murder trial. Here is a view of the press set up in the Flemington Court house where Bruno Hauptmann of the Bronx will be tried for the murder of baby Lindbergh. The grand jury indicted him for the crime on October 8th. (1934)

Annals of Crime #15

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Brooklyn -- A teenage "gang-war" was averted Wednesday night when Brooklyn Police rounded up forty-six youths in the Borough Park area. Thirty two were held on charges of conspiracy to commit felonious assault and fourteen others were released in custody of parents on juvenile delinquency charges. Here the youths, backs to camera, are shown huddled together after the roundup. (1954)

Annals of Crime #14

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Castaic -- No movie fan is 'Daisy Mae', who swishes her tail willy-nilly in the eyes of handsome actor Robert Mitchum as he begins his chores at the Sheriff's Honor Farm. Mitchum, serving 60 days on a Marijuana charge, was transferred to the Honor Farm after he became a 'Tank Trusty' at the Los Angeles County Jail (1949)

Annals of Crime #13

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Chicago -- Braving bullets from a trapped safe-blowing gang, policeman Arthur Olsen trades shots with desperadoes as he seeks flimsy shelter behind a car. Olson injured his face when one of the gunmen fired through a plate glass of the currency exchange when he was the first to investigate the call. Olsen immediately called for re-enforcements for the battle, which lasted nearly an hour, in which two yeggs were slain, two captured, one believed to have escaped, and three policemen injured. (1947)