July 20, 1921 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Hampton Hirscham, Cornelius Joseph Kevin, William Thomas O'Brien, and James O'Brien are arrested for robbing a bookie's house William Thomas O'Brien was not prosecuted, and the other 3 were sentenced to 15 months in jail. [Source]
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Anti-mafia magistrate assassinated by the Mafia
July 19, 1992 Palermo, Sicily, Italy Anti-mafia magistrate Paolo Borsellino is assassinated by a remote-controlled car bomb In the early evening of July 19, Borsellino arrived at his mother’s apartment building to bring her to a doctor’s appointment. As he and several of his body guards approached the building, a car bomb was detonated remotely.… Continue reading Anti-mafia magistrate assassinated by the Mafia
Vintage crime: 14-year-old beats mother to death for slapping him (1930)
From multiple sources published July 19, 1930 Lester Mohr (14), under the influence of "near beer [low alcohol beer] and pop 'spiked' with alcohol," beat his mother with his fists, bricks, and a poker, managed to wedge her head between a tree and a fence, beat her more, then returned to shoot her with a… Continue reading Vintage crime: 14-year-old beats mother to death for slapping him (1930)
The Illustrated Police News: July 19, 1890
From The Illustrated Police News Published June 19, 1890 The Illustrated Police News published interesting, sensational, and often exaggerated or fabricated news from 1864 to 1938. Its signature was an illustrated cover designed to attract readers. From left to right, top to bottom: A husband and wife duo, John and Mary Jane Duckworth Pickavance, shot… Continue reading The Illustrated Police News: July 19, 1890
Vintage crime collection: 9 stories of misfortune
July 18, 1890 The Carolina Banner (Tarboro, North Carolina) runs an article with several tidbits of various misfortunes The article was too long to replicate without compression issues. Instead, here are some of the more interesting bits quoted from the newspaper. Any additional information I could find is added in parentheses. As the stories are… Continue reading Vintage crime collection: 9 stories of misfortune
