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Loraine Hotel Hold-up

Date: 11 24 1947
Description: Police officer Raymond P. Kurth holds the leather bag in which the robber, Max M. Feeney, carried the money stolen from the Loraine Hotel.
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Loraine Hotel Hold-up

Date: 11 24 1947
Description: Max M. Feeney, Loraine Hotel robber, a parolee from Indiana, who was captured by Officer Raymond P. Kurth five minutes after the hold-up.
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Angelo Mazzara

Date: 02 17 1948
Description: Angelo Mazzara, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, formerly of Madison. He has confessed to breaking into the Old Heidelberg Tavern, 1206 Regent Street, through ...
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Norman M . Ward

Date: 04 23 1948
Description: African-American man, Norman M., Ward (aka Paul Nokomis) 18-year-old Chicagoan who was sent to jail to await sentence when he pleaded guilty to larceny and...
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Madison Detectives with "Night Hawk" Burglars

Date: 07 28 1948
Description: Madison detectives quiz two men who have confessed to having committed fifteen burglaries in the Madison area. Left to right: Vann Millege Kidd, Texarkana,...
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Vandalism at Evergreen Hill Cemetery

Date: 08 16 1948
Description: Vandalized tombstone following a beer party held in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, on June 12, 1948.
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Vandalism at Evergreen Hill Cemetery

Date: 08 16 1948
Description: Vandalized tombstone following a beer party held in Evergreen Hill Cemetery on June 12.
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Vandalism at Evergreen Hill Cemetery in Middleton

Date: 08 16 1948
Description: Vandalized tombstones following a beer party held in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Middleton, on June 12, 1948.
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Vandalism at Evergreen Hill Cemetery in Middleton

Date: 08 16 1948
Description: Vandalized tombstone following a beer party held in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Middleton, on June 12, 1948.
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Boys Playing With Guns

Date: 1920
Description: Two young boys sitting in a car wearing hats and sunglasses, play cops and robbers. One of the boys is thought to be Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison. App...
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Joseph R. Valentine

Date: 10 04 1948
Description: Portrait of Joseph R. Valentine, operator of Club Chanticleer in Middleton that was robbed.
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Andrew Wade and His Family

Date: 05 16 1954
Description: Andrew Wade and his wife and daughter stand in front of their house. Their front windows have been damaged by rocks and rifle shots.
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Durfee Brothers Roofing Company Burglary

Date: 10 30 1948
Description: John Ochalle, employee of the Durfee Brothers Roofing Company, who discovered evidence of a burglary at the company's place of business at 1804 South Park ...
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Durfee Brothers Roofing Company Burglary

Date: 10 30 1948
Description: View of window from indoors that burglars pried open at the Durfee Brothers Roofing Company office to enter during a robbery. A 500 pound safe was removed ...
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Piggly Wiggly Burglary

Date: 11 01 1948
Description: Daniel A. Foxvog, manager of the Piggly Wiggly super market, 1860 East Washington Avenue, is shown looking at where a safe stood before burglars carried it...
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Filling Station Robbery

Date: 11 04 1948
Description: Frank Conner, manager of the Fiore Coal and Oil Co., Filling Station, 601 West Washington Avenue, following a robbery. He is standing in front of an empty ...
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Filling Station Robbery

Date: 11 04 1948
Description: John Vasas, Milwaukee, arrested after he robbed the Fiore Coal and Oil Company Filling Station, 601 West Washington Avenue. He is standing in the hallway o...
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Hatchet Used in Taliesin Killings

Date: 1914
Description: Hatchet probably used in slayings of Mamah Borthwick, her children, and others at Taliesin by Julian Carlton. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring...
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Safe Burglary Sentencing

Date: 12 09 1948
Description: Three men in court with their attorney listen to their sentences for stealing the Durfee Brothers Roofing Company safe. From right are Louis and Kenneth Di...
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Ordie A. Juve on Trial for Murder

Date: 01 11 1949
Description: Ordie A. Juve, 86 Fair Oaks Avenue, seated at lower left during a hearing in the court of Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor to determine if he should be bound ...

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