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| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | The leader of a band of Mexican desperadoes, Steve Denton (played by William S. Hart), has his heart softened by the innocent young Mary Beth Garth (Bessie... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Sitting on a table in a filthy cellar, Prudence Thorne (played by Billie Burke) compares knives with a Chinaman as four other thugs watch in a scene still ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Bare-fisted Gallagher (played by William Desmond) stands in full Western costume (cowboy hat, plaid shirt, bandana neckerchief, charro chaps, leather wrist... |
| Date: | 09 20 1960 |
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| Description: | Jon (Mickey) Hayes, left, sitting at a table during the first day of his double-murder trail for killing his father and another man. Shown with his attorne... |
| Date: | 09 20 1960 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Circuit Judge Russell E. Hanson, presiding judge at the Jon (Mickey) Hayes double murder trial. Hayes is accused of shooting his father and ano... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | German film poster for the re-release of the American film. Blurry, silhouette image of a man wearing a cowboy hat with three bullet holes piercing his tor... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | German film poster for the Italian film, "Guardie e ladri." Illustrated image of a cop wearing a uniform running while holding a gun. Around the corner is ... |
| Date: | 08 24 1961 |
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| Description: | Three Jefferson County Sheriff Department officers and a search volunteer posing with two bloodhounds that took part in a manhunt for a suspect from an inc... |
| Date: | 08 24 1961 |
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| Description: | Captain Harry Wyatt, left, and Deputy Sheriff Mike Spencer bring prisoner Lawrence Nutley, of Chicago, to the Dane County jail in Madison. The prisoner was... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Ben Welden, playing the gangster Sniffy, poses with his revolver in hand in a dramatic publicity still for "Tough Assignment." |
| Date: | 08 31 1961 |
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| Description: | Henry Harris, 66, of 824 Mound Street, shot his wife, Alice Harris, in the ankle and his stepson, Oliver Davis, in the thigh after a family squabble. Henry... |
| Date: | 02 08 1962 |
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| Description: | Richard Nickl and William Welter appear in court after being accused of slaying Patrolman James Jantz, Baraboo and wounding Lake Delton Police Chief Eugene... |
| Date: | 09 15 1964 |
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| Description: | Three men arraigned in Judge William L. Buenzli's court on charges stemming from an armed robbery at the Edgewater Hotel stand with deputy District Attorne... |
| Date: | 12 04 1953 |
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| Description: | Albert A. Hanson, facing a possible prison term on charges of adultery and receiving stolen money, ponders his fate alone before the empty jury box during ... |
| Date: | 12 04 1953 |
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| Description: | The Albert Hanson trial is serious business for jurors as they hear Attorney William J. Coyne (standing) defend Hanson. |
| Date: | 07 1937 |
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| Description: | A small cottage with a tarpaper roof houses the "Gangster Museum" on the grounds of Little Bohemia. The corner of the main lodge is at far left, and Little... |
| Date: | 12 05 1953 |
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| Description: | Diane Nelson, 20-year-old bookkeeper, is shown reviewing with her attorney, Maurice B. Pasch, the testimony she gave as the chief prosecution witness again... |
| Date: | 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Portrait of the defendant, Ralph O'Dell, accused of shooting Joseph Knock during a burglary attempt. |
| Date: | 11 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Bailiff Andrew Sampson is handing the jury's verdict of first-degree murder and burglary to Judge Edwin Wilkie at the murder trial of Ralph O'Dell, accused... |
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