mug shots!

[PADDY]

Bugsy Middleton...

Now for my attempts, deep breath and here goes...

PS: Haven't figured out how to put the pics side-by-side yet!

 

[PADDY]

And front view..

PRESS: "Do you have a comment Bugsy on your arrest..?"

 

[PADDY]

Now for the colour shots...

PRESS: "What are you going to do Bugsy when Prohibition is lifted..?"

"Well boys, I'll have a drink!"

 

[Matt Deckard]

MK took my mug as soon as I got my Graphite Optimo fedora. I went over and we shot some pics. He grouped mine for me.


Looks like your going to jail Paddy, just don't say a word until we get you a lawyer we can trust... keep your mouth shut!

 

[PADDY]

And side view...

PRESS: "Bugsy, what do you have to say to the Senator who labelled you a drunk..?"

"Well Bill, all I have to say to that knuckle-head is, that he's an ugly s.o.b! but...in the morning, I will always be sober!"

 

[K.D. Lightner]

Found a new gangster picture, this one a drawing of a famous bad guy. Looks kinda like that outfit Wild Root is wearing.

karol

 

[K.D. Lightner]

Oops, wrong one. I showed that before. Here is the drawing:

 

[Wild Root]

Aah, a lefty, ah. Why I oughta...

Well, I'm really right handed. Just looks better with the gun in that hand.

Scar Face? No, more like Dillinger

Root.

 

[Wild Root]

Well now it's time for an aged one.

 

[up196]

And the winner of the Wild Root look=alike contest is . . .

Young Alvin Karpis

 

[jamespowers]

Geez, the resemblance is uncanny! Check it out.

 

[Wild Root]

Uh... Damn, that's scary. Well, it looks like I'm a sharper dresser. :cool2:

Root.

 

[jamespowers]

Alvin needs a haircut though. LOL

 

[Wild Root]

Maybe, but my hair looks like that before I comb it.

 

[K.D. Lightner]

That looks like one of those "Separated at Birth" pictures you see.

OK, Wild Root, Hollywood calls. I know the perfect screenplay for you:

The Barker Gang.

Put in a good word for me -- I can play Ma Barker. (I can't find any photos of her in a hat, but I will wear one anyway.)

Karpis was known for having a real scarey stare, so you need to practice that. Everything else looks quite fine.

karol

 

[K.D. Lightner]

WR

But I do believe you have better taste in hats than Karpis:

 

[jamespowers]

He already sort of has that whiplash stare in the pictures as it is. Got to stop that around women---particularly the ones you might be interested in. LOL

Regards to all,

J

 

[jamespowers]

See his new book coming out in January?

 

[up196]

That stare earned Karpis the nickname "Old Creepy" (sorry Root).

He also had a doctor alter his facial features and surgically remove the skin from his fingertips so he wouldn't leave prints (I guess he didn't like to wear gloves). Doc Moran did the same finger print job for Fredie Barker, and then started boasting about it. Moran's next "appointment" with Fred Barker involved a gun, a shovel and a bag of quick lime!

They cought Karpis right here in New Orleans. He was the first man arrested by J. Edgar Hoover. The witnesses agree, however that he was captured first by a squad of Agents, and then Hoover came up and formally arrested him.

To quote Mr. Karpis concerning the event prior to Hoover's arrival, "I turned slightly and I was facing a man holding a Thompson machine gun. He was wearing a Palm Beach suit and a Panama hat, and he looked cool and collected. He seemed to be in charge."

Interesting that the Agent's clothes made as much of an imporession as his Thompson did.

 

[Matt Deckard]

You better start parting your hair on the left Rob so we can take you down to Hollywood and get you into some auditions for the part!