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[Zombie_61]

...In 1911 Joseph Wirth was sent to the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary upon being convicted of violating the Oleomargarine Act of August 2, 1886. He would serve more than 3 yrs before being released.

It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!

I'd never heard of the "Oleomargarine Act of August 2, 1886" so I Googled it. It was even more boring than I was expecting it to be.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I'd never heard of the "Oleomargarine Act of August 2, 1886" so I Googled it. It was even more boring than I was expecting it to be.

Minnesota, North & South Dakota, & possibly other states had laws on the books up into the 1960's making yellow colored margarine against the law. Margarine could not be colored to look like real butter.

 

[Rmccamey]

Ah, so now I understand why I can't believe it's not butter!

Minnesota, North & South Dakota, & possibly other states had laws on the books up into the 1960's making yellow colored margarine against the law. Margarine could not be colored to look like real butter.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Thaddeus Lowe, Chief Aeronaut of the Union Army Balloon Corp preparing for a reconnaissance flight in his balloon named Intripid, at the Battle of Seven Pines, Henrico county, VA May 31 - June 1, 1862. Casualties totaled 11,000 men. Before the War Lowe had been a civilian, Professor of Balloons.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

In 1903 John G. Daulton was sentenced to 5 yrs in the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary for Violations of the Articles of War Act. His sentencing set his punishment for "contemptuous or disrespectful words against the President, Vice President, the Congress of the US, the Secretary of War or the Governor or Legislature of any states". While an inmate Daulton was constantly at odds with other inmates & received 3 days in solitary confinement for fighting & threatening another inmate with a wash pan.

In 1904 Ezra Owens was sentenced to 1 yr plus 1 day for larceny. While serving his sentence Owens was written up several times for prison violations such as talking & laughing, having raw onions in his possession, & keeping a hacksaw in his cell.

In 1911 Charles Davis was sentenced to 3 yrs for housebreaking. Attempting to atone for his crime Davis told the Warden, "I was charged with breaking a pane of glass in the Levi's store in Washington, D.C. and taking a suit of clothes to which I pleaded not guilty. I was drunk at the time this crime was committed and was not aware I had committed a crime."

 

[Youreand77]

Green Bay, Wi "Special" Police

Picked up a copy of a great photo today at an antique mall. There is some writing in the bottom right corner. I can only make out,"Brown Co. Police Green Bay, Wi.". Their white armbands say "Special P...." something. Anyways, thought it was a great hat/clothes pic. Was too big for my scanner.

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I would have thought the mafia if i hadn't read the "police" part!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

The well dressed criminal of the 1870's - 1880's

Charles Fisher
Alias: Charles Purdy
Sneak and Forger

Augustus Raymond
Alias: Gus Raymond
Sneak and Forger

Robert Bowman
Alias: Robert Hogan
Forger

 

[Rmccamey]

Texas Rangers collecting stills during the Prohibition years.

 

[BobHufford]

Texas Rangers collecting stills during the Prohibition years.

Used later at the annual picnic ...

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Texas Rangers collecting stills during the Prohibition years.

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Is that a roulette wheel? I guess where there's liquor there's going to be gambling.

 

[Rmccamey]

Researchers later discovered it was only hand sanitizer.

Used later at the annual picnic ...

 

[Rmccamey]

Gulf Oil workers - roughnecks - near Midland, TX during the Great Depression, 1935.
Times were hard as you will notice only one young man in the group.

 

[carouselvic]

5th Avenue Manhattan 1946

 

[Hurricane Jack]

E.J. Elliott was a 19 yr old farmer in 1903 when he was arrested & convicted of fencing stolen property, & sentenced to 3 yrs hard labor & $10 fine. When asked st trial why he fenced stolen property he replied, "to get better horses". Elliott was paroled after 24 months for time served.

In 1905 Adolph Fein was sentenced to the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary for forging naturalization papers for immigrants. Fein didn't like prison. The prison doctor told the Warden that Fein had poor eyesight & was unable to work because he was injuring himself while working. The prison guards were convinced that Fein faked blindness to avoid work. They claimed he would wonder around & pretend to not know where he was, & skipped meals. The guards took away his glasses & started locking him in solitary confinement. In April 1906 Fein was pronounced insane & transferred to an asylum in Washington, D.C.

In 1911 John Peter Stevens was sentenced to 2 yrs plus $100 fine, to the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary for selling liquor on an Indian reservation. When asked by the Warden to account for his crime he stated, "It was alleged that I sold six bottles of beer on the Sioux Indian Reservation in Robinson county, South Dakota. I plead not guilty but was convicted."

 

[steur]

Gulf Oil workers - roughnecks - near Midland, TX during the Great Depression, 1935.
Times were hard as you will notice only one young man in the group.


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He might be 15 while the other could range from 24 to 30: rough times!

 

[steur]

Conrad Bergan Hutmacher, Reithofferplatz 7, Wien.

 

[Bamaboots]

Loom cleaners and Doffers at the Dallas Mill Huntsville, AL 1898.

Several years later, a Lewis Hines photograph.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

More Best Dressed Criminals of the 1870's - 1880's

Ike Vail
Alias: Old Ike
Confidence Man

James Wells
Alias: Funeral Wells
Pickpocket

Joseph Gorman
Alias: Clifford Gorman
Pickpocket

 

[Hurricane Jack]

In 1902 Al Jennings, a lawyer, prosecutor, leader of a notorious outlaw gang, & friend of film star William S. Hart, was convicted of assault with intent to murder & sentenced to the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary.

In 1908 Charles E. Billingsley was sentenced to 7 yrs, 5 months for violation of the National Banking Law. Billingsley was paroled in 1913 for time served.

In 1909 Fred Torgensen was sentenced to Life in the Federal Penitentiary for train robbery. His sentenced was commuted to time served in 1919. Nothing is known of Torgensen after his release.

 

[Rmccamey]

That Torgensen hat has an interesting bash. Almost looks maybe a telescope punched up into an open crown and the "boat curl" really sets it off!

In 1902 Al Jennings, a lawyer, prosecutor, leader of a notorious outlaw gang, & friend of film star William S. Hart, was convicted of assault with intent to murder & sentenced to the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary.

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In 1908 Charles E. Billingsley was sentenced to 7 yrs, 5 months for violation of the National Banking Law. Billingsley was paroled in 1913 for time served.

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In 1909 Fred Torgensen was sentenced to Life in the Federal Penitentiary for train robbery. His sentenced was commuted to time served in 1919. Nothing is known of Torgensen after his release.

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