Date: | 1948 |
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Description: | John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines. |
Date: | 11 19 1957 |
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Description: | Ed Gein (1906-1984) signing paperwork at the state crime lab where he was brought for lie detector and other tests or at the city jail where he was held ov... |
Date: | 11 28 1936 |
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Description: | Portrait of John (Jack) Albright, former owner of the Club Monterey and one-time king of Madison gamblers, in jail, charged with keeping a gambling house, ... |
Date: | 10 18 1935 |
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Description: | Lee Finger and Ferdinand Gritzmacher, two witnesses to Sun Prairie bank holdup. |
Date: | 06 10 1935 |
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Description: | Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson is opening confiscated slot machines to extract money, and Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, is smashing other confisc... |
Date: | 06 10 1935 |
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Description: | Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, using a sledge hammer to smash a confiscated slot machine, with Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson looking on. |
Date: | 06 10 1935 |
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Description: | Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson and Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, with confiscated whiffle board and roulette wheel. |
Date: | 03 04 1934 |
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Description: | Bryn Griffiths, Capitol Theatre advertising manager and treasurer, shown at empty safe after burglary. |
Date: | 09 12 1933 |
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Description: | A.A. Linde, cashier, and Carl Linde, assistant cashier of DeForest State Bank, display the ropes and gag used during a robbery of the bank. |
Date: | 07 15 1933 |
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Description: | Portrait of Cecil LaValla, sitting in a chair at the county jail, suspect in the murder of Odin Tofsrud. |
Date: | 07 11 1933 |
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Description: | Sheriff Finn holding sledgehammer used to break open the safe of Odin Tofsrud, carpenter and truck farmer, who was murdered during the theft of his safe by... |
Date: | 06 28 1933 |
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Description: | Portrait of disabled World War I veteran Adolph Gunness, Soldier Boy Ice Cream Bars vendor, who was arrested for selling on the street. |
Date: | 12 04 1931 |
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Description: | Technicians administer a lie detector test at District Attorney Fred Risser's office to be used in the James Corcoran poisoning case. |
Date: | 10 12 1931 |
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Description: | Jesse Smith is on the job as desk sergeant at the Madison Police Department. |
Date: | 05 21 1931 |
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Description: | James McGilligan, accused of impersonating a physician, sitting at the police station. |
Date: | 02 04 1931 |
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Description: | Portrait of Carl Frey, 28, Stoughton. He confessed to the murder of Albion postmaster Frank Kelling. |
Date: | 02 05 1931 |
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Description: | Wilford Rogers, 20, and Leslie Straus, 21, both of Mendota, Illinois. The two are confessed murderers of Albion postmaster, Frank H. Kelling, standing on t... |
Date: | 12 30 1930 |
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Description: | Myron Stephanson, accused burglar, holding his head in his hands while sitting under a notice titled: "Wanted for Bank Robbery" at the police station. |
Date: | 11 07 1930 |
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Description: | Tom Newbury, 22, Reedsburg, sentenced to life at Waupun for killing Royal Thurber, 44, Reedsburg. |
Date: | 09 06 1930 |
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Description: | Prisoner, Fred Deauchamp, age 29, accused robber of nurse's residence at Wisconsin General Hospital, and police officer standing outdoors. |
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