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Slot Machine Seizure

Date: 01 1924
Description: Gerald J. Boileau, assistant district attorney, and George Lippert, district attorney, and three other men, exhibiting slot machines seized during a raid i...
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Jennie Justo

Date: 05 15 1933
Description: Jennie Justo with hat in hand, is embraced by her mother, Lena Justo, as she leaves for a year in the Milwaukee jail for being the alleged owner of a stude...
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Murder-Suicide in Room on Henry Street

Date: 09 24 1934
Description: Doorway and bed in a room on 521 North Henry Street where a murder-suicide occurred. Adele Burnton was murdered by Harold Kotvis, who then committed suicid...
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Murder and Suicide Room on Henry Street

Date: 09 24 1934
Description: Room where murder, suicide occurred. Adele Burnton was murdered by Harold Kotvis, who then committed suicide. 521 North Henry Street.
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Jennie and Lena Justo

Date: 05 15 1933
Description: Jennie Justo of 921 Spring Street in the Greenbush, wearing a hat, says goodbye to her mother, Lena Justo, as she leaves for a year in the Milwaukee jail.
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Interior of Stoughton Bank

Date: 09 17 1931
Description: Interior view from behind teller cages of the Stoughton Bank after robbery.
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Mrs. F.G. Ives

Date: 09 17 1931
Description: Portrait of Mrs. F.G. Ives, employee of Stoughton Bank, posing at home.
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Alleged Burglar

Date: 12 30 1930
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.
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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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Alledged Safecracker

Date: 02 15 1950
Description: George Beecraft, 23, of 121 S. Marquette Street is shown (right) pleading not guilty before Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor to charges of safecracking at the...
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Crime Prevention Week Declaration

Date: 02 15 1952
Description: Wisconsin Attorney General Vernon W. Thompson sitting at his desk while signing an endorsement of the Madison observance of Crime Prevention Week. The nati...
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Ex-Convicts Confess to Robbery

Date: 12 09 1953
Description: Assistant District Attorney Robert I. Perina (left) hearing the confessions of Douglas R. Wright of Baraboo and William G. Lavine of St. Louis. The two rob...
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Illegal Gambling Machine

Date: 04 04 1942
Description: An illegal gambling machine in a dining area of a restaurant. A waiter is visible through a doorway on the left.
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Illegal Gambling Machines in Restaurant

Date: 02 27 1942
Description: Two illegal gambling machines in the front dining room of Jones Steak House, located on County Trunk N, southwest of Wausau. The building is owned by Sheri...
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Charges Dropped for 54 Nabbed in Mob

Date: 04 18 1958
Description: Superior Judge Roy H. Procter reading police reports and them dismissing charges against 54 students charged with disorderly contact at a Langdon Street mo...
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John P. O'Connor

Date: 07 16 1958
Description: Window-breaker John O'Connor, 18, with Detective Kennety Hartwich in court. He pleaded guilty to smashing $2,210 worth of front windows at 14 State Street ...
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Stolen Merchandise Confiscated

Date: 02 29 1960
Description: Detectives identifying stacks of stolen merchandise confiscated from a home on Ohio Avenue. Left to right: William Taylor, Frank Freney, and Capt. Thomas N...
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Mickey Hayes Murder Trial

Date: 09 20 1960
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...
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State Office Building Bomb Threat

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Mrs. Georgia Russell, an accountant in the State Motor Vehicle Department, displaying the mail bag and bomb package that were involved in an unsuccessful a...
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Double-Homicide Suspect

Date: 2012
Description: Press conference podium area in the City Hall for a double-homicide case, with main suspect (later convicted), Jeffrey Lepsch, pictured twice. American and...

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