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Wilford Rogers and Leslie Straus

Date: 02 05 1931
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...
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Tom Newbury Sentencing

Date: 11 07 1930
Description: Tom Newbury, 22, Reedsburg, sentenced to life at Waupun for killing Royal Thurber, 44, Reedsburg.
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Murder Trial Jury

Date: 05 18 1950
Description: Group portrait of the George "Butch" King murder trial jury. King, accused of the murder of Sadie Jackson, was declared not guilty by reason of insanity a...
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"The Shadow Returns" Lobby Card

Date: 1946
Description: Lobby card for the Monogram film "The Shadow Returns," featuring several characters on a patio investigating a body that has just fallen from the roof.
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Crime Re-enactment

Date: 04 23 1986
Description: This image was captured during the re-enactment of a crime that took place at a convenience store on Tuesday, April 22nd, 1986. The killing of Andrew N. Ne...
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Outdoor News Portrait of Timothy Vick

Date: 09 23 1959
Description: Outdoor news portrait of Timothy Vick of 3957 North 63rd Street, Milwaukee. News photo made in connection with a murder case; the murderer, going door-to-d...
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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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Mickey Hayes Murder Trial

Date: 09 20 1960
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...
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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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Traffic Patrolman James Jantz' Funeral

Date: 08 24 1961
Description: Mrs. James C. Jantz, wife of the slain policeman, holding the arm of her mother, Mrs. Roger Keith, and leaning on the shoulder of her brother, Jerome Boyer...
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Murder Suspect Jailed

Date: 08 24 1961
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...
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Attempted Jail Break at Dane County Jail

Date: 12 26 1961
Description: Jailer Max Koons pointing to the hastily-repaired ceiling in the lobby of the Dane County Jail which two inmates tried to claw open during an attempted esc...
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Attempted Jail Break at Dane County Jail

Date: 12 26 1961
Description: Undersheriff Jack Leslie examining the cell lock which Lawrence Nutley managed to thwart in an attempted escape from the Dane County Jail. Nutley and Willi...
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Attempted Jail Break at Dane County Jail

Date: 12 26 1961
Description: Jailer Ralph Chesemore examining the control room buttons that were pushed to unlock a series of doors leading to the Dane County Jail lobby in an unsucces...
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Sauk Slaying Trial

Date: 02 08 1962
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...
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Sauk Slaying Trial

Date: 03 26 1962
Description: Accused police slayer Richard Nickl ducking photographers as spectators crowd the door to watch him leave Circuit Court. His left leg in cast was fractured...
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Wisconsin Circuit Court

Date: 1895
Description: Wisconsin Supreme Court in session at the second hearing of the trial of Emery, Lord and Houston for murder. The case also had two Circuit Court hearings.<...
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Victim of East St. Louis Riots

Date: 07 04 1917
Description: A group of white men are posing along a pile of cinder blocks. In front of the blocks, and partially obscured by shadows, is the body of a black man. Capti...
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Ralph O'Dell Murder Case — Attorney Darrell MacIntyre

Date: 09 1957
Description: Portrait of Darrell MacIntyre, attorney for the defense in the murder trial of Ralph O'Dell, who was accused of shooting Joseph Knock during a burglary att...
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Ralph O'Dell Murder Case — Jurors

Date: 10 1957
Description: Group portrait of the jurors in the jury box. These men and women served jury duty for the murder trial of Ralph O'Dell, accused of shooting Joseph Knock d...

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