Category: Law Breaking
Sea Store Cigarettes It’s no secret to us old salts that our survival kits usually included a pack of Lucky Strike or Camel cigarettes. Sometimes the packs were so old, the paper would have turned a dark yellow. In 1965, first during the U.S. Army’s Basic Training Course & later in Pre-Airborne Infantry Training, while… Read More
The Charles A. Lindbergh Jr Kidnapping It was on the evening of March 1, 1932, that one of the nation’s biggest mysteries and scandals occurred. World-famous aviator Colonel Charles Lindbergh and his wife had put their 20-month old son Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. to bed in his upstairs nursery and within hours a nurse who… Read More
Topsy The Elephant Publicly Executed in New York City Topsy was born in Southeast Asia, had a difficult career as a circus elephant, and was imported to the US for the spectacle. She performed at the Forepaugh Circus, which competed with Baileys Circus by PT Barnum. The circus animal spectacle was grueling work for the… Read More
Rufus Buck Gang July 6th is the anniversary of the hanging of the Rufus Buck Gang- four black and Indian teens who tried to singlehandedly, violently halt the expansion of the burgeoning United States. You’ve never heard of them, but they stand among the most notorious and politically significant outlaws of the Old West. The… Read More