Crime & Punishment – Fists and .45s!

Women’s Weapons, 1900

On: April 26, 2024January 25, 2024 By: Romeyn

Fake Robbery

On: August 17, 2021August 11, 2021 By: Romeyn

PAYS BOY $1000 TO STAGE $50,000 FAKE GEM ROBBERY, CHARGE

by United Press

LONG BRANCH, N.J., Feb. 22. – Mrs. Sarah L. Robertson, who last Saturday night reported to the police that a dinner party at her bungalow had been held up and jewels valued at $50,000 taken from her, was arrested today, charged with conspiracy in causing the holdup.

A few hours earlier the robbery had been branded as a “fake” by a youth named John Baily who told the police he had been hires by Mrs/ Robertson to enter the bungalow and pretend to steal the jewels. In reality, he said, he got nothing but a bag filled with tissue paper. He said Mrs. Robertson paid him $1000 to stage the holdup.

Once in Every Man’s Life

On: June 3, 2020April 14, 2020 By: Romeyn

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Things were pretty dicey in 1917, things haven’t changed much if you think about it…

FBI Machine Gun Course

On: May 22, 2020May 21, 2020 By: Romeyn

The Thompson sub-machine gun was used by the FBI until the early 1970s, when the FBIHQ ordered the destruction of most Thompson sub-machine guns in the field.