Ms. Vaccarello is the Chief Operating Officer of the Museum. I was up there back in May for the 75th anniversary of the Ambush and got to meet a few of the...
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dc10dvr@...
capt_midknight
Dec 9, 2009 10:25 pm
Captbrain, As I said in my previous post, I haven't seen Tonya's script but I know that she wants to get more into the personalities and lives of B & C as ...
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everh@...
ohtrophyhunted
Dec 9, 2009 10:40 pm
In a message dated 12/9/2009 5:20:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dc10dvr@... writes: Ms. Vaccarello is the Chief Operating Officer of the Museum. I was...
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captbrain@...
jeffrey.gusf...
Dec 10, 2009 12:19 am
Capt MidKnight, I always felt that a Bonnie and Clyde with depth would be the way to go. They were both incredibly interesting. This is going to be hard to...
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Wolfman Jack
tennessee_wo...
Dec 10, 2009 2:19 am
Cool. Depp also used John Brewer's 1932 Nash Advanced 8, which is a beautiful car too! Thanks. I'll try to get a drawing done of that Model A, and put Little...
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rickmattix
Dec 10, 2009 2:33 am
And after Dillinger stole his car Robert Johnson sang, "I got dem ole walkin' blues..." Sorry, 7ony, couldn't resist injecting a little warped humor here. The...
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JohnnieDillinger@...
dillinger72234
Dec 10, 2009 2:47 am
LOL....Thanks Mad dog, ... From: rickmattix <mdog_921@...> To: gangsterologists@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, Dec 9, 2009 9:33 pm Subject:...
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JohnnieDillinger@...
dillinger72234
Dec 10, 2009 2:57 am
Robert Johnson’s 1930 Model A Ford Coupe ... From: Wolfman Jack <tennessee_wolfman1978@...> To: gangsterologists@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, Dec 9, 2009...
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dc10dvr@...
capt_midknight
Dec 10, 2009 3:11 am
Keep your fingers crossed along with me. It ain't done till it's done. Things are looking up a little more now, though. In a message dated 12/9/2009 6:20:08...
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Wolfman Jack
tennessee_wo...
Dec 10, 2009 4:09 pm
Cool! So this IS the actual car stolen at Little Bohemia? NICE little vehicle! Â Thanks! Â Will ... From: JohnnieDillinger@... <JohnnieDillinger@...>...
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Wolfman Jack
tennessee_wo...
Dec 10, 2009 4:11 pm
So I guess it was Dillinger and Hamilton who were the ones who escaped in this car? Anyone else? Not sure if any of them would've had time to jump in the...
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JohnnieRocco
johnnierocco21
Dec 10, 2009 8:59 pm
has anybody heard from jeff scalf lately? when i talked to him last back in july he told me he was working on a new book to come out around the time the public...
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JohnnieDillinger@...
dillinger72234
Dec 11, 2009 12:45 am
I believe Scalf's book is called Banking with Dillinger. Even Dillinger's younger sister Frances contributed a lot of pics. Best, 7ony ... From: JohnnieRocco...
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JohnnieDillinger@...
dillinger72234
Dec 11, 2009 12:47 am
Robert Johnson drove while Dillinger sat in the center, Hamilton in Passenger seat, and Van Meter in Rumble seat. Hamilton was shot inside the car. ... From:...
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Wolfman Jack
tennessee_wo...
Dec 11, 2009 3:55 pm
Hmmm...I would suppose the bullet that hit Hamilton would have come from the rear and to the right of the vehicle, through the window then or through the side...
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Wolfman Jack
tennessee_wo...
Dec 11, 2009 3:57 pm
Oh, also... Zazzle has a $9.00 discount off calendars for Christmas if any of you want to grab a deal on that Gangster Car calendar.  Will ... From:...
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rickmattix
Dec 11, 2009 5:00 pm
The Hamilton shooting apparently occurred at Hastings, Minnesota as Dillinger, Van Meter, and Hamilton were trying to reach St. Paul later in the day after the...
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Bill Helmer
helmer_bill
Dec 11, 2009 5:35 pm
Not to rain on this parade over the new book, but the FBI officially rejected the "Public Enemy No. 1" thing (probably because Hoover didn't think of it first)...
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rickmattix
Dec 11, 2009 5:43 pm
The slightly off-schedule Summer 2009 issue of On the Spot Journal will be going out in the coming week. Lineup for this issue is as follows: Eastern State...
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matthew mcvay
mmcv2132
Dec 11, 2009 6:22 pm
Any body know what became of Katy Jenkins ? I know there was a book on molls written by a person or two on this forum but unfortunately I have yet to see it...
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matthew mcvay
mmcv2132
Dec 11, 2009 6:22 pm
Any body know what became of Katy Jenkins ? I know there was a book on molls written by a person or two on this forum but unfortunately I have yet to see it...
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matthew mcvay
mmcv2132
Dec 11, 2009 6:38 pm
My fault on the subject heading , sorry about that to everybody I should have began a new one...
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rickmattix
Dec 11, 2009 11:45 pm
Some other good new or recent books that may be of interest here: THE GAMBLER KING OF CLARK STREET: MICHAEL C. McDONALD AND THE RISE OF CHICAGO'S DEMOCRATIC...
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rickmattix
Dec 12, 2009 12:14 am
p.s. Couple of others I missed before: GANGLAND GOTHAM: NEW YORK'S NOTORIOUS MOB BOSSES by Allan R. May, just out from Greenwood Press. Biographical chapters...
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rickmattix
Dec 12, 2009 12:29 am
Damn, here's another one I just remembered, coming out this month from University of Illinois Press: THE BLACK HAND: TERROR BY LETTER IN CHICAGO by Robert M....
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Wolfman Jack
tennessee_wo...
Dec 12, 2009 3:59 pm
Yep, and soapstone is VERY easy to carve and holds detail extremely well. I've seen pics of those soapstone guns that Makley and Pierpont tried to bust out...
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Wolfman Jack
tennessee_wo...
Dec 12, 2009 4:00 pm
Cool...I'm thinking Hamilton was hit in the chest? I've read that they couldn't find a doctor to treat him, and that the wound became gangrenous and he died...
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JohnnieDillinger@...
dillinger72234
Dec 13, 2009 7:57 pm
Correct the FBI officially rejected the "Public Enemy No. 1" thing, but it was actually the newspapers that kept the P.E.N.1. going. I have several old 1934...
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captbrain@...
jeffrey.gusf...
Dec 13, 2009 8:44 pm
7ony, The Chicago Crime Commission takes the credit for inventing the Public Enemies list on April 24th, 1930. Frank Loesch, the president of the Chicago Crime...
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JohnnieDillinger@...
dillinger72234
Dec 13, 2009 8:56 pm
Hello Jeff, Yes, I was aware that Chicago Crime Commission invented the Public Enemies list.Good information. Thanks. As I mentioned, Dillinger's image was...
