Vintage Photos, Genealogy & Crime Stories
Mary Snowden and Cynthia Walton, two dusky damsels of Eufaula, who have been awaiting trial in the Muskogee jail on a charge of assault to kill, were tried by a jury and the result was a verdict of guilty as to Mary Snowden and acquittal as to Cynthia. — Muskogee Phoenix (Muskogee, Oklahoma), December 7, … Continue reading The Freedwoman
Arraigned in police court yesterday before magistrate P.J. McNamara, George Kelly, 27, of Wilkes-Barre, was held in $500 bail on a charge of larceny, while a woman, who describes herself as Dorothy, his wife, 22, was held under a similar bond as accessory. The woman has had a rather picturesque career, according to her … Continue reading Checkered Career
Two women were charged under the state law against prostitution Wednesday after rulings by two Minneapolis judges that the city ordinance on the subject is void. — Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 19, 1967 The other day in my Facebook group, vintage mugshot photography, someone posted the 1967 mugshot of a woman identified on the … Continue reading Tough on Prostitutes
After withstanding a dramatic two-hour inquisition on the part of her husband, Detective Leo O’Loughlin, late yesterday, Mrs. O’Loughlin was brought before Captain of Detectives Clark and Chief of Police Reed again late last night. From 9:15 until 4:30 this morning she underwent a merciless grilling, her iron nerve snapped and she was taken … Continue reading Mother or Monster
Annabelle Johnson was in the pokey in Denver, Colorado, charged with larceny. The year was 1901 and her jailer was the deputy sheriff, a fellow named Charles Brown Blackwords. Charles, or C.B. as he was known, fell in love with the attractive young woman and talked her father into mortgaging his home to furnish the bond to get Annabelle out of jail. The lovebirds eloped together, despite the fact that C.B. already had a wife and children in Denver. Annabelle’s dad lost his house when she didn’t show up for court.
A Montana-born woman, 34-year-old Mae Kavanaugh, was convicted of writing "fictitious checks" and sent to San Quentin State Prison, the infamous northern California prison, on March 25, 1918, to serve a two year term. Eight years earlier, in 1910, Mae and a male accomplice, H. S. Farnsworth, lured a man to their rented Santa Cruz … Continue reading Give Him Up
Captured and Exposed 