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Monday, October 18, 1926
CrimeAs printed 100 years ago on page 19 of:The Washington TimesWashington [D.C.]

4 HELD AS GANG KILLS 1 MORE

Context - explained by ACL:

Four men described as gangsters were being held in the county jail after arrests made over the week-end in a police drive to round up known gangsters. The report also describes a man shot five times and thrown from a speeding automobile, found at the edge of Mannheim Road, and a robbery in which safes at the Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company were opened with nitroglycerine and loot valued at $37,800 was taken.

Four men held in the county jail after a police round-up, while a body was found shot at the edge of Mannheim Road.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. The Washington Times, Washington [D.C.], October 18, 1926, page 19]

By International News Service CHICAGO, Oct. 18.—While authorities were investigating a new gang murder today, and a brazen robbery, a quartet of famous gangsters, whose names are high on the list of "Who's Who" in Chicago's beer and alcohol industry, were lolling in cells at the county jail. . They are Vincent "Schemer" Drucci, partner of the late Ear: Weiss, whose career was cut short by machine-gun bullets; Vincent Mc Erlane, brother of Frank McErlane, South Side gang leader, under arrest awaiting trial for murder: Julian "Potatoes" Kaufman, a "yes" man of the Weiss-Drucci-Moran combine, and Harry Sorg, another henchman of the North Side syndicate. All four were arrested over the week-end in Chief of Police Collins' drive to "round-up all known gangsters." The latest gang killing occurred early yesterday. A man believed to be John Dano, a Sicilian, was "taken for a ride," shot to deatl:, and flung from the speeding automobile. His body, punctured by five bullets, was found at the edge of Mannheim Road, on the outskirts of Chicago. With several pairs of clean white gloves as their only clew, police today were seeking the trail of 16 bandits, who labored for eight hours over the safes in the plant of the Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company, finally "cracked" them and escaped with loot valued at $37,800. The bandits took possession shortly after midnight Sunday The half-dozen employes watching the premises were bound and gagged and locked in a room. The thugs cracked the five large safes with nitroglycerine.

Reproduced unchanged from The Washington Times, October 18, 1926, page 19.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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Today's paper

October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.

A Century Late
Monday, October 18, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
CrimeAs printed 100 years ago on page 19 of:The Washington TimesWashington [D.C.]

4 HELD AS GANG KILLS 1 MORE

Context - explained by ACL:

Four men described as gangsters were being held in the county jail after arrests made over the week-end in a police drive to round up known gangsters. The report also describes a man shot five times and thrown from a speeding automobile, found at the edge of Mannheim Road, and a robbery in which safes at the Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company were opened with nitroglycerine and loot valued at $37,800 was taken.

Four men held in the county jail after a police round-up, while a body was found shot at the edge of Mannheim Road.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. The Washington Times, Washington [D.C.], October 18, 1926, page 19]

By International News Service CHICAGO, Oct. 18.—While authorities were investigating a new gang murder today, and a brazen robbery, a quartet of famous gangsters, whose names are high on the list of "Who's Who" in Chicago's beer and alcohol industry, were lolling in cells at the county jail. . They are Vincent "Schemer" Drucci, partner of the late Ear: Weiss, whose career was cut short by machine-gun bullets; Vincent Mc Erlane, brother of Frank McErlane, South Side gang leader, under arrest awaiting trial for murder: Julian "Potatoes" Kaufman, a "yes" man of the Weiss-Drucci-Moran combine, and Harry Sorg, another henchman of the North Side syndicate. All four were arrested over the week-end in Chief of Police Collins' drive to "round-up all known gangsters." The latest gang killing occurred early yesterday. A man believed to be John Dano, a Sicilian, was "taken for a ride," shot to deatl:, and flung from the speeding automobile. His body, punctured by five bullets, was found at the edge of Mannheim Road, on the outskirts of Chicago. With several pairs of clean white gloves as their only clew, police today were seeking the trail of 16 bandits, who labored for eight hours over the safes in the plant of the Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company, finally "cracked" them and escaped with loot valued at $37,800. The bandits took possession shortly after midnight Sunday The half-dozen employes watching the premises were bound and gagged and locked in a room. The thugs cracked the five large safes with nitroglycerine.

Reproduced unchanged from The Washington Times, October 18, 1926, page 19.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from The Washington Times, October 18, 1926, page 19.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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Today's paper

October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.

A Century Late
Monday, October 18, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
CrimeAs printed 100 years ago on page 19 of:The Washington TimesWashington [D.C.]

4 HELD AS GANG KILLS 1 MORE

Context - explained by ACL:

Four men described as gangsters were being held in the county jail after arrests made over the week-end in a police drive to round up known gangsters. The report also describes a man shot five times and thrown from a speeding automobile, found at the edge of Mannheim Road, and a robbery in which safes at the Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company were opened with nitroglycerine and loot valued at $37,800 was taken.

Four men held in the county jail after a police round-up, while a body was found shot at the edge of Mannheim Road.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. The Washington Times, Washington [D.C.], October 18, 1926, page 19]

By International News Service CHICAGO, Oct. 18.—While authorities were investigating a new gang murder today, and a brazen robbery, a quartet of famous gangsters, whose names are high on the list of "Who's Who" in Chicago's beer and alcohol industry, were lolling in cells at the county jail. . They are Vincent "Schemer" Drucci, partner of the late Ear: Weiss, whose career was cut short by machine-gun bullets; Vincent Mc Erlane, brother of Frank McErlane, South Side gang leader, under arrest awaiting trial for murder: Julian "Potatoes" Kaufman, a "yes" man of the Weiss-Drucci-Moran combine, and Harry Sorg, another henchman of the North Side syndicate. All four were arrested over the week-end in Chief of Police Collins' drive to "round-up all known gangsters." The latest gang killing occurred early yesterday. A man believed to be John Dano, a Sicilian, was "taken for a ride," shot to deatl:, and flung from the speeding automobile. His body, punctured by five bullets, was found at the edge of Mannheim Road, on the outskirts of Chicago. With several pairs of clean white gloves as their only clew, police today were seeking the trail of 16 bandits, who labored for eight hours over the safes in the plant of the Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company, finally "cracked" them and escaped with loot valued at $37,800. The bandits took possession shortly after midnight Sunday The half-dozen employes watching the premises were bound and gagged and locked in a room. The thugs cracked the five large safes with nitroglycerine.

Reproduced unchanged from The Washington Times, October 18, 1926, page 19.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from The Washington Times, October 18, 1926, page 19.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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Today's paper

October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.

A Century Late
Monday, October 18, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
CrimeAs printed 100 years ago on page 19 of:The Washington TimesWashington [D.C.]

4 HELD AS GANG KILLS 1 MORE

Context - explained by ACL:

Four men described as gangsters were being held in the county jail after arrests made over the week-end in a police drive to round up known gangsters. The report also describes a man shot five times and thrown from a speeding automobile, found at the edge of Mannheim Road, and a robbery in which safes at the Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company were opened with nitroglycerine and loot valued at $37,800 was taken.

Four men held in the county jail after a police round-up, while a body was found shot at the edge of Mannheim Road.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. The Washington Times, Washington [D.C.], October 18, 1926, page 19]

By International News Service CHICAGO, Oct. 18.—While authorities were investigating a new gang murder today, and a brazen robbery, a quartet of famous gangsters, whose names are high on the list of "Who's Who" in Chicago's beer and alcohol industry, were lolling in cells at the county jail. . They are Vincent "Schemer" Drucci, partner of the late Ear: Weiss, whose career was cut short by machine-gun bullets; Vincent Mc Erlane, brother of Frank McErlane, South Side gang leader, under arrest awaiting trial for murder: Julian "Potatoes" Kaufman, a "yes" man of the Weiss-Drucci-Moran combine, and Harry Sorg, another henchman of the North Side syndicate. All four were arrested over the week-end in Chief of Police Collins' drive to "round-up all known gangsters." The latest gang killing occurred early yesterday. A man believed to be John Dano, a Sicilian, was "taken for a ride," shot to deatl:, and flung from the speeding automobile. His body, punctured by five bullets, was found at the edge of Mannheim Road, on the outskirts of Chicago. With several pairs of clean white gloves as their only clew, police today were seeking the trail of 16 bandits, who labored for eight hours over the safes in the plant of the Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company, finally "cracked" them and escaped with loot valued at $37,800. The bandits took possession shortly after midnight Sunday The half-dozen employes watching the premises were bound and gagged and locked in a room. The thugs cracked the five large safes with nitroglycerine.

Reproduced unchanged from The Washington Times, October 18, 1926, page 19.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from The Washington Times, October 18, 1926, page 19.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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Today's paper

October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.

A Century Late
Monday, October 18, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
CrimeAs printed 100 years ago on page 19 of:The Washington TimesWashington [D.C.]

4 HELD AS GANG KILLS 1 MORE

Context - explained by ACL:

Four men described as gangsters were being held in the county jail after arrests made over the week-end in a police drive to round up known gangsters. The report also describes a man shot five times and thrown from a speeding automobile, found at the edge of Mannheim Road, and a robbery in which safes at the Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company were opened with nitroglycerine and loot valued at $37,800 was taken.

Four men held in the county jail after a police round-up, while a body was found shot at the edge of Mannheim Road.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. The Washington Times, Washington [D.C.], October 18, 1926, page 19]

By International News Service CHICAGO, Oct. 18.—While authorities were investigating a new gang murder today, and a brazen robbery, a quartet of famous gangsters, whose names are high on the list of "Who's Who" in Chicago's beer and alcohol industry, were lolling in cells at the county jail. . They are Vincent "Schemer" Drucci, partner of the late Ear: Weiss, whose career was cut short by machine-gun bullets; Vincent Mc Erlane, brother of Frank McErlane, South Side gang leader, under arrest awaiting trial for murder: Julian "Potatoes" Kaufman, a "yes" man of the Weiss-Drucci-Moran combine, and Harry Sorg, another henchman of the North Side syndicate. All four were arrested over the week-end in Chief of Police Collins' drive to "round-up all known gangsters." The latest gang killing occurred early yesterday. A man believed to be John Dano, a Sicilian, was "taken for a ride," shot to deatl:, and flung from the speeding automobile. His body, punctured by five bullets, was found at the edge of Mannheim Road, on the outskirts of Chicago. With several pairs of clean white gloves as their only clew, police today were seeking the trail of 16 bandits, who labored for eight hours over the safes in the plant of the Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company, finally "cracked" them and escaped with loot valued at $37,800. The bandits took possession shortly after midnight Sunday The half-dozen employes watching the premises were bound and gagged and locked in a room. The thugs cracked the five large safes with nitroglycerine.

Reproduced unchanged from The Washington Times, October 18, 1926, page 19.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from The Washington Times, October 18, 1926, page 19.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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Today's paper

October 18, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.