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Tag Archives: crime
In search of Lincoln’s hand
in biography, Illinois / regional, Lincoln
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, crime, hand, Herndon on Lincoln: Letters
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The Railsplitter always remains newsworthy. Perhaps you remember the recent Lincoln-related crime wave in Kankakee, Illinois, where a thief or thieves took a plaster sculpture of Abraham Lincoln’ hand. Let’s go to local reaction, as reported in the January 3, 2016 … Continue reading
200 Years of Illinois: Sorry, Charlie
in Illinois / regional
Tagged 200 Years of Illinois, alcohol, Bloody Williamson, crime, Paul M. Angle
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On April 19, 1928, Illinois held its last public hanging as bootlegger Charlie Birger went up the rope in Benton on a spring morning. (We’ve published a book that tells his story.) For years, he had fought it out with his violent rivals … Continue reading
Corrupt Illinois strikes again!
in Chicago, politics
Tagged Corrupt Illinois, crime, Dick Simpson, Thomas Gradel
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Chicago alderman Willie Cochran received news of his impending federal indictment on corruption charges while attending a City Council meeting. You can’t say he skips out on work. You can say that the government is taking an interest in making … Continue reading
Been Lizzie
in women's history
Tagged A. Cheree Carlson, crime, Crimes of Womanhood, Lizzie Borden
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Lizzie Andrew Borden stood trial in New Bedford, Massachusetts, for the ax murders of her father and stepmother. This first of many American trials of the century began on June 5, 1893. Lurid details included allegations of poison and rotten mutton, an … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday: Bar Exam
in law, prison
Tagged crime, Eleanor Novek, Jennifer K. Wood, Marie Mulvey-Roberts, Michael A. Hallett, prison, prison writing, prisoners, Stephen John Hartnett
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Every week seems to bring more stories of the waste, misuse, cruelty, and injustice of America’s increasingly for-profit prison system. For years, the University of Illinois Press has taken a sustained interest in prisons, focusing not just on history but … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday
in american history, food, Illinois / regional, local authors, southern history
Tagged alcohol, Appalachian history, booze, Charles D. Thompson Jr., crime, food history, James Moore, John Hallwas, Throwbacklist Thursday
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Drink bothered the Founding Fathers. Not on a personal level, of course. John Adams drank a tankard of hard cider with his breakfast and George Washington went on many a bender. No, they saw boozing as a threat to the good functioning of … Continue reading
