PRISONERS

PRISONERS

“third upper right molar missing” 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.This is Thomas Carey. He was convicted in San Francisco on violation of the Espionage Act of June 15, 1917. He was charged in a conspiracy to obstruct the recruiting and enlistment...
PRISONERS

PRISONERS

“teeth intact too” 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Part four: “They kid themselves into a belief that they can come back, but they can’t.”Having escaped from jail and the fate of Evert Impyn and Lawardius G. Borgart (portrait above),...
PRISONERS

PRISONERS

“teeth intact” 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Part three: “Those fellows couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn.”Roy Gardner did not elude the police for long. He was captured in Tacoma when the hotel owner, where he was about to...
PRISONERS

PRISONERS

“second right and left cuspids gold crowned” 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.  Part two: Large Gold TeethRoy Gardner (portrait above), notorious train robber, had determination not to be caught or kept captive. After his escape with Pyron he was...
PRISONERS

PRISONERS

“upper central incisors have gold inlays” 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.This is Norris H. Pyron, arrested in Los Angeles for conterfeiting.Starting backwards.Did you ever think you discovered something only later to find that your...
PRISONERS

PRISONERS

“central incisors false” 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.George Spratt was convicted of conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act and embezzlement by a US Internal Revenue Officer.George A. Spratt, deputy collector of internal revenue, was...