Tag: 1917

• On This Day in 1927 – Paul Hilton, Antonio Paretti and the finale of the Mafia-Camorra War.

  

  Double executions were no rarity at Sing Sing, especially in the Roaring Twenties. Prohibition and the Jazz Age saw an unprecedented number (125 men and a few women) walk their last mile in the Empire State. That trend would peak in the 1930’s (153) before decreasing in the 1940’s (114) and decline further in the…

  CrimeScribe

  February 17, 2020

  History, True Crime, Uncategorized

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