On April 15, 1865 President Abraham Lincoln succumbed to a gunshot wound from the evening before. The Assassination of President Lincoln and The Trial of The Conspirators is a detailed description compiled by Benn Pitman, the official reporter to the tribunal conducting the trial, of the events leading up to […]
"This case has everything," declared the prosecutor. "It has money, sex, drugs; it has Newport, New York and Europe; it has nobility; it has maids, butlers, a gardener. Clarendon Court [the mansion where the critical events took place] has a big gate. Most people can't see inside." The trial of […]
According to the Eliot Ness myth, which has been widely disseminated through books, television shows, and movies, Ness and the Untouchables defeated Al Capone by marshaling superior firepower. In Scarface Al and the Crime Crusaders, Dennis Hoffman presents a fresh new perspective on the downfall of Al Capone. He shows […]
