From Butch Cassidy to an 11-year-old car thief to a Jesse James crony still bloody from a posse’s beating, these mugshots evoke the true outlaw spirit of the Wild West.
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1 of 64 J.P. Robinson was arrested in Nebraska in 1901 for running a scam in which he’d buy his beers with Mexican dollars, which looked very similar to American dollars, even though the Mexican currency had less than half the value.History Nebraska 2 of 64An unidentified member of the Omaha police force holds Herbert Cockran in a headlock during his mugshot in November 1899. Cockran was arrested on burglary charges.History Nebraska 3 of 64When Wyoming authorities briefly had the infamous outlaw Butch Cassidy in their clutches and took this mugshot for horse theft in 1894, his greatest criminal exploits were still ahead of him. After he got out of jail, he went on to form the Wild Bunch, recruit The Sundance Kid, and rob banks and trains across the Old West before dying in a blaze of glory in a gunfight in Bolivia.Wikimedia Commons 4 of 64An unidentified boy arrested for stealing a car, despite being just 11 years old.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 5 of 64Jim Younger was one of the three Younger brothers who robbed banks and trains in the midwest.
The brothers were captured and sent to Stillwater Prison after a botched bank heist turned them into national fugitives. Younger was paroled with his brother Cole in 1901 and committed suicide in 1902.Wikimedia Commons 6 of 64George Leonard, an Omaha bookkeeper, was arrested for burglary on Dec. 23, 1901. History Nebraska 7 of 64In 1901, Nora Courier, 22, was known to the police as “Red Nora.” She was arrested on March 31 of that year for stealing a horse.History Nebraska 8 of 64Bert Martin was arrested for stealing a horse in Keya Paha County, Nebraska.
In prison, it was revealed that Bert Martin had been born female and was named Lena. Martin had been living as a man in order to work as a cowboy. Records show that Martin was transferred to the prison’s women’s division on Sept. 22, 1901.History Nebraska 9 of 64Known as the “Omaha Sniper,” Frank Carter was finally arrested in February 1926.
He was convicted of killing two men though he confessed to 43 other murders, many of which could not be substantiated. In court, his lawyers used the insanity defense, but he was executed a year later.History Nebraska 10 of 64Cole Younger was the eldest of the three Younger brothers who terrorized the midwest by robbing banks and trains.
Younger, along with his brothers, was captured and sent to Stillwater Prison. After he was paroled on July 10, 1901, Younger worked on a ‘Wild West’ stage show and toured as a lecturer.Wikimedia Commons 11 of 64Unidentified youth offender. Mark Michaelson/Flickr 12 of 64Dave Marshal was a suspected “moll buzzer.” That is, a thief who pickpockets or steals women’s purses.
Missouri Historical Society 13 of 64Bob Younger was part of the infamous Younger Brothers gang that terrorized the Midwest. Along with his brothers Cole and Jim, Bob Younger committed a string of daring robberies.
His Wild West days came to a stop after the brothers and the James gang raided the First National Bank in Minnesota in 1876. He died in prison in 1889.Northfield Historical Society Press 14 of 64Ernest Perez of Mexico was arrested on Oct. 7, 1922, for petit larceny.
According to his prison records, the warden trusted Perez enough to make him a “trusty” which meant he had the authority to discipline other inmates when they were working outside. He escaped from prison on October 27, 1922 and seems to have vanished into the California wilderness.Shayne Davidson/CapturedandExposed.com 15 of 64John Ellies was accused of stealing horses in September 1866.
Missouri Historical Society 16 of 64Jennie Lester was arrested in March 1914 in Nebraska’s Phelps County for enticing to illicit intercourse.
She was sentenced to one to three years in the Nebraska State Prison.History Nebraska 17 of 64Ash “Daniel” Leo was arrested on Oct. 4, 1937, by the Washington police.
He was a baker by day and a pimp by night, and was charged with placing a woman in a “house of prostitution.” Vancouver Police Department/Washington State Digital Archives 18 of 64Mary Shannon was sentenced to two years in the Nebraska State Prison for mayhem in May 1925.
It’s unclear what exactly her crimes were but the legal definition of mayhem is “the criminal act of disabling, disfiguring, or cutting off or making useless one of the members (leg, arm, hand, foot, eye) of another either intentionally or in a fight, called maiming.” History Nebraska 19 of 64John Fight was convicted of grand larceny in St. Louis and went on to serve two years in the Missouri State Penitentiary.
Missouri Historical Society 20 of 64Emmett Dalton was known as a one-time gunslinger and the youngest brother of the Dalton Gang which robbed trains and banks in the late 1800s.
Dalton was pardoned after 14 years in prison. After his release, he wrote books about his experience as an outlaw and even played himself in a 1918 silent movie about the Dalton gang.Wikimedia Commons 21 of 64Joseph Johnson, arrested for embezzlement in Missouri. Date unspecified.Missouri Historical Society 22 of 64In March 1931, Jake Vohland sneaked into the Stubblefield chicken house to snag some poultry.
He was arrested after a homemade alarm system setup by the owners alerted them to his trespassing.
History Nebraska
23 of 64Juanita McKamey, 20, was arrested in San Diego and charged with criminal conspiracy after participating in a public labor protest in 1912.
Three days after she made bail, McKamey was rearrested after speaking at another rally. This time she was charged with being “incorrigible.” As punishment, she was sent to the local Detention Home for juveniles despite being an adult.Shayne Davidson/CapturedandExposed.com 24 of 64Goldie Williams, alias Mag Murphy, was arrested in Nebraska for vagrancy on Jan. 29, 1898.
In her photograph, Williams appears defiant upon her arrest.History Nebraska 25 of 64Amos Holloman, a repeat offender in Nebraska with several mugshots on file.History Nebraska 26 of 64Mattie Brown was sent to the Nebraska State Prison on Sept. 25, 1917, for pick-pocketing. She spent a year in prison. History Nebraska 27 of 64Chas Jamison, 19, a prisoner in the St. Louis County jail on an unspecified charge in 1860.Missouri Historical Society 28 of 64Alv Lytle was sentenced to 12-15 years in the Nebraska State Prison for bank robbery.
Later, another man confessed to the crime, and the state paid Lytle $2500 for false imprisonment. He served two years in prison for a crime he did not commit.History Nebraska 29 of 64An unidentified inmate at the Washington State Reformatory which is part of the Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC).
The reformatory was first opened in the state in 1910.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 30 of 64In 1899, Frank L. Dinsmore was arrested in Buffalo County, Nebraska, for the double murder of his wife and their boarding house landlord. History Nebraska 31 of 64Maud Johnson, 39, was arrested on Jan. 8, 1910. She later violated her parole four months after she was pardoned in 1912. The Vancouver police posted a $50 reward for her capture.Vancouver Police Department/Washington State Digital Archives 32 of 64Armstrong, whose first name went unrecorded, evidently told a police officer Charles Brownfield that he was a “rebel prisoner.”
Brownfield, on the other hand, described Armstrong as a general thief.
Missouri Historical Society 33 of 64Alberto Interciago was sentenced to one to 20 years at the Nebraska State Prison for “assault to wound” in February 1914.
His thick mustache and hair were shaved off before a second photo was taken.History Nebraska 34 of 64Jim Ling was arrested for running an opium joint on June 3, 1898. History Nebraska 35 of 64Charley Jones, alias Williams, was arrested in Missouri in 1858 for picking pockets. Missouri Historical Society 36 of 64Charles Bell, date and details of arrest unknown.
“I’m looking for photos that move me for whatever reason. From things that are terribly funny to things that are terribly tragic," author and collector Mark Michaelson told New York Daily News of his mugshot collection.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 37 of 64Working with another inmate named Ruby Fox, Myrtle Hetrick escaped from Nebraska’s State Reformatory for Women in a car. History Nebraska 38 of 64Ruby Fox worked with Myrtle Hetrick to escape from Nebraska’s State Reformatory for Women.
When the fugitives were finally caught and arrested, they requested to go to the Nebraska State Prison rather than return to the woman’s reformatory.History Nebraska 39 of 64Nannie Hutchinson was arrested in 1903 in Bostwick, Nebraska. Police suspected that she had conspired with her brother to kill a man named Eli Feasel, who Hutchinson worked for as a housekeeper.
Hutchinson and her brother were released after their court hearing due to lack of evidence.History Nebraska 40 of 64Minnie Bradley was arrested for “larceny from a person” in Omaha on Dec. 13, 1902.
As clearly shown by her mugshot, she refused to look at the camera for her photograph.History Nebraska 41 of 64An unidentified offender from Sacramento. Mark Michaelson/Flickr 42 of 64Charles Martin was among the three burglars who blew up a safe in a bank vault in Sheridan, Missouri, on Feb. 15, 1898.
He was eventually captured after leading authorities on a multi-state chase.History Nebraska 43 of 64Fitzgerald, whose first name was unrecorded, was one of many known con men in St. Louis.
Missouri Historical Society 44 of 64Unidentified offender, 27. The mugshot was taken on June 19, 1914.Whacky Stuff/Flickr 45 of 64Thomas Whitney was arrested by Omaha police in December 1915.
Whitney was a grifter who made his money by advertising his clairvoyance and palm reading abilities in the local newspapers. One of his unsatisfied customers reported him to authorities who charged him with collecting money under false pretenses.History Nebraska 46 of 64Lola Lopez was arrested after her partner Cicerio Estrada robbed and killed a man in the Null Rooming House of Sidney, Nebraska, on Jan. 9, 1922.
The partners fled only to be caught in Colorado. During trial, through an interpreter, the Mexican-born Lopez pleaded not guilty but admitted she knew of the murder. She served a little over two years.History Nebraska 47 of 64Peggy Hudson and her husband did time after they robbed a restaurant owner who was Hudson’s former employer.
Oddly, the victim was able to identify Hudson by the shape of her legs since he hadn’t seen her face during the robbery. The couple was arrested in 1928 for making away with $382 of cash from the restaurant’s profits.Shayne Davidson/CapturedandExposed.com 48 of 64James Collins, 23, was arrested for burglary on May 12, 1897.
His bandaged head was the result of his scuffle with police after he escaped custody and was rearrested.History Nebraska 49 of 64An unidentified inmate at the Washington State Reformatory, also known as the Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC).
On Aug. 20, 1953, inmates at the reformatory staged a mass riot which lasted for four days.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 50 of 64In November 1916, Stephen Shock was sentenced to two years at the Nebraska State Prison for grand larceny.
According to his prison records, he enlisted in the US Army shortly after his release in 1918 to serve in World War I.History Nebraska 51 of 64Tim O’Brien was photographed without any further information.
The original police document of O’Brien included a cryptic note which read “Taken out March 7, 1883.”
Mark Michaelson/Flickr 52 of 64Unidentified offender, 35. His mugshot and measurements were taken on April 10, 1912.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 53 of 641914 mugshot of an unspecified prisoner.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 54 of 64H.C. Adams was arrested in Omaha on April 12, 1900, for blackmail. History Nebraska 55 of 64James Whitewater was arrested and charged in In 1872 for killing two men.
After serving his sentence for more than 10 years in jail, Whitewater was one of two inmates pardoned by the Nebraska governor following a change of law. After his release, Whitewater walked through the prison gates and “rolled in the grass from joy.“History Nebraska 56 of 64Unidentified offender, 25. His mugshot and measurements were taken on Jan. 7, 1909.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 57 of 64John Heppie, age and reason for arrest unknown.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 58 of 64William Lee was arrested in 1919 following Nebraska’s prohibition law for “bootlegging” which is the illegal business of transporting alcoholic beverages.
Lee was sentenced to six months to two years in the Nebraska State Prison. He was granted a furlough to visit his terminally ill wife. After, he served time until July 4, 1921, when he was finally released.History Nebraska 59 of 64George Ray’s 1890s mugshot is rare in that the prisoner is smiling. Not only did most arrestees have little to smile about, the length of time it took for the exposure to develop made it even less likely that a recently incarcerated person would hold a grin.History Nebraska 60 of 64The description on the back of John Jordan’s photo describes him as a “whore house pimp” and a “bagman.”
He was booked by the St. Louis police.Missouri Historical Society 61 of 64Bertha Liebbeke was reported to be one of the Midwest’s most notorious pickpockets. She sought out well-dressed men — ideally with a diamond-studded lapel pin — stumble into them, and pretend to faint and fall into their arms.
This trick earned her the nickname “Fainting Bertha.” Her scam came to a halt when she was arrested in May 1903. History Nebraska 62 of 64Unidentified offender, 28.
“I feel like an archaeologist trying to find and preserve these records of the common man, most of which are treated like trash and destroyed once they’re no longer in use,” mugshot collector Mark Michaelson told Collector’s Weekly. Mark Michaelson/Flickr 63 of 64Albert Johnson was arrested in March 1885. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison for grand larceny.
Unfortunately for Johnson, his hair and luxurious mustache were later shaved off by officials due to a lice scare.History Nebraska 64 of 64Like this gallery?Share it:
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The advent of photography revolutionized the criminal investigation process, giving police the ability to capture and maintain vital records of criminals like never before. The mugshot as we know it today has roots in 1840s Belgium, where police began to photograph individuals in prison so they could be identified if they offended again after release.
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1 of 64 J.P. Robinson was arrested in Nebraska in 1901 for running a scam in which he’d buy his beers with Mexican dollars, which looked very similar to American dollars, even though the Mexican currency had less than half the value.History Nebraska 2 of 64An unidentified member of the Omaha police force holds Herbert Cockran in a headlock during his mugshot in November 1899. Cockran was arrested on burglary charges.History Nebraska 3 of 64When Wyoming authorities briefly had the infamous outlaw Butch Cassidy in their clutches and took this mugshot for horse theft in 1894, his greatest criminal exploits were still ahead of him. After he got out of jail, he went on to form the Wild Bunch, recruit The Sundance Kid, and rob banks and trains across the Old West before dying in a blaze of glory in a gunfight in Bolivia.Wikimedia Commons 4 of 64An unidentified boy arrested for stealing a car, despite being just 11 years old.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 5 of 64Jim Younger was one of the three Younger brothers who robbed banks and trains in the midwest.
The brothers were captured and sent to Stillwater Prison after a botched bank heist turned them into national fugitives. Younger was paroled with his brother Cole in 1901 and committed suicide in 1902.Wikimedia Commons 6 of 64George Leonard, an Omaha bookkeeper, was arrested for burglary on Dec. 23, 1901. History Nebraska 7 of 64In 1901, Nora Courier, 22, was known to the police as “Red Nora.” She was arrested on March 31 of that year for stealing a horse.History Nebraska 8 of 64Bert Martin was arrested for stealing a horse in Keya Paha County, Nebraska.
In prison, it was revealed that Bert Martin had been born female and was named Lena. Martin had been living as a man in order to work as a cowboy. Records show that Martin was transferred to the prison’s women’s division on Sept. 22, 1901.History Nebraska 9 of 64Known as the “Omaha Sniper,” Frank Carter was finally arrested in February 1926.
He was convicted of killing two men though he confessed to 43 other murders, many of which could not be substantiated. In court, his lawyers used the insanity defense, but he was executed a year later.History Nebraska 10 of 64Cole Younger was the eldest of the three Younger brothers who terrorized the midwest by robbing banks and trains.
Younger, along with his brothers, was captured and sent to Stillwater Prison. After he was paroled on July 10, 1901, Younger worked on a ‘Wild West’ stage show and toured as a lecturer.Wikimedia Commons 11 of 64Unidentified youth offender. Mark Michaelson/Flickr 12 of 64Dave Marshal was a suspected “moll buzzer.” That is, a thief who pickpockets or steals women’s purses.
Missouri Historical Society 13 of 64Bob Younger was part of the infamous Younger Brothers gang that terrorized the Midwest. Along with his brothers Cole and Jim, Bob Younger committed a string of daring robberies.
His Wild West days came to a stop after the brothers and the James gang raided the First National Bank in Minnesota in 1876. He died in prison in 1889.Northfield Historical Society Press 14 of 64Ernest Perez of Mexico was arrested on Oct. 7, 1922, for petit larceny.
According to his prison records, the warden trusted Perez enough to make him a “trusty” which meant he had the authority to discipline other inmates when they were working outside. He escaped from prison on October 27, 1922 and seems to have vanished into the California wilderness.Shayne Davidson/CapturedandExposed.com 15 of 64John Ellies was accused of stealing horses in September 1866.
Missouri Historical Society 16 of 64Jennie Lester was arrested in March 1914 in Nebraska’s Phelps County for enticing to illicit intercourse.
She was sentenced to one to three years in the Nebraska State Prison.History Nebraska 17 of 64Ash “Daniel” Leo was arrested on Oct. 4, 1937, by the Washington police.
He was a baker by day and a pimp by night, and was charged with placing a woman in a “house of prostitution.” Vancouver Police Department/Washington State Digital Archives 18 of 64Mary Shannon was sentenced to two years in the Nebraska State Prison for mayhem in May 1925.
It’s unclear what exactly her crimes were but the legal definition of mayhem is “the criminal act of disabling, disfiguring, or cutting off or making useless one of the members (leg, arm, hand, foot, eye) of another either intentionally or in a fight, called maiming.” History Nebraska 19 of 64John Fight was convicted of grand larceny in St. Louis and went on to serve two years in the Missouri State Penitentiary.
Missouri Historical Society 20 of 64Emmett Dalton was known as a one-time gunslinger and the youngest brother of the Dalton Gang which robbed trains and banks in the late 1800s.
Dalton was pardoned after 14 years in prison. After his release, he wrote books about his experience as an outlaw and even played himself in a 1918 silent movie about the Dalton gang.Wikimedia Commons 21 of 64Joseph Johnson, arrested for embezzlement in Missouri. Date unspecified.Missouri Historical Society 22 of 64In March 1931, Jake Vohland sneaked into the Stubblefield chicken house to snag some poultry.
He was arrested after a homemade alarm system setup by the owners alerted them to his trespassing.
History Nebraska
23 of 64Juanita McKamey, 20, was arrested in San Diego and charged with criminal conspiracy after participating in a public labor protest in 1912.
Three days after she made bail, McKamey was rearrested after speaking at another rally. This time she was charged with being “incorrigible.” As punishment, she was sent to the local Detention Home for juveniles despite being an adult.Shayne Davidson/CapturedandExposed.com 24 of 64Goldie Williams, alias Mag Murphy, was arrested in Nebraska for vagrancy on Jan. 29, 1898.
In her photograph, Williams appears defiant upon her arrest.History Nebraska 25 of 64Amos Holloman, a repeat offender in Nebraska with several mugshots on file.History Nebraska 26 of 64Mattie Brown was sent to the Nebraska State Prison on Sept. 25, 1917, for pick-pocketing. She spent a year in prison. History Nebraska 27 of 64Chas Jamison, 19, a prisoner in the St. Louis County jail on an unspecified charge in 1860.Missouri Historical Society 28 of 64Alv Lytle was sentenced to 12-15 years in the Nebraska State Prison for bank robbery.
Later, another man confessed to the crime, and the state paid Lytle $2500 for false imprisonment. He served two years in prison for a crime he did not commit.History Nebraska 29 of 64An unidentified inmate at the Washington State Reformatory which is part of the Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC).
The reformatory was first opened in the state in 1910.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 30 of 64In 1899, Frank L. Dinsmore was arrested in Buffalo County, Nebraska, for the double murder of his wife and their boarding house landlord. History Nebraska 31 of 64Maud Johnson, 39, was arrested on Jan. 8, 1910. She later violated her parole four months after she was pardoned in 1912. The Vancouver police posted a $50 reward for her capture.Vancouver Police Department/Washington State Digital Archives 32 of 64Armstrong, whose first name went unrecorded, evidently told a police officer Charles Brownfield that he was a “rebel prisoner.”
Brownfield, on the other hand, described Armstrong as a general thief.
Missouri Historical Society 33 of 64Alberto Interciago was sentenced to one to 20 years at the Nebraska State Prison for “assault to wound” in February 1914.
His thick mustache and hair were shaved off before a second photo was taken.History Nebraska 34 of 64Jim Ling was arrested for running an opium joint on June 3, 1898. History Nebraska 35 of 64Charley Jones, alias Williams, was arrested in Missouri in 1858 for picking pockets. Missouri Historical Society 36 of 64Charles Bell, date and details of arrest unknown.
“I’m looking for photos that move me for whatever reason. From things that are terribly funny to things that are terribly tragic,” author and collector Mark Michaelson told New York Daily News of his mugshot collection.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 37 of 64Working with another inmate named Ruby Fox, Myrtle Hetrick escaped from Nebraska’s State Reformatory for Women in a car. History Nebraska 38 of 64Ruby Fox worked with Myrtle Hetrick to escape from Nebraska’s State Reformatory for Women.
When the fugitives were finally caught and arrested, they requested to go to the Nebraska State Prison rather than return to the woman’s reformatory.History Nebraska 39 of 64Nannie Hutchinson was arrested in 1903 in Bostwick, Nebraska. Police suspected that she had conspired with her brother to kill a man named Eli Feasel, who Hutchinson worked for as a housekeeper.
Hutchinson and her brother were released after their court hearing due to lack of evidence.History Nebraska 40 of 64Minnie Bradley was arrested for “larceny from a person” in Omaha on Dec. 13, 1902.
As clearly shown by her mugshot, she refused to look at the camera for her photograph.History Nebraska 41 of 64An unidentified offender from Sacramento. Mark Michaelson/Flickr 42 of 64Charles Martin was among the three burglars who blew up a safe in a bank vault in Sheridan, Missouri, on Feb. 15, 1898.
He was eventually captured after leading authorities on a multi-state chase.History Nebraska 43 of 64Fitzgerald, whose first name was unrecorded, was one of many known con men in St. Louis.
Missouri Historical Society 44 of 64Unidentified offender, 27. The mugshot was taken on June 19, 1914.Whacky Stuff/Flickr 45 of 64Thomas Whitney was arrested by Omaha police in December 1915.
Whitney was a grifter who made his money by advertising his clairvoyance and palm reading abilities in the local newspapers. One of his unsatisfied customers reported him to authorities who charged him with collecting money under false pretenses.History Nebraska 46 of 64Lola Lopez was arrested after her partner Cicerio Estrada robbed and killed a man in the Null Rooming House of Sidney, Nebraska, on Jan. 9, 1922.
The partners fled only to be caught in Colorado. During trial, through an interpreter, the Mexican-born Lopez pleaded not guilty but admitted she knew of the murder. She served a little over two years.History Nebraska 47 of 64Peggy Hudson and her husband did time after they robbed a restaurant owner who was Hudson’s former employer.
Oddly, the victim was able to identify Hudson by the shape of her legs since he hadn’t seen her face during the robbery. The couple was arrested in 1928 for making away with $382 of cash from the restaurant’s profits.Shayne Davidson/CapturedandExposed.com 48 of 64James Collins, 23, was arrested for burglary on May 12, 1897.
His bandaged head was the result of his scuffle with police after he escaped custody and was rearrested.History Nebraska 49 of 64An unidentified inmate at the Washington State Reformatory, also known as the Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC).
On Aug. 20, 1953, inmates at the reformatory staged a mass riot which lasted for four days.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 50 of 64In November 1916, Stephen Shock was sentenced to two years at the Nebraska State Prison for grand larceny.
According to his prison records, he enlisted in the US Army shortly after his release in 1918 to serve in World War I.History Nebraska 51 of 64Tim O’Brien was photographed without any further information.
The original police document of O’Brien included a cryptic note which read “Taken out March 7, 1883.”
Mark Michaelson/Flickr 52 of 64Unidentified offender, 35. His mugshot and measurements were taken on April 10, 1912.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 53 of 641914 mugshot of an unspecified prisoner.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 54 of 64H.C. Adams was arrested in Omaha on April 12, 1900, for blackmail. History Nebraska 55 of 64James Whitewater was arrested and charged in In 1872 for killing two men.
After serving his sentence for more than 10 years in jail, Whitewater was one of two inmates pardoned by the Nebraska governor following a change of law. After his release, Whitewater walked through the prison gates and “rolled in the grass from joy.“History Nebraska 56 of 64Unidentified offender, 25. His mugshot and measurements were taken on Jan. 7, 1909.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 57 of 64John Heppie, age and reason for arrest unknown.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 58 of 64William Lee was arrested in 1919 following Nebraska’s prohibition law for “bootlegging” which is the illegal business of transporting alcoholic beverages.
Lee was sentenced to six months to two years in the Nebraska State Prison. He was granted a furlough to visit his terminally ill wife. After, he served time until July 4, 1921, when he was finally released.History Nebraska 59 of 64George Ray’s 1890s mugshot is rare in that the prisoner is smiling. Not only did most arrestees have little to smile about, the length of time it took for the exposure to develop made it even less likely that a recently incarcerated person would hold a grin.History Nebraska 60 of 64The description on the back of John Jordan’s photo describes him as a “whore house pimp” and a “bagman.”
He was booked by the St. Louis police.Missouri Historical Society 61 of 64Bertha Liebbeke was reported to be one of the Midwest’s most notorious pickpockets. She sought out well-dressed men — ideally with a diamond-studded lapel pin — stumble into them, and pretend to faint and fall into their arms.
This trick earned her the nickname “Fainting Bertha.” Her scam came to a halt when she was arrested in May 1903. History Nebraska 62 of 64Unidentified offender, 28.
“I feel like an archaeologist trying to find and preserve these records of the common man, most of which are treated like trash and destroyed once they’re no longer in use,” mugshot collector Mark Michaelson told Collector’s Weekly. Mark Michaelson/Flickr 63 of 64Albert Johnson was arrested in March 1885. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison for grand larceny.
Unfortunately for Johnson, his hair and luxurious mustache were later shaved off by officials due to a lice scare.History Nebraska 64 of 64Like this gallery?Share it:
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1 of 64 J.P. Robinson was arrested in Nebraska in 1901 for running a scam in which he’d buy his beers with Mexican dollars, which looked very similar to American dollars, even though the Mexican currency had less than half the value.History Nebraska 2 of 64An unidentified member of the Omaha police force holds Herbert Cockran in a headlock during his mugshot in November 1899. Cockran was arrested on burglary charges.History Nebraska 3 of 64When Wyoming authorities briefly had the infamous outlaw Butch Cassidy in their clutches and took this mugshot for horse theft in 1894, his greatest criminal exploits were still ahead of him. After he got out of jail, he went on to form the Wild Bunch, recruit The Sundance Kid, and rob banks and trains across the Old West before dying in a blaze of glory in a gunfight in Bolivia.Wikimedia Commons 4 of 64An unidentified boy arrested for stealing a car, despite being just 11 years old.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 5 of 64Jim Younger was one of the three Younger brothers who robbed banks and trains in the midwest.
The brothers were captured and sent to Stillwater Prison after a botched bank heist turned them into national fugitives. Younger was paroled with his brother Cole in 1901 and committed suicide in 1902.Wikimedia Commons 6 of 64George Leonard, an Omaha bookkeeper, was arrested for burglary on Dec. 23, 1901. History Nebraska 7 of 64In 1901, Nora Courier, 22, was known to the police as “Red Nora.” She was arrested on March 31 of that year for stealing a horse.History Nebraska 8 of 64Bert Martin was arrested for stealing a horse in Keya Paha County, Nebraska.
In prison, it was revealed that Bert Martin had been born female and was named Lena. Martin had been living as a man in order to work as a cowboy. Records show that Martin was transferred to the prison’s women’s division on Sept. 22, 1901.History Nebraska 9 of 64Known as the “Omaha Sniper,” Frank Carter was finally arrested in February 1926.
He was convicted of killing two men though he confessed to 43 other murders, many of which could not be substantiated. In court, his lawyers used the insanity defense, but he was executed a year later.History Nebraska 10 of 64Cole Younger was the eldest of the three Younger brothers who terrorized the midwest by robbing banks and trains.
Younger, along with his brothers, was captured and sent to Stillwater Prison. After he was paroled on July 10, 1901, Younger worked on a ‘Wild West’ stage show and toured as a lecturer.Wikimedia Commons 11 of 64Unidentified youth offender. Mark Michaelson/Flickr 12 of 64Dave Marshal was a suspected “moll buzzer.” That is, a thief who pickpockets or steals women’s purses.
Missouri Historical Society 13 of 64Bob Younger was part of the infamous Younger Brothers gang that terrorized the Midwest. Along with his brothers Cole and Jim, Bob Younger committed a string of daring robberies.
His Wild West days came to a stop after the brothers and the James gang raided the First National Bank in Minnesota in 1876. He died in prison in 1889.Northfield Historical Society Press 14 of 64Ernest Perez of Mexico was arrested on Oct. 7, 1922, for petit larceny.
According to his prison records, the warden trusted Perez enough to make him a “trusty” which meant he had the authority to discipline other inmates when they were working outside. He escaped from prison on October 27, 1922 and seems to have vanished into the California wilderness.Shayne Davidson/CapturedandExposed.com 15 of 64John Ellies was accused of stealing horses in September 1866.
Missouri Historical Society 16 of 64Jennie Lester was arrested in March 1914 in Nebraska’s Phelps County for enticing to illicit intercourse.
She was sentenced to one to three years in the Nebraska State Prison.History Nebraska 17 of 64Ash “Daniel” Leo was arrested on Oct. 4, 1937, by the Washington police.
He was a baker by day and a pimp by night, and was charged with placing a woman in a “house of prostitution.” Vancouver Police Department/Washington State Digital Archives 18 of 64Mary Shannon was sentenced to two years in the Nebraska State Prison for mayhem in May 1925.
It’s unclear what exactly her crimes were but the legal definition of mayhem is “the criminal act of disabling, disfiguring, or cutting off or making useless one of the members (leg, arm, hand, foot, eye) of another either intentionally or in a fight, called maiming.” History Nebraska 19 of 64John Fight was convicted of grand larceny in St. Louis and went on to serve two years in the Missouri State Penitentiary.
Missouri Historical Society 20 of 64Emmett Dalton was known as a one-time gunslinger and the youngest brother of the Dalton Gang which robbed trains and banks in the late 1800s.
Dalton was pardoned after 14 years in prison. After his release, he wrote books about his experience as an outlaw and even played himself in a 1918 silent movie about the Dalton gang.Wikimedia Commons 21 of 64Joseph Johnson, arrested for embezzlement in Missouri. Date unspecified.Missouri Historical Society 22 of 64In March 1931, Jake Vohland sneaked into the Stubblefield chicken house to snag some poultry.
He was arrested after a homemade alarm system setup by the owners alerted them to his trespassing.
History Nebraska
23 of 64Juanita McKamey, 20, was arrested in San Diego and charged with criminal conspiracy after participating in a public labor protest in 1912.
Three days after she made bail, McKamey was rearrested after speaking at another rally. This time she was charged with being “incorrigible.” As punishment, she was sent to the local Detention Home for juveniles despite being an adult.Shayne Davidson/CapturedandExposed.com 24 of 64Goldie Williams, alias Mag Murphy, was arrested in Nebraska for vagrancy on Jan. 29, 1898.
In her photograph, Williams appears defiant upon her arrest.History Nebraska 25 of 64Amos Holloman, a repeat offender in Nebraska with several mugshots on file.History Nebraska 26 of 64Mattie Brown was sent to the Nebraska State Prison on Sept. 25, 1917, for pick-pocketing. She spent a year in prison. History Nebraska 27 of 64Chas Jamison, 19, a prisoner in the St. Louis County jail on an unspecified charge in 1860.Missouri Historical Society 28 of 64Alv Lytle was sentenced to 12-15 years in the Nebraska State Prison for bank robbery.
Later, another man confessed to the crime, and the state paid Lytle $2500 for false imprisonment. He served two years in prison for a crime he did not commit.History Nebraska 29 of 64An unidentified inmate at the Washington State Reformatory which is part of the Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC).
The reformatory was first opened in the state in 1910.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 30 of 64In 1899, Frank L. Dinsmore was arrested in Buffalo County, Nebraska, for the double murder of his wife and their boarding house landlord. History Nebraska 31 of 64Maud Johnson, 39, was arrested on Jan. 8, 1910. She later violated her parole four months after she was pardoned in 1912. The Vancouver police posted a $50 reward for her capture.Vancouver Police Department/Washington State Digital Archives 32 of 64Armstrong, whose first name went unrecorded, evidently told a police officer Charles Brownfield that he was a “rebel prisoner.”
Brownfield, on the other hand, described Armstrong as a general thief.
Missouri Historical Society 33 of 64Alberto Interciago was sentenced to one to 20 years at the Nebraska State Prison for “assault to wound” in February 1914.
His thick mustache and hair were shaved off before a second photo was taken.History Nebraska 34 of 64Jim Ling was arrested for running an opium joint on June 3, 1898. History Nebraska 35 of 64Charley Jones, alias Williams, was arrested in Missouri in 1858 for picking pockets. Missouri Historical Society 36 of 64Charles Bell, date and details of arrest unknown.
“I’m looking for photos that move me for whatever reason. From things that are terribly funny to things that are terribly tragic,” author and collector Mark Michaelson told New York Daily News of his mugshot collection.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 37 of 64Working with another inmate named Ruby Fox, Myrtle Hetrick escaped from Nebraska’s State Reformatory for Women in a car. History Nebraska 38 of 64Ruby Fox worked with Myrtle Hetrick to escape from Nebraska’s State Reformatory for Women.
When the fugitives were finally caught and arrested, they requested to go to the Nebraska State Prison rather than return to the woman’s reformatory.History Nebraska 39 of 64Nannie Hutchinson was arrested in 1903 in Bostwick, Nebraska. Police suspected that she had conspired with her brother to kill a man named Eli Feasel, who Hutchinson worked for as a housekeeper.
Hutchinson and her brother were released after their court hearing due to lack of evidence.History Nebraska 40 of 64Minnie Bradley was arrested for “larceny from a person” in Omaha on Dec. 13, 1902.
As clearly shown by her mugshot, she refused to look at the camera for her photograph.History Nebraska 41 of 64An unidentified offender from Sacramento. Mark Michaelson/Flickr 42 of 64Charles Martin was among the three burglars who blew up a safe in a bank vault in Sheridan, Missouri, on Feb. 15, 1898.
He was eventually captured after leading authorities on a multi-state chase.History Nebraska 43 of 64Fitzgerald, whose first name was unrecorded, was one of many known con men in St. Louis.
Missouri Historical Society 44 of 64Unidentified offender, 27. The mugshot was taken on June 19, 1914.Whacky Stuff/Flickr 45 of 64Thomas Whitney was arrested by Omaha police in December 1915.
Whitney was a grifter who made his money by advertising his clairvoyance and palm reading abilities in the local newspapers. One of his unsatisfied customers reported him to authorities who charged him with collecting money under false pretenses.History Nebraska 46 of 64Lola Lopez was arrested after her partner Cicerio Estrada robbed and killed a man in the Null Rooming House of Sidney, Nebraska, on Jan. 9, 1922.
The partners fled only to be caught in Colorado. During trial, through an interpreter, the Mexican-born Lopez pleaded not guilty but admitted she knew of the murder. She served a little over two years.History Nebraska 47 of 64Peggy Hudson and her husband did time after they robbed a restaurant owner who was Hudson’s former employer.
Oddly, the victim was able to identify Hudson by the shape of her legs since he hadn’t seen her face during the robbery. The couple was arrested in 1928 for making away with $382 of cash from the restaurant’s profits.Shayne Davidson/CapturedandExposed.com 48 of 64James Collins, 23, was arrested for burglary on May 12, 1897.
His bandaged head was the result of his scuffle with police after he escaped custody and was rearrested.History Nebraska 49 of 64An unidentified inmate at the Washington State Reformatory, also known as the Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC).
On Aug. 20, 1953, inmates at the reformatory staged a mass riot which lasted for four days.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 50 of 64In November 1916, Stephen Shock was sentenced to two years at the Nebraska State Prison for grand larceny.
According to his prison records, he enlisted in the US Army shortly after his release in 1918 to serve in World War I.History Nebraska 51 of 64Tim O’Brien was photographed without any further information.
The original police document of O’Brien included a cryptic note which read “Taken out March 7, 1883.”
Mark Michaelson/Flickr 52 of 64Unidentified offender, 35. His mugshot and measurements were taken on April 10, 1912.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 53 of 641914 mugshot of an unspecified prisoner.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 54 of 64H.C. Adams was arrested in Omaha on April 12, 1900, for blackmail. History Nebraska 55 of 64James Whitewater was arrested and charged in In 1872 for killing two men.
After serving his sentence for more than 10 years in jail, Whitewater was one of two inmates pardoned by the Nebraska governor following a change of law. After his release, Whitewater walked through the prison gates and “rolled in the grass from joy.“History Nebraska 56 of 64Unidentified offender, 25. His mugshot and measurements were taken on Jan. 7, 1909.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 57 of 64John Heppie, age and reason for arrest unknown.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 58 of 64William Lee was arrested in 1919 following Nebraska’s prohibition law for “bootlegging” which is the illegal business of transporting alcoholic beverages.
Lee was sentenced to six months to two years in the Nebraska State Prison. He was granted a furlough to visit his terminally ill wife. After, he served time until July 4, 1921, when he was finally released.History Nebraska 59 of 64George Ray’s 1890s mugshot is rare in that the prisoner is smiling. Not only did most arrestees have little to smile about, the length of time it took for the exposure to develop made it even less likely that a recently incarcerated person would hold a grin.History Nebraska 60 of 64The description on the back of John Jordan’s photo describes him as a “whore house pimp” and a “bagman.”
He was booked by the St. Louis police.Missouri Historical Society 61 of 64Bertha Liebbeke was reported to be one of the Midwest’s most notorious pickpockets. She sought out well-dressed men — ideally with a diamond-studded lapel pin — stumble into them, and pretend to faint and fall into their arms.
This trick earned her the nickname “Fainting Bertha.” Her scam came to a halt when she was arrested in May 1903. History Nebraska 62 of 64Unidentified offender, 28.
“I feel like an archaeologist trying to find and preserve these records of the common man, most of which are treated like trash and destroyed once they’re no longer in use,” mugshot collector Mark Michaelson told Collector’s Weekly. Mark Michaelson/Flickr 63 of 64Albert Johnson was arrested in March 1885. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison for grand larceny.
Unfortunately for Johnson, his hair and luxurious mustache were later shaved off by officials due to a lice scare.History Nebraska 64 of 64Like this gallery?Share it:
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1 of 64 J.P. Robinson was arrested in Nebraska in 1901 for running a scam in which he’d buy his beers with Mexican dollars, which looked very similar to American dollars, even though the Mexican currency had less than half the value.History Nebraska 2 of 64An unidentified member of the Omaha police force holds Herbert Cockran in a headlock during his mugshot in November 1899. Cockran was arrested on burglary charges.History Nebraska 3 of 64When Wyoming authorities briefly had the infamous outlaw Butch Cassidy in their clutches and took this mugshot for horse theft in 1894, his greatest criminal exploits were still ahead of him. After he got out of jail, he went on to form the Wild Bunch, recruit The Sundance Kid, and rob banks and trains across the Old West before dying in a blaze of glory in a gunfight in Bolivia.Wikimedia Commons 4 of 64An unidentified boy arrested for stealing a car, despite being just 11 years old.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 5 of 64Jim Younger was one of the three Younger brothers who robbed banks and trains in the midwest.
The brothers were captured and sent to Stillwater Prison after a botched bank heist turned them into national fugitives. Younger was paroled with his brother Cole in 1901 and committed suicide in 1902.Wikimedia Commons 6 of 64George Leonard, an Omaha bookkeeper, was arrested for burglary on Dec. 23, 1901. History Nebraska 7 of 64In 1901, Nora Courier, 22, was known to the police as “Red Nora.” She was arrested on March 31 of that year for stealing a horse.History Nebraska 8 of 64Bert Martin was arrested for stealing a horse in Keya Paha County, Nebraska.
In prison, it was revealed that Bert Martin had been born female and was named Lena. Martin had been living as a man in order to work as a cowboy. Records show that Martin was transferred to the prison’s women’s division on Sept. 22, 1901.History Nebraska 9 of 64Known as the “Omaha Sniper,” Frank Carter was finally arrested in February 1926.
He was convicted of killing two men though he confessed to 43 other murders, many of which could not be substantiated. In court, his lawyers used the insanity defense, but he was executed a year later.History Nebraska 10 of 64Cole Younger was the eldest of the three Younger brothers who terrorized the midwest by robbing banks and trains.
Younger, along with his brothers, was captured and sent to Stillwater Prison. After he was paroled on July 10, 1901, Younger worked on a ‘Wild West’ stage show and toured as a lecturer.Wikimedia Commons 11 of 64Unidentified youth offender. Mark Michaelson/Flickr 12 of 64Dave Marshal was a suspected “moll buzzer.” That is, a thief who pickpockets or steals women’s purses.
Missouri Historical Society 13 of 64Bob Younger was part of the infamous Younger Brothers gang that terrorized the Midwest. Along with his brothers Cole and Jim, Bob Younger committed a string of daring robberies.
His Wild West days came to a stop after the brothers and the James gang raided the First National Bank in Minnesota in 1876. He died in prison in 1889.Northfield Historical Society Press 14 of 64Ernest Perez of Mexico was arrested on Oct. 7, 1922, for petit larceny.
According to his prison records, the warden trusted Perez enough to make him a “trusty” which meant he had the authority to discipline other inmates when they were working outside. He escaped from prison on October 27, 1922 and seems to have vanished into the California wilderness.Shayne Davidson/CapturedandExposed.com 15 of 64John Ellies was accused of stealing horses in September 1866.
Missouri Historical Society 16 of 64Jennie Lester was arrested in March 1914 in Nebraska’s Phelps County for enticing to illicit intercourse.
She was sentenced to one to three years in the Nebraska State Prison.History Nebraska 17 of 64Ash “Daniel” Leo was arrested on Oct. 4, 1937, by the Washington police.
He was a baker by day and a pimp by night, and was charged with placing a woman in a “house of prostitution.” Vancouver Police Department/Washington State Digital Archives 18 of 64Mary Shannon was sentenced to two years in the Nebraska State Prison for mayhem in May 1925.
It’s unclear what exactly her crimes were but the legal definition of mayhem is “the criminal act of disabling, disfiguring, or cutting off or making useless one of the members (leg, arm, hand, foot, eye) of another either intentionally or in a fight, called maiming.” History Nebraska 19 of 64John Fight was convicted of grand larceny in St. Louis and went on to serve two years in the Missouri State Penitentiary.
Missouri Historical Society 20 of 64Emmett Dalton was known as a one-time gunslinger and the youngest brother of the Dalton Gang which robbed trains and banks in the late 1800s.
Dalton was pardoned after 14 years in prison. After his release, he wrote books about his experience as an outlaw and even played himself in a 1918 silent movie about the Dalton gang.Wikimedia Commons 21 of 64Joseph Johnson, arrested for embezzlement in Missouri. Date unspecified.Missouri Historical Society 22 of 64In March 1931, Jake Vohland sneaked into the Stubblefield chicken house to snag some poultry.
He was arrested after a homemade alarm system setup by the owners alerted them to his trespassing.
History Nebraska
23 of 64Juanita McKamey, 20, was arrested in San Diego and charged with criminal conspiracy after participating in a public labor protest in 1912.
Three days after she made bail, McKamey was rearrested after speaking at another rally. This time she was charged with being “incorrigible.” As punishment, she was sent to the local Detention Home for juveniles despite being an adult.Shayne Davidson/CapturedandExposed.com 24 of 64Goldie Williams, alias Mag Murphy, was arrested in Nebraska for vagrancy on Jan. 29, 1898.
In her photograph, Williams appears defiant upon her arrest.History Nebraska 25 of 64Amos Holloman, a repeat offender in Nebraska with several mugshots on file.History Nebraska 26 of 64Mattie Brown was sent to the Nebraska State Prison on Sept. 25, 1917, for pick-pocketing. She spent a year in prison. History Nebraska 27 of 64Chas Jamison, 19, a prisoner in the St. Louis County jail on an unspecified charge in 1860.Missouri Historical Society 28 of 64Alv Lytle was sentenced to 12-15 years in the Nebraska State Prison for bank robbery.
Later, another man confessed to the crime, and the state paid Lytle $2500 for false imprisonment. He served two years in prison for a crime he did not commit.History Nebraska 29 of 64An unidentified inmate at the Washington State Reformatory which is part of the Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC).
The reformatory was first opened in the state in 1910.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 30 of 64In 1899, Frank L. Dinsmore was arrested in Buffalo County, Nebraska, for the double murder of his wife and their boarding house landlord. History Nebraska 31 of 64Maud Johnson, 39, was arrested on Jan. 8, 1910. She later violated her parole four months after she was pardoned in 1912. The Vancouver police posted a $50 reward for her capture.Vancouver Police Department/Washington State Digital Archives 32 of 64Armstrong, whose first name went unrecorded, evidently told a police officer Charles Brownfield that he was a “rebel prisoner.”
Brownfield, on the other hand, described Armstrong as a general thief.
Missouri Historical Society 33 of 64Alberto Interciago was sentenced to one to 20 years at the Nebraska State Prison for “assault to wound” in February 1914.
His thick mustache and hair were shaved off before a second photo was taken.History Nebraska 34 of 64Jim Ling was arrested for running an opium joint on June 3, 1898. History Nebraska 35 of 64Charley Jones, alias Williams, was arrested in Missouri in 1858 for picking pockets. Missouri Historical Society 36 of 64Charles Bell, date and details of arrest unknown.
“I’m looking for photos that move me for whatever reason. From things that are terribly funny to things that are terribly tragic,” author and collector Mark Michaelson told New York Daily News of his mugshot collection.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 37 of 64Working with another inmate named Ruby Fox, Myrtle Hetrick escaped from Nebraska’s State Reformatory for Women in a car. History Nebraska 38 of 64Ruby Fox worked with Myrtle Hetrick to escape from Nebraska’s State Reformatory for Women.
When the fugitives were finally caught and arrested, they requested to go to the Nebraska State Prison rather than return to the woman’s reformatory.History Nebraska 39 of 64Nannie Hutchinson was arrested in 1903 in Bostwick, Nebraska. Police suspected that she had conspired with her brother to kill a man named Eli Feasel, who Hutchinson worked for as a housekeeper.
Hutchinson and her brother were released after their court hearing due to lack of evidence.History Nebraska 40 of 64Minnie Bradley was arrested for “larceny from a person” in Omaha on Dec. 13, 1902.
As clearly shown by her mugshot, she refused to look at the camera for her photograph.History Nebraska 41 of 64An unidentified offender from Sacramento. Mark Michaelson/Flickr 42 of 64Charles Martin was among the three burglars who blew up a safe in a bank vault in Sheridan, Missouri, on Feb. 15, 1898.
He was eventually captured after leading authorities on a multi-state chase.History Nebraska 43 of 64Fitzgerald, whose first name was unrecorded, was one of many known con men in St. Louis.
Missouri Historical Society 44 of 64Unidentified offender, 27. The mugshot was taken on June 19, 1914.Whacky Stuff/Flickr 45 of 64Thomas Whitney was arrested by Omaha police in December 1915.
Whitney was a grifter who made his money by advertising his clairvoyance and palm reading abilities in the local newspapers. One of his unsatisfied customers reported him to authorities who charged him with collecting money under false pretenses.History Nebraska 46 of 64Lola Lopez was arrested after her partner Cicerio Estrada robbed and killed a man in the Null Rooming House of Sidney, Nebraska, on Jan. 9, 1922.
The partners fled only to be caught in Colorado. During trial, through an interpreter, the Mexican-born Lopez pleaded not guilty but admitted she knew of the murder. She served a little over two years.History Nebraska 47 of 64Peggy Hudson and her husband did time after they robbed a restaurant owner who was Hudson’s former employer.
Oddly, the victim was able to identify Hudson by the shape of her legs since he hadn’t seen her face during the robbery. The couple was arrested in 1928 for making away with $382 of cash from the restaurant’s profits.Shayne Davidson/CapturedandExposed.com 48 of 64James Collins, 23, was arrested for burglary on May 12, 1897.
His bandaged head was the result of his scuffle with police after he escaped custody and was rearrested.History Nebraska 49 of 64An unidentified inmate at the Washington State Reformatory, also known as the Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC).
On Aug. 20, 1953, inmates at the reformatory staged a mass riot which lasted for four days.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 50 of 64In November 1916, Stephen Shock was sentenced to two years at the Nebraska State Prison for grand larceny.
According to his prison records, he enlisted in the US Army shortly after his release in 1918 to serve in World War I.History Nebraska 51 of 64Tim O’Brien was photographed without any further information.
The original police document of O’Brien included a cryptic note which read “Taken out March 7, 1883.”
Mark Michaelson/Flickr 52 of 64Unidentified offender, 35. His mugshot and measurements were taken on April 10, 1912.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 53 of 641914 mugshot of an unspecified prisoner.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 54 of 64H.C. Adams was arrested in Omaha on April 12, 1900, for blackmail. History Nebraska 55 of 64James Whitewater was arrested and charged in In 1872 for killing two men.
After serving his sentence for more than 10 years in jail, Whitewater was one of two inmates pardoned by the Nebraska governor following a change of law. After his release, Whitewater walked through the prison gates and “rolled in the grass from joy.“History Nebraska 56 of 64Unidentified offender, 25. His mugshot and measurements were taken on Jan. 7, 1909.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 57 of 64John Heppie, age and reason for arrest unknown.Mark Michaelson/Flickr 58 of 64William Lee was arrested in 1919 following Nebraska’s prohibition law for “bootlegging” which is the illegal business of transporting alcoholic beverages.
Lee was sentenced to six months to two years in the Nebraska State Prison. He was granted a furlough to visit his terminally ill wife. After, he served time until July 4, 1921, when he was finally released.History Nebraska 59 of 64George Ray’s 1890s mugshot is rare in that the prisoner is smiling. Not only did most arrestees have little to smile about, the length of time it took for the exposure to develop made it even less likely that a recently incarcerated person would hold a grin.History Nebraska 60 of 64The description on the back of John Jordan’s photo describes him as a “whore house pimp” and a “bagman.”
He was booked by the St. Louis police.Missouri Historical Society 61 of 64Bertha Liebbeke was reported to be one of the Midwest’s most notorious pickpockets. She sought out well-dressed men — ideally with a diamond-studded lapel pin — stumble into them, and pretend to faint and fall into their arms.
This trick earned her the nickname “Fainting Bertha.” Her scam came to a halt when she was arrested in May 1903. History Nebraska 62 of 64Unidentified offender, 28.
“I feel like an archaeologist trying to find and preserve these records of the common man, most of which are treated like trash and destroyed once they’re no longer in use,” mugshot collector Mark Michaelson told Collector’s Weekly. Mark Michaelson/Flickr 63 of 64Albert Johnson was arrested in March 1885. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison for grand larceny.
Unfortunately for Johnson, his hair and luxurious mustache were later shaved off by officials due to a lice scare.History Nebraska 64 of 64Like this gallery?Share it:
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1 of 64 J.P. Robinson was arrested in Nebraska in 1901 for running a scam in which he’d buy his beers with Mexican dollars, which looked very similar to American dollars, even though the Mexican currency had less than half the value.History Nebraska
2 of 64An unidentified member of the Omaha police force holds Herbert Cockran in a headlock during his mugshot in November 1899. Cockran was arrested on burglary charges.History Nebraska
3 of 64When Wyoming authorities briefly had the infamous outlaw Butch Cassidy in their clutches and took this mugshot for horse theft in 1894, his greatest criminal exploits were still ahead of him. After he got out of jail, he went on to form the Wild Bunch, recruit The Sundance Kid, and rob banks and trains across the Old West before dying in a blaze of glory in a gunfight in Bolivia.Wikimedia Commons
4 of 64An unidentified boy arrested for stealing a car, despite being just 11 years old.Mark Michaelson/Flickr
5 of 64Jim Younger was one of the three Younger brothers who robbed banks and trains in the midwest.
The brothers were captured and sent to Stillwater Prison after a botched bank heist turned them into national fugitives. Younger was paroled with his brother Cole in 1901 and committed suicide in 1902.Wikimedia Commons
6 of 64George Leonard, an Omaha bookkeeper, was arrested for burglary on Dec. 23, 1901. History Nebraska
7 of 64In 1901, Nora Courier, 22, was known to the police as “Red Nora.” She was arrested on March 31 of that year for stealing a horse.History Nebraska
8 of 64Bert Martin was arrested for stealing a horse in Keya Paha County, Nebraska.
In prison, it was revealed that Bert Martin had been born female and was named Lena. Martin had been living as a man in order to work as a cowboy. Records show that Martin was transferred to the prison’s women’s division on Sept. 22, 1901.History Nebraska
9 of 64Known as the “Omaha Sniper,” Frank Carter was finally arrested in February 1926.
He was convicted of killing two men though he confessed to 43 other murders, many of which could not be substantiated. In court, his lawyers used the insanity defense, but he was executed a year later.History Nebraska
10 of 64Cole Younger was the eldest of the three Younger brothers who terrorized the midwest by robbing banks and trains.
Younger, along with his brothers, was captured and sent to Stillwater Prison. After he was paroled on July 10, 1901, Younger worked on a ‘Wild West’ stage show and toured as a lecturer.Wikimedia Commons
11 of 64Unidentified youth offender. Mark Michaelson/Flickr
12 of 64Dave Marshal was a suspected “moll buzzer.” That is, a thief who pickpockets or steals women’s purses.
Missouri Historical Society
13 of 64Bob Younger was part of the infamous Younger Brothers gang that terrorized the Midwest. Along with his brothers Cole and Jim, Bob Younger committed a string of daring robberies.
His Wild West days came to a stop after the brothers and the James gang raided the First National Bank in Minnesota in 1876. He died in prison in 1889.Northfield Historical Society Press
14 of 64Ernest Perez of Mexico was arrested on Oct. 7, 1922, for petit larceny.
According to his prison records, the warden trusted Perez enough to make him a “trusty” which meant he had the authority to discipline other inmates when they were working outside. He escaped from prison on October 27, 1922 and seems to have vanished into the California wilderness.Shayne Davidson/CapturedandExposed.com
15 of 64John Ellies was accused of stealing horses in September 1866.
Missouri Historical Society
16 of 64Jennie Lester was arrested in March 1914 in Nebraska’s Phelps County for enticing to illicit intercourse.
She was sentenced to one to three years in the Nebraska State Prison.History Nebraska
17 of 64Ash “Daniel” Leo was arrested on Oct. 4, 1937, by the Washington police.
He was a baker by day and a pimp by night, and was charged with placing a woman in a “house of prostitution.” Vancouver Police Department/Washington State Digital Archives
18 of 64Mary Shannon was sentenced to two years in the Nebraska State Prison for mayhem in May 1925.
It’s unclear what exactly her crimes were but the legal definition of mayhem is “the criminal act of disabling, disfiguring, or cutting off or making useless one of the members (leg, arm, hand, foot, eye) of another either intentionally or in a fight, called maiming.” History Nebraska
19 of 64John Fight was convicted of grand larceny in St. Louis and went on to serve two years in the Missouri State Penitentiary.
Missouri Historical Society
20 of 64Emmett Dalton was known as a one-time gunslinger and the youngest brother of the Dalton Gang which robbed trains and banks in the late 1800s.
Dalton was pardoned after 14 years in prison. After his release, he wrote books about his experience as an outlaw and even played himself in a 1918 silent movie about the Dalton gang.Wikimedia Commons
21 of 64Joseph Johnson, arrested for embezzlement in Missouri. Date unspecified.Missouri Historical Society
22 of 64In March 1931, Jake Vohland sneaked into the Stubblefield chicken house to snag some poultry.
He was arrested after a homemade alarm system setup by the owners alerted them to his trespassing.
History Nebraska
23 of 64Juanita McKamey, 20, was arrested in San Diego and charged with criminal conspiracy after participating in a public labor protest in 1912.
Three days after she made bail, McKamey was rearrested after speaking at another rally. This time she was charged with being “incorrigible.” As punishment, she was sent to the local Detention Home for juveniles despite being an adult.Shayne Davidson/CapturedandExposed.com
24 of 64Goldie Williams, alias Mag Murphy, was arrested in Nebraska for vagrancy on Jan. 29, 1898.
In her photograph, Williams appears defiant upon her arrest.History Nebraska
25 of 64Amos Holloman, a repeat offender in Nebraska with several mugshots on file.History Nebraska
26 of 64Mattie Brown was sent to the Nebraska State Prison on Sept. 25, 1917, for pick-pocketing. She spent a year in prison. History Nebraska
27 of 64Chas Jamison, 19, a prisoner in the St. Louis County jail on an unspecified charge in 1860.Missouri Historical Society
28 of 64Alv Lytle was sentenced to 12-15 years in the Nebraska State Prison for bank robbery.
Later, another man confessed to the crime, and the state paid Lytle $2500 for false imprisonment. He served two years in prison for a crime he did not commit.History Nebraska
29 of 64An unidentified inmate at the Washington State Reformatory which is part of the Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC).
The reformatory was first opened in the state in 1910.Mark Michaelson/Flickr
30 of 64In 1899, Frank L. Dinsmore was arrested in Buffalo County, Nebraska, for the double murder of his wife and their boarding house landlord. History Nebraska
31 of 64Maud Johnson, 39, was arrested on Jan. 8, 1910. She later violated her parole four months after she was pardoned in 1912. The Vancouver police posted a $50 reward for her capture.Vancouver Police Department/Washington State Digital Archives
32 of 64Armstrong, whose first name went unrecorded, evidently told a police officer Charles Brownfield that he was a “rebel prisoner.”
Brownfield, on the other hand, described Armstrong as a general thief.
Missouri Historical Society
33 of 64Alberto Interciago was sentenced to one to 20 years at the Nebraska State Prison for “assault to wound” in February 1914.
His thick mustache and hair were shaved off before a second photo was taken.History Nebraska
34 of 64Jim Ling was arrested for running an opium joint on June 3, 1898. History Nebraska
35 of 64Charley Jones, alias Williams, was arrested in Missouri in 1858 for picking pockets. Missouri Historical Society
36 of 64Charles Bell, date and details of arrest unknown.
“I’m looking for photos that move me for whatever reason. From things that are terribly funny to things that are terribly tragic,” author and collector Mark Michaelson told New York Daily News of his mugshot collection.Mark Michaelson/Flickr
37 of 64Working with another inmate named Ruby Fox, Myrtle Hetrick escaped from Nebraska’s State Reformatory for Women in a car. History Nebraska
38 of 64Ruby Fox worked with Myrtle Hetrick to escape from Nebraska’s State Reformatory for Women.
When the fugitives were finally caught and arrested, they requested to go to the Nebraska State Prison rather than return to the woman’s reformatory.History Nebraska
39 of 64Nannie Hutchinson was arrested in 1903 in Bostwick, Nebraska. Police suspected that she had conspired with her brother to kill a man named Eli Feasel, who Hutchinson worked for as a housekeeper.
Hutchinson and her brother were released after their court hearing due to lack of evidence.History Nebraska
40 of 64Minnie Bradley was arrested for “larceny from a person” in Omaha on Dec. 13, 1902.
As clearly shown by her mugshot, she refused to look at the camera for her photograph.History Nebraska
41 of 64An unidentified offender from Sacramento. Mark Michaelson/Flickr
42 of 64Charles Martin was among the three burglars who blew up a safe in a bank vault in Sheridan, Missouri, on Feb. 15, 1898.
He was eventually captured after leading authorities on a multi-state chase.History Nebraska
43 of 64Fitzgerald, whose first name was unrecorded, was one of many known con men in St. Louis.
Missouri Historical Society
44 of 64Unidentified offender, 27. The mugshot was taken on June 19, 1914.Whacky Stuff/Flickr
45 of 64Thomas Whitney was arrested by Omaha police in December 1915.
Whitney was a grifter who made his money by advertising his clairvoyance and palm reading abilities in the local newspapers. One of his unsatisfied customers reported him to authorities who charged him with collecting money under false pretenses.History Nebraska
46 of 64Lola Lopez was arrested after her partner Cicerio Estrada robbed and killed a man in the Null Rooming House of Sidney, Nebraska, on Jan. 9, 1922.
The partners fled only to be caught in Colorado. During trial, through an interpreter, the Mexican-born Lopez pleaded not guilty but admitted she knew of the murder. She served a little over two years.History Nebraska
47 of 64Peggy Hudson and her husband did time after they robbed a restaurant owner who was Hudson’s former employer.
Oddly, the victim was able to identify Hudson by the shape of her legs since he hadn’t seen her face during the robbery. The couple was arrested in 1928 for making away with $382 of cash from the restaurant’s profits.Shayne Davidson/CapturedandExposed.com
48 of 64James Collins, 23, was arrested for burglary on May 12, 1897.
His bandaged head was the result of his scuffle with police after he escaped custody and was rearrested.History Nebraska
49 of 64An unidentified inmate at the Washington State Reformatory, also known as the Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC).
On Aug. 20, 1953, inmates at the reformatory staged a mass riot which lasted for four days.Mark Michaelson/Flickr
50 of 64In November 1916, Stephen Shock was sentenced to two years at the Nebraska State Prison for grand larceny.
According to his prison records, he enlisted in the US Army shortly after his release in 1918 to serve in World War I.History Nebraska
51 of 64Tim O’Brien was photographed without any further information.
The original police document of O’Brien included a cryptic note which read “Taken out March 7, 1883.”
Mark Michaelson/Flickr
52 of 64Unidentified offender, 35. His mugshot and measurements were taken on April 10, 1912.Mark Michaelson/Flickr
53 of 641914 mugshot of an unspecified prisoner.Mark Michaelson/Flickr
54 of 64H.C. Adams was arrested in Omaha on April 12, 1900, for blackmail. History Nebraska
55 of 64James Whitewater was arrested and charged in In 1872 for killing two men.
After serving his sentence for more than 10 years in jail, Whitewater was one of two inmates pardoned by the Nebraska governor following a change of law. After his release, Whitewater walked through the prison gates and “rolled in the grass from joy.“History Nebraska
56 of 64Unidentified offender, 25. His mugshot and measurements were taken on Jan. 7, 1909.Mark Michaelson/Flickr
57 of 64John Heppie, age and reason for arrest unknown.Mark Michaelson/Flickr
58 of 64William Lee was arrested in 1919 following Nebraska’s prohibition law for “bootlegging” which is the illegal business of transporting alcoholic beverages.
Lee was sentenced to six months to two years in the Nebraska State Prison. He was granted a furlough to visit his terminally ill wife. After, he served time until July 4, 1921, when he was finally released.History Nebraska
59 of 64George Ray’s 1890s mugshot is rare in that the prisoner is smiling. Not only did most arrestees have little to smile about, the length of time it took for the exposure to develop made it even less likely that a recently incarcerated person would hold a grin.History Nebraska
60 of 64The description on the back of John Jordan’s photo describes him as a “whore house pimp” and a “bagman.”
He was booked by the St. Louis police.Missouri Historical Society
61 of 64Bertha Liebbeke was reported to be one of the Midwest’s most notorious pickpockets. She sought out well-dressed men — ideally with a diamond-studded lapel pin — stumble into them, and pretend to faint and fall into their arms.
This trick earned her the nickname “Fainting Bertha.” Her scam came to a halt when she was arrested in May 1903. History Nebraska
62 of 64Unidentified offender, 28.
“I feel like an archaeologist trying to find and preserve these records of the common man, most of which are treated like trash and destroyed once they’re no longer in use,” mugshot collector Mark Michaelson told Collector’s Weekly. Mark Michaelson/Flickr
63 of 64Albert Johnson was arrested in March 1885. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison for grand larceny.
Unfortunately for Johnson, his hair and luxurious mustache were later shaved off by officials due to a lice scare.History Nebraska
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63 Wild West Mugshots That Prove They Don’t Make Criminals Like They Used To View Gallery
63 Wild West Mugshots That Prove They Don’t Make Criminals Like They Used To View Gallery
63 Wild West Mugshots That Prove They Don’t Make Criminals Like They Used To View Gallery
63 Wild West Mugshots That Prove They Don’t Make Criminals Like They Used To View Gallery
63 Wild West Mugshots That Prove They Don’t Make Criminals Like They Used To
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As of 1857, New York police regularly photographed suspects and displayed their images in a gallery so the general public could help apprehend the criminals. By the 1860s, mugshots on wanted posters were everywhere in America.
Many early mugshots didn’t use the front view and profile view side-by-side format that modern mugshots use. This format began circulating in 1888 thanks to the work of a French policeman, Alphonse Bertillon.
And in these early days of the mugshot, perhaps no place was more filled with outlaws and bandits to be photographed than the American frontier.
See some of the most hardened criminals from the late 1800s and early 1900s in the gallery of Wild West mugshots above and learn more about their daring exploits below.
Justice In The Wild West
Criminals in the Wild West were mainly sent to jails like the Wyoming Frontier Prison. Conditions inside these jailhouses were abysmal, starting with having no electricity or indoor plumbing. These prisons also featured facilities that would be considered barbaric in the modern age, including a torture dungeon where inmates were routinely beaten and whipped.
Despite some of the 19th-century judicial reforms that went against the inhumane treatment of inmates, such as torture and solitary confinement, many Old West jailhouses didn’t end their brutal ways. The Wyoming Frontier Prison, for example, didn’t even close for good until 1981. But before it closed, approximately 13,500 people were incarcerated at the facility, including 11 women.
Meanwhile, another infamous Wyoming prison housed two people in each five-foot-wide cell and allowed no talking between prisoners of any kind. But, this being the Old West, you could both smoke and chew tobacco if you so chose.
The Biggest Criminals Of The West
Prisons like these held some of the most notorious criminals in American history, bandits who took full advantage of the Wild West’s lawless ways.
Among the most notable outlaws — whose mugshots are featured in the gallery above — are the Younger Gang. This band of crooked siblings made up of Cole (the eldest), Bob, and Jim Younger achieved infamy by committing a string of robberies in states like Missouri, Texas, and the surrounding area.
They soon teamed up with another pair of outlaw brothers, Frank and Jesse James, to form the infamous James-Younger Gang and execute a daring batch of robberies and evade authorities for years.
Jesse James, the leader of the alliance, penned letters to sympathetic newspaper editors and painted his gang of outlaws as American Robin Hoods who stole from the greedy rich to disperse wealth to the poor.
But their reign of terror largely ended with a botched bank robbery in Northfield, Minnesota, in September 1876. They ended up outnumbered and targeted by armed civilians of the town who managed to drive the robbers away.
While the James brothers successfully escaped the angry town mob to continue their lives of crime crime, the Younger brothers were captured by a group of the townspeople in the woods.
After the posse captured Jim Younger, he was still bloody from the beating the locals had given him when he was dragged in front of the jailhouse camera for his mugshot.
That mugshot, like so many others that survive from the Old West, paints a unique picture of a largely lawless land where criminals could make a killing and cops could often deal with those they did capture however they pleased.
Although the hard-knock days of the Old West are now long gone, the remarkable outlaw tales from that time live on in the period’s striking mugshots that survive to this day.
Next, take a look at some of the most famous mugshots throughout history. Then, see some more incredible vintage mugshots that bring the past to life.
