Homz Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I just thought I'd share. This is a picture of John Dillinger who was the first man put on the FBI's most wanted list. John is on the left. He was gunned down in Chicago as he left a movie theater. The guy in the middle is Harry Pierpont who was executed in the Ohio electric chair for murdering a jail guard while breaking Dillinger out of a jail. The hansom fella on the right is my great grandfather Elmer "Happy" Balser. He died of natural causes in the year before I was born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Tari Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 My grandmother on mom's side was a Barrows. Im related to Clyde. My father tells me of a story of when he was a little boy in Chicago. That my grandmother had carried him and my uncle to the doctors office. It just so happened this doctrs office was upstairs over the bank. While they were upstairs, the bank was robbed by Pretty Boy Floyd. They sat on the landing ( the door down stairs that went into the bank had bullet holes in it) till the cops came and got them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homz Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 I just love the picture not so much for the connections of my ancestors to notorious gangsters, but for the snap shot of the 30's-40's time era. Take a look at the shoes. Right out of an episode of "The Untouchables", which was an old TV series which depicted an FBI agent (Elliot Ness) and his fight against organized crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Very cool photo! They look like a rough tumble crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bscott Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I cleaned it up and made some adjustments for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homz Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 Thanks man, that's cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 My mother used to like to tell the story aboutm how she got to school with Al Capone. He had some nephews in the neighborhood and would occasionally give them and their friends rides and one day my mother was hanging with them when "Uncle Al " came by and she got a "ride" withCapone. It was in a black Cadillac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSG_Standard Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Everything is becoming clear now Homz... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homz Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 Everything is becoming clear now Homz... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovegibsons Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I was wondering what the story behind the new avatar was. Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicked1 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Homz, You're sooooo much sexier than your great-grandpa!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homz Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 Homz' date=' You're sooooo much sexier than your great-grandpa!![/quote'] Thanks dear. Now make me a pot pie. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovegibsons Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Homz' date=' You're sooooo much sexier than your great-grandpa!![/quote'] WTF? Do you know this guy (although it's probably a girl if (s)he thinks you're sexy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homz Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 WTF? Do you know this guy (although it's probably a girl if (s)he thinks you're sexy) My wife. She logged on after I went to work last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovegibsons Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 oh.... that explains a bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolongermike@gibson Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Uh, does natural causes including the electric chair? http://www.geocities.com/pierpont_2001/theend.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolongermike@gibson Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Harry got the chair. Creepy way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Tari Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Man Homz you got the wicked 1, Mines Hot Stuff. I see a trend here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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