Crimes Collection (page 4)

Buck Balfour. Cartoon of Arthur Balfour (later British Prime Minister) when he was Chief Secretary for Ireland on the cover of Funny Folks

Highwaymen at Kentish Town
Two women are robbed and bound by highwaymen in the fields near Kentish Town. Date: 19th Century

French gang of robbers
Two female members of a French gang of robbers, known as chauffeurs who spread terror across France during the last years of the 18th century. Date: 1790s

Frontispiece to Dodds Discourses
The frontispiece to a publication by William Dodd, an English forger and cleric. Date: 19th Century

Charles Price
The notorious swindler and bank-note forger, Charles Price, who committed suicide in 1786. Date: 18th Century

Highwaymen in Germany
A carriage is attacked in the woods by a gang of highwaymen in Germany. Chaos ensues. Date: 13th Century

Bandits in Italy
A group of Italian bandits accost an unsuspecting traveller, threatening him with their rifles and stealing anything of value. 19th Century

Bandits in Germany
German bandits attack their victims, one thrown to the ground and one pinned against a tree, during the Thirty Years War. 1643

Bulgarian bandit
Portrait of a Pomak bandit, Yako, hanged at Sophia in June 1889. 1889

Vincenzo Cibolla
The Italian brigand, Vicenzo Cibolla who was eventually caught in 1861. 1860s

Heads of captured Greek bandits
A gruesome engraving showing the severed heads of seven Greek captured bandits nailed to a wall. 1870s

German highwaymen
A group of mounted highwaymen ride out from the woods to attack a passing convoy of wagons, presumably laden with things that the bandits might like to steal. 14th Century

The bandit, Antonio Gomez Rivera
Antonio Gomez Rivera, El Herrero (The Blacksmith), is flanked by two police officers following his capture in 1908. 1908

Harry Power, Australian bushranger is captured
The Australian bushranger, Harry Power is captured by Superintendents, Nicholson and Hare. 19th Century

Chiavone
The Italian brigand, Chiavone, chief of the robbers. 19th Century

A Balkan mountain brigand, rifle in hand, sword in holster, uses his vantage point to search for unsuspecting victims. 1779

Italian bandits
A family of Italian bandits including a very young child, hide out in a ruined building, hoping that the officers scouring the countryside below, don t discover them. 17th Century

George Sontag, American train robber who was imprisoned in 1894, and pardoned in 1908. Date: 19th Century

Brothers rob a train at Rocky Cut
Brothers rob a train on the Missouri Pacific Railway at Rocky Cut. 19th Century

A mother dedicates her infant son as a thief Date: 1910

Discovery of Captain Grant and his band
Captain Grant and his gang of Irish freebooters are discovered by a group of officers whilst hiding in a cave 1816

Rosolino Pilo
The Sicilian mafia bandit, Rosolino Pilo. 19th Century

Russian brigands
A group of Russian brigands attack Luganski Monastry to steal precious icons. They retire after killing four people and losing four of their own men too. 1909

William Fredericks
The American stage robber, William Fredericks who was eventually caught and hanged. Date: 19th Century

Ned Kelly- Fight at Glenrowan
Attack on the Kelly gang at Glenrowan. The police finally managed to overcome the gang, killing three of its members and capturing Ned Kelly himself. 1880

The Strangler
A menacing portrait of the Strangler Date: 1883

Charles Bole, American stage robber, known as Black Bart. Date: 19th Century

Bandits attack an express train in America Date: c. 1870

Anarchists attack a religious procession in Barcelona. 1898

Carl Herman, who discovered the loots of the Browning-Brady train robbery but could only carry away $30, 000 of it. Date: 19th Century

German robbers during the Peasants War
A chaotic scene during the Peasants War showing a group of German robbers, some preparing for their next attack whilst others count the loot from a previous haul. 1530s

John Younger, American train robber
Member of the notorious James-Younger gang, John Younger. 1889

Train robbers in America
Train robbers steal $12000 in New Mexico

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Chris Evans, American train robber, who worked with the Sontag brothers; he was caught and imprisoned in 1894. Date: 19th Century

Ned Kelly- Ann Joness The Glenrowan Inn
The hotel in Glenrowan after the siege. Ned Kelly and his gang attempted to derail a train carrying a number of police officers

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Frank Reno, American bandit Date: c. 1866

Grattan Dalton, American train robber, who was killed in a bank raid in 1892 Date: 19th Century

James Whitney seized by a bear while cattle stealing Date: 1680s

John Sontag, American train robber who died in jail in 1893 from wounds inflicted in his last fight. Date: 19th Century

John Brady, American train robber, who worked with Sam Browning and was sentenced to life imprisonment on 27th November 1895. Date: 19th Century

James Whitney is caught by a bear
The highwayman, James Whitney is caught by a bear Date: 17th Century

Greek brigands
A group of Greek brigands attack Lord Muncasters coach party near Athens. 1870

Frank James, American train robber
Member of the notorious James-Younger gang, Frank James, brother of Jesse James. 1910

Traveller attacked during the Thirty Years War
A German bandit attacks a traveller with a bat, while another gang member rushes across with extra supplies including an axe. 17th Century

Ned Kellys armour
Armour belonging to the Irish-Australian bushranger, Ned Kelly, considered by some to be a cold-blooded killer, and by others, a folk hero. 19th Century

James Whitney
The highwayman, James Whitney, attacks Mr Hull, a money-lender on Hounslow Heath, and ties him backwards on his horse. Date: 1694

The Inveigler
The inveigler, who entices his victim. Date: 1883

Bob Younger, American train robber
Member of the notorious James-Younger gang, Bob Younger, photographed two weeks before his death. 1889

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