22 July

Captain Kendall of the Montrose sends a wireless message reporting his suspicions.

Dr Crippen Executed

In 1910 a mild American medicine seller fled London with his lover dressed as a boy, and a ship's wireless message brought him back to hang.

George Kelly and Albert Bates abduct Charles Urschel and Walter Jarrett from the Urschel home in Oklahoma City; Jarrett is soon released.

Machine Gun Kelly and the Urschel kidnapping Convicted

Blindfolded for nine days, an Oklahoma oilman counted the planes overhead. His memory led the FBI to a Texas farm and put Machine Gun Kelly away for life.

Dillinger is shot dead by federal agents outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago.

John Dillinger Killed before trial

Out of prison in May 1933, dead by July 1934: Midwest bank raids, a jailbreak with a gun that may have been wood, and a summer night at the Biograph.