SinisterCrimes

On this day

16 June

  1. 1483

    His brother Richard is taken from sanctuary at Westminster to join him in the Tower.

    Princes in the Tower Unsolved

    In 1483 a twelve-year-old king and his brother vanished inside the Tower of London and their uncle took the crown. What became of them is still debated.

  2. 1931

    Capone pleads guilty, expecting a sentence of two and a half years.

    Al Capone tax evasion trial Convicted

    Chicago could never convict Al Capone of murder. In 1931 the Treasury got him with a lawyer's letter, a bookkeeper's ledger and his own grocery bills.

  3. 1933

    Two federal agents and Chief Otto Reed arrest Nash in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and take the overnight train north from Fort Smith.

    Kansas City Massacre Disputed verdict

    Thirty seconds outside Union Station in June 1933 left four lawmen and their prisoner dead. The FBI blamed Pretty Boy Floyd. Historians are still arguing.