SinisterCrimes

On this day

19 October

  1. 1696

    Six of Every's crew are tried for piracy at the Old Bailey and acquitted.

    Henry Every Never caught

    In 1695 Henry Every's pirates plundered the Mughal emperor's greatest ship. A worldwide manhunt followed. Six of his men hanged; Every vanished.

  2. 1930

    Frank Nash escapes from the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas.

    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.