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Lot 169 - Grouping of Seven Antique Police Mugshot and Arrest Cards with Photographs Including Edward Mullen of Massachusetts State Prison, John Murphy "Yegg" Safe Blower, and Arthur Williams
Lot 169 - Grouping of Seven Antique Police Mugshot and Arrest Cards with Photographs Including Edward Mullen of Massachusetts State Prison, John Murphy "Yegg" Safe Blower, and Arthur Williams
This is a grouping of seven police arrest cards, each featuring photographs depicting subjects in frontal or profile views. The cards include Bertillon-style measurement fields with printed and handwritten entries.
Named subjects include Edward Mullen, registered at Massachusetts State Prison (Reg. No. 14372) for robbery out of Suffolk County with a sentence of five to six years, measured in 1910 and noted as a parole violator in 1914; John Murphy, marked "Yegg" and identified as a safe blower, measured at St. Joseph, Missouri on December 14, 1903, with a Dover, New Hampshire Police Department card noting aliases Ed. Duffy and John Doyle; Arthur (Bert) Williams, also marked "Yegg" with aliases including "Willimantic Johnny," measured at Lowell, Massachusetts in February 1911 with occupation listed as safe blowing, with an accompanying card from The Wood-Morgan Detective Agency of Boston, Massachusetts; Harry Brown, numbered B. 5063, measured at Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 15, 1909; Thomas Harris; Oscar Adams; and Eugene J. Gleason.
The cards show toning, soiling, and wear consistent with age.
