Spousal abuse is a vigorously prosecuted crime in the United States, but spousal abandonment? Not so much. Although it’s still a crime to walk out on a spouse in most jurisdictions, seldom does a district attorney prosecute a runaway husband. … Continued
Behind the dapper visage and the styling bowler hat is the cool-as-a-cucumber con-man Clarence Glass, AKA Charles Glass. And until his arrest in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on March 22, 1910, he played a key role in a gang of grifters … Continued
Judging by his “Report of Fines”—dated 5 January 1835—the Fall of 1834 was certainly a busy season for Thomas Crawley, Justice of the Peace in frontier Kentucky. Crawley hailed from Adair, Kentucky, and as the primary lawman in the area, … Continued