A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

JAMES EARL RAY: (d. 1998) Assassin of Martin Luther King whom he killed in Memphis in 1968. Bold full ink signature on a small card, fine condition. $

CHARLES "KING" SOLOMON: (d. 1933) New England Prohibition era rackets boss, present at the first major gangster "conference" at ...

ROBERT STROUD: (1890 - 1963) "The Bird Man of Alcatraz", imprisoned for the murder of a man in Juneau and a prison guard, Stroud made his ...

WILLIAM M. "BOSS" TWEED: (1823 -1878) Mayor of New York and political boss. His construction of the New York Court House and the graft ass...

WILLIAM J. BURNS: (1861 - 1932) American detective who with the Secret Service cracked a number of major counterfeit and corruption rings. Bold signat

(SAM SHEPPARD): American neurosurgeon convicted in the 1954 murder of his wife despite his continual denial of any culpability. With the help of F. Le

(JOHN GOTTI): (1940 - 2002) Dapper American gangster who won the nickname "The Teflon Don" following his many acquittals, headed the Gambi...

PAUL VI: (1897 - 1978) GIOVANNI BATTISTA MONTINI Pope who issued the encyclicals for clerical celibacy and against birth control, an avid supporter of

HENRIETTA SZOLD: (1860 - 1945) American Jewish leader and founder of Hadassah, the first woman elected to the World Zionist Organization. Fine content

BRIGHAM YOUNG: (1801 - 1877) Leader of the Mormon church who succeeded Joseph Smith as head of the church and led the mass migration to Salt Lake Vall