Case where crime paid off in death

The body of Edward Schearer is removed from a post office in Smiths Creek, Michigan, where he and a companion were slain during a gun battle that interrupted their attempt at robbery.

Publication date: 1937-12-12

Size: 12.8 x 9.8 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Smiths Creek (Mich.)

Subject(s):

• Criminals--Michigan--Smiths Creek--1930-1940
• Dead persons--Michigan--Smiths Creek--1930-1940
• Schearer, Edward--Death & burial--Michigan--Smiths Creek

Genre(s):

• Photographs
• Postmortem photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 12, 1937), Graphic Section, p. 4

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)