The Year of Fear (43 page)

Berenice and Charles Urschel

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THE OKLAHOMAN
)

J. Edgar Hoover

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Hoover and Melvin Purvis, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau’s Chicago office.

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Joseph Keenan, head of the Department of Justice Criminal Division.

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Attorney General Homer Cummings leaves the White House after conferring with President Franklin Roosevelt.

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George “Machine Gun” Kelly under the guard of heavily armed law enforcement officers.

(COURTESY OF
THE OKLAHOMAN
)

George and Kathryn Kelly during the trial.

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THE OKLAHOMAN
)

Charles Urschel in court.

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THE OKLAHOMAN
)

President Franklin Roosevelt addresses a conference on crime with Attorney General Homer Cummings in 1934.

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Alcatraz

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

JOE URSCHEL
is Executive Director of the National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington, D.C., where he previously was the Executive Director of the Newseum. Urschel is a former managing editor of
USA Today,
where he also served as a senior correspondent and columnist. He also worked for the
Detroit Free Press
as a reporter, critic, and editor. His journalism honors include awards from the National Association of Newspaper Columnists, the National Association of Sunday and Feature Editors, and an Emmy. He lives in Virginia. You can sign up for email updates
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Cover design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein

Photo-illustration © Reginald Polynice

The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.

ISBN 978-1-250-02079-6 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-250-02080-2 (e-book)