Announcing On the Spot!, a new quarterly journal devoted to crime and law enforcement in the 1920s and 30s. All aspects of crime, police work, criminology, crime reporting, etc., will be covered in this journal covering the classic "gangster era" when both crime and law enforcement largely entered the 20th Century, with the cops often lagging far
behind the robbers in technology. Some of our finest crime historians are contributors to
this journal, devoted to objective study of both crime and crime control and featuring
articles on both headline and now-obscure cases. If you're looking for a publication glorifying outlaws and gangsters you'll have to look elsewhere but for a serious historical study of crime and law enforcement in this turbulent period On the Spot! can't be beat. For inquiries, article submissions, subscriptions, advertising, etc., please contact us at:
onthespotnewsletter@hotmail.com

Or visit our website at: www.onthespotjournal.com/journal.html

Hi Rick,

This sounds like a great new journal for those interested in the "Gangster Era." Can someone that does not have a computer just send in a check to you to join? This has come up with our organization in the past, as not all people have access to computers.

Mike

Yes, indeed, Mike, and I'm certainly glad you brought that up, as a number of fine writers, as well as readers, do not have access to the internet at this time. Anyone is welcome to submit articles, or to subscribe, to On the Spot at:

Mad Dog Historical Society
701 Jackson ST
Bussey, IA 50044

Cost is $30 per year for the quarterly journal for U.S. residents, $35 for Canadian, and $40 for overseas.

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Maddog,
Way to go.......just ordered your journal and can't wait to get my first copy!
I've been out of pocket for a while....really busy, and just got back to my computer. I was checking my digests, logged on to this site and DA! DA!........Made my Day!!
Thanks for letting us know about your publication!
SapulpaGal

Thanks, Mike and SapulpaGal, for your comments and interest, and thanks also to the many others who've also given us support.

Our goal here is not to compete with Oklahombres, OKOHLA, PIC, Gangsterologists, or anyone else but merely contribute to the information-sharing process and give added exposure to historians and researchers and to expanded coverage of crime and crime control in the period between the wars.

Got my "On the Spot" yesterday, started reading it last night.......couldn't put it down....didn't get much sleep. What I've read so far is really neat, Maddog, Y'all did a great job !! And I am especially thrilled that I got in on the first publication.

Thanks for the compliment there, Sapulpa Gal! Everyone seems pleased with it so far. There are a few minor flaws in the first issue that I've noticed (after all, we're new at this) but the objective and well-researched work of the several fine historians who've contributed I think make it all worthwhile. We've got even more great articles lined up for the second issue and I'm sure it will be even more enjoyable and satisfying for the readers and on the production end.

For those who've subscribed to On the Spot, the Winter issue is in the mail and we hope you enjoy. Here's this issue's lineup:

The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Guns: Was Fred “Killer” Burke Keeping Score?
by Chuck Schauer
An Officer Vs. A Gentleman: The Saga of Chicago’s Deadly Gentleman Brothers
by Rose Keefe
The Truth About Blackie Audett
by Robert E. Bates
The Two Weissmans: The Strange Tale of Big Bill and Slicey Solly
by Brian James Beerman
Captain Matthew Leach: Founding Father of the Indiana State Police
by Lori Hyde
Wrongly Executed? Charles Sberna and the 1937 Killing of Patrolman John Wilson
by Thomas P. Hunt
The Reid-Davis Gangs
by Edward Butts
William I. Radkay, Alcatraz #666
by Patty Terry

For those of you who subscribe to On the Spot Journal, the Spring issue is currently in the mail and should be in your hands shortly. Here is the lineup:

“Handsome Jack” Klutas Comes to Iowa
by Lori Hyde
The Good Killers: 1921’s Glimpse of the Mafia
by Thomas P. Hunt and Michael A. Tona
Mr. Eckert’s Wild Ride
by Patrick Downey
The Original G-Man: William A. Rorer
by J. Davis Rorer
A Buck A Fist: Dopey Benny Fein and New York’s Labor Czars
by Rose Keefe
The Probable Witness Who Fell From the Sky
by Ellen Poulsen
Russo, Spicuzza, and Fifty Grand
by Daniel Waugh
Triple Killing at Mack’s Smoke Shop, 5253 S. Halsted
by Larry Raeder
Memorial to Paul Minneman
by Robert Paul Morris
(Minneman was the first Indiana state policeman killed by criminals, in 1937, a victim of the infamous Al Brady gang).

Here is the lineup for our Summer issue:

Badges in Little Italy: Joseph Petrosino and New York’s Italian Squad
by Thomas P. Hunt
The Man With the Pillow
by Daniel Waugh
The Criminal Education of Harry Sawyer
by Brian James Beerman
Almost But Not Quite...
by William J. Helmer
Louise Rolfe: “The Blonde Alibi”
by Mario Gomes
Memories of the Ambassador
by Robert Winter
Irvin “Blackie” Thompson’s Last Stand
by Jimmy Ray Gillman
The Mounds Robberies
by Mike Koch
“You’ve Made Me Somebody They’re Going to Remember”: A 40th Anniversary Retrospective on the movie Bonnie and Clyde
by Keith White

Our Fall issue will be themed around Pretty Boy Floyd.

Rick Mattix

For those who subscribe to On the Spot Journal, our Fall issue, themed around Pretty Boy Floyd, is completed and will be in the mail within a week.

For those interested in subscribing, or in purchasing individual issues, please feel free to visit our website at:
www.onthespotjournal.com/journal.html

Rick Mattix

Below is a listing of the articles contained in this issue:

FALL 2007

Pretty Boy Floyd’s Visit to the Gateway City
by Michael Webb
The Bloody Saga of William “Billy the Baby-Face Killer” Miller
by Jeffery S. King
Musings on Pretty Boy Floyd
by R.D. Morgan
The Hero Killed By Pretty Boy Floyd
by Dale Ingram
The Real Pretty Boy Floyd
by Vivian Brown (contributed by R.D. Morgan)
A Worried Song
by Ellen Poulsen
FBI Summary of True Detective Articles on Pretty Boy Floyd
by Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Kansas City Massacre
by William J. Helmer and Rick Mattix (excerpted from The Complete Public Enemy Almanac)
Amazing Last Stand of America’s Worst Outlaws (and their Girls) Against an Army of 2000
by Ernest Jerome Hopkins
Deadly Combination: Did Pretty Boy Floyd Join the Dillinger Gang?
by William J. Helmer
The Last Crimes of Pretty Boy Floyd
by Jeffery S. King
The Death of Pretty Boy Floyd: Setting the Record Straight
by Larry Wack
Bibliography and Filmography of Pretty Boy Floyd