Browse Items · Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection

Photograph of Virginia Slaton and Norman Kennedy

Photograph of Virginia Slaton and Norman Kennedy taken in 1947.

Tags: 1947, Crime, Kennedy, Murder, Norman Kennedy, Photo File: Crime, Slaton, Virginia Slaton

Photograph of Virginia Slaton and her lawyer, Robert Shonkwiler after her acquittal for the murder of Norman Kennedy.

Tags: 1947, Acquittal, Court, Crime, Kennedy, lawyer, Murder, Norman Kennedy, Photo File: Crime, Robert Shonkwiler, Shonkwiler, Slaton, Virginia Slaton

Photograph of the Townsend home after the 1940 murder/suicide of Ezra Townsend and Amy Townsend.

Tags: 1940, Amy Townsend, Crime, Ezra Townsend, farm, house, Murder, Photo File: Crime, Suicide, Townsend

Photograph of slot machines being destroyed in October of 1934.

Tags: 1934, Crime, Decatur IL, Gambling, Photo File: Crime, Police, Raid, Slot Machines

Photograph of slot machines raided by police in the 1940's.

Tags: 1940's, Crime, Decatur IL, Gambling, Photo File: Crime, Police, Raid, Slot Machines

Photograph of the Saratoga Club gambling police raid in 1938.

Tags: 1938, Crime, Decatur IL, Gambling, Photo File: Crime, Police, Raid, Saratoga Club

Photograph of a gambling raid in 1936.

Tags: 1936, Crime, Decatur IL, Gambling, Photo File: Crime, Police, Raid

Photograph of the grand jury for a gambling raid in 1936.

Tags: 1936, Crime, Decatur IL, Gambling, Grand Jury, Photo File: Crime, Police, Raid

Photograph of a Decatur gambling raid by police in 1951.

Tags: 1951, Crime, Decatur IL, Gambling, Photo File: Crime, Police, Raid

Scene of Stella Ware murder near East Decatur St. 1911. Photo ran Review 5/8/1911.

Tags: 1911, City Carpet Cleaning Works, Crime, Decatur IL, East Decatur St., Herald and Review, I.C. Tracks, Murder, Photo File: Crime, Stella Ware, Wood Dish Factory