Description: UP FOR AUCTION IS AN IMPOSSIBLE FIND. IT IS A WANTED CARD ISSUED IN 1935 BY THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR NOTORIOUS BANK ROBBER, KILLER, AND THOMPSON GANG FOUNDER BLACKIE THOMPSON.Blackie Thompson (born Irvin Thompson; 1893 – December 6, 1934) was an American outlaw and murderer active primarily in Oklahoma and Texas.Early life and Osage Indian murders"Blackie" Thompson was born Irvin Thompson in either Arkansas or Oklahoma in 1893. In 1920, he was sentenced to five years for automobile theft, but was paroled in 1922. He was arrested again on December 22, 1923, for a bank robbery in Grady County. However, in 1924, he was released to serve as an informant in the Osage Indian murders.While Blackie did provide testimony against William King Hale and Ernest Burkhart, he quickly ran off and formed the "Thompson Gang."Thompson gang, later life, and deathThompson went on to kill a police officer in Drumright, Oklahoma on July 2, 1924, after robbing the First State Bank of Avery. On December 19, 1924, his gang robbed the Security State Bank by loading the bank's entire safe into a truck. He was captured on December 25, 1924. Thompson was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison. On August 30, 1933, he escaped from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. He was recaptured in 1934 after robbing several banks in Texas, and sentenced to death on charges of robbery. However, he escaped from Huntsville Prison on July 22, 1934. Blackie was killed in a stolen car on Route 66 in Amarillo, Texas on December 6, 1934NATURALLY, HE NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION.. ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC, HIGH PROFILE CRIMINALS FROM HIS DAY.. HE IS AS NOTORIOUS THEN, AS HE IS NOW!..THIS WANTED CARD IS IN GREAT CONDITION AS YOU CAN SEE.. WHAT MAKES THIS PIECE ESPECIALLY RARE IS THAT IT IS THE ONE AND ONLY WANTED CARD EVER ISSUED FOR THIS WELL KNOWN CRIMINAL.. COMING FROM THE ESTATE OF A RECENTLY RETIRED, NOW DECEASED DETECTIVE IN CHICAGO..THIS DOUBLE SIDED WANTED CARD IS EXTREMELY RARE. YOU CAN LOOK LONG AND HARD AND YOU'LL NEVER FIND ONE ANYWHERE. IT IS IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION AS YOU CAN SEE.. CAREFULLY PRESERVED FOR OVER 90 YEARS.. DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN A PIECE OF HISTORY.. WE JUST LISTED THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONALLY RARE WANTED POSTER CARDS FROM OUR RECENT ACQUISITION, PLEASE SEE OUR STORE FOR THE FOLLOWING:TOMMY "THE TERRIBLE" TOUHYFRED BARKER (BARKER-KARPIS GANG)RAYMOND HAMILTON (BARROW GANG)RUSSELL "SLIM GRAY" GIBSON (BARKER-KARPIS GANG)JOSEPH FOX (DILLINGER GANG)"BLACKIE" THOMPSON (THOMPSON GANG)CLYDE NIMERICK - (BABYFACE NELSON GANG)WALTER LEGENZA (TRI STATE GANG)ROBERT MAIS (TRI STATE GANG) PLEASE MAKE US YOUR BEST OFFER, WE WILL ACCEPT ANY REASONABLE OFFER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WHATSOEVER, PLEASE ASK.. WE WILL ANSWER WITH A QUICKNESS... PLEASE SEE OUR FEEDBACK. WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, WHICH REFLECTS IN OUR 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR LOOKING.
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Location: United States
End Time: 2025-01-25T22:41:54.000Z
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