Elizebeth Friedman: The rumrunner’s worst nightmare
In the waning weeks of Prohibition in 1933, Elizebeth Friedman, chief cryptologist for the U.S. Treasury Department, was called as…
Month: March 2016
Virginia Hill: ‘Queen of the Mob’ was no one’s pushover
Third in a series of profiles for Women’s History Month. On March 24, 1966, passersby walking on a footpath beside…
Mabel Willebrandt: Prolific prosecutor of Prohibition laws
Second in a series of profiles for Women’s History Month. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, one-time public defender and tax lawyer to…
Eunice Carter: Key player in Luciano conviction
First in a series of profiles for Women’s History Month. Eunice Carter made history throughout her life. But the crucial…
Anatomy of an escape
Adam Throgmorton has spent the past two decades crafting three-dimensional scale models of Las Vegas resorts, from the hotel towers…