on Nov. 27, 1934. A crowd gathers in front of Sadowski Funeral Home at 1845 N. Hermitage Ave. in Chicago for the funeral for Lester Gillis, aka George “Baby Face” Nelson, on Dec. 1 ...

At times such as those, you can see the youth in Nelson's face, not to mention his game. He seems wide of eye and slack of jaw, a half-step from control. It is at such times you get these ...

Stories of bank robberies, shootouts, murders and kidnappings-crimes all connected to the gangsters of Minnesota including Brainerd's own history of Baby Face Nelson, a well-known gangster from ...

Sure, there’s been endless stories about the many gangster of the 1930s like John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Bonnie and Clyde. But what about the FBI agents who battled the criminals of that era, ...

The third in O Brother, Where Art Thou?'s triumverate of true-life thirties personalities is Coen regular Michael Badalucco as George "Baby Face" Nelson, the bank robber who was at one time deemed ...

Joe's grandparents, Albert and Dorothy DeLapp, were robbed at gunpoint by Baby Face Nelson. I know, I know, everybody's grandparents once saw John Dillinger rob a local bank, knew who kidnapped ...

Although many Brainerdites have likely heard one version or another of the Baby Face Nelson story, DeGeest grew up with the harrowing tale of an eyewitness-her father, Zane Smith, who sported the ...

Because that's where the money is. Residents will soon have the opportunity to relive the harrowing events of Baby Face Nelson's 1933 hit on the First National Bank of Brainerd at the world ...

“If all reports are true, Baby Face Nelson, with several pals, paid Gardnerville a visit several weeks ago. From here, the gang went to Hawthorne, living in the outskirts of that town for several days ...

Scott Abdallah stands next to the original vault of the historic Security National Bank and Trust, now Johnson, Janklow and Abdallah, LLP, pictured on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Sioux Falls. The ...