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...took an elevated train to Sherman Park. There he saw a boy and a girl sitting on the grass. The boy was 19-year-old John Miller, the girl was Mary Wodarczyk, another man's wife. Knifey held up Miller, shot him when he tried to resist. "He gets wise and starts scrapping," said Knifey, "so I shoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Tough Guy | 7/14/1941 | See Source »

...Knifey spent the night at an all-night movie house, in the morning rode to Jackson Park. There a couple in a car picked him up. Knifey pulled his gun, stuck it at the man's head. The man saw a policeman and ran his car up on the sidewalk, shouting for help. Knifey shot the policeman. "Like all good coppers, he tries to get me," said Knifey. "That's his tough luck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Tough Guy | 7/14/1941 | See Source »

...hours later, Knifey went home. Under one arm, in a box, was the target pistol with which he had killed four men. Under the other was a box of candy for Foster Mother Anna. The cops were waiting for him. They took Knifey up to the hospital room where young Charles Kwasinski lay dying. Said Knifey: "Hello...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Tough Guy | 7/14/1941 | See Source »

Snapping his bubble gum between his teeth, Knifey told the cops: "Sure, I killed 'em. I shot 'em all. And I don't feel one way or the other about it, good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Tough Guy | 7/14/1941 | See Source »

...police station Knifey looked on as Joseph Wodarczyk, reconciled, kissed his wife. "Girls?" said Knifey. "Poison, that's what they are, poison. I first got to stealin' because of a girl. I was twelve and she was ten, and we were in love like a couple of grownup goofs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Tough Guy | 7/14/1941 | See Source »

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