Marianne Mather – Page 15

The first round grimace by Sammy Patton, left, a 118-pounder from Columbus, Ohio, was just a preface to his whirlwind finish that won a decision over Claude Cole of Chicago at the Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions in February 1947.

Vintage: the early years of Chicago-born Golden Gloves amateur boxing

March 9, 2023 at 5:07 p.m.

The first round grimace by Sammy Patton, left, a 118-pounder from Columbus, Ohio, was just a preface to his whirlwind finish that won a decision over Claude Cole of Chicago...

Beulah Annan confesses to police at the Hyde Park station that she shot her lover earlier that day, April 3, 1924.

Photos: Chicago’s Murderess Row in 1924 — and all that jazz

March 9, 2023 at 11:50 a.m.

Beulah Annan confesses to police at the Hyde Park station that she shot her lover earlier that day, April 3, 1924. Beulah Annan poses doe-eyed for a cameraman after admitting...

Boxer King Levinsky and his sister who manages him, Lena Levy, run in a posed photo from 1932.

Chicago’s own boxing legend King Levinsky

December 19, 2022 at 3:44 p.m.

Boxer King Levinsky and his sister who manages him, Lena Levy, run in a posed photo from 1932. Harris Krakow, better known by his pugilist name King Levinsky, holds up...

Police Officer Jack Muller, right, tickets a county employee's car that was parked on Washington Street beside the County Building on Aug. 13, 1959, in Chicago.

Vintage: Jack Muller, the cop who ticketed everyone from Mayor Richard J. Daley to mobster Tony Accardo’s wife

November 25, 2022 at 1:55 p.m.

Police Officer Jack Muller, right, tickets a county employee's car that was parked on Washington Street beside the County Building on Aug. 13, 1959, in Chicago. Chicago police Officer Jack...

The Danish-born Oscar "Battling" Nelson in an undated photo. He was nicknamed the Durable Dane. His birth name was Oscar Mattheus Nielsen.

Remembering the Durable Dane: Battling Nelson

October 28, 2022 at 9:00 p.m.

The Danish-born Oscar "Battling" Nelson in an undated photo. He was nicknamed the Durable Dane. His birth name was Oscar Mattheus Nielsen. Battling Nelson in the early 1900s. Oscar Mattheus...

Chicago police allowed the media to photograph many items recovered from Roger Arnold's home, including several unlicensed handguns, a rifle and various books, magazines and manuals.

The Tylenol murders: Timeline of key events before and after the 1982 poisonings

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

For decades, the Tylenol murders have been one of the nation's most terrifying mysteries.

Orja G. Corns Jr., an executive from Winnetka, mysteriously vanished in July 1948.

Photos: The mysterious disappearance of Orja Corns Jr.

October 20, 2022 at 3:15 p.m.

Orja G. Corns Jr., an executive from Winnetka, mysteriously vanished in July 1948. A Chicago Herald-American newspaper reward poster for information on Orja G. Corns Jr., who had been missing...

Photos: The Tylenol drawings of James Lewis

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

This James Lewis drawing depicts a way to use a test tube and paper to fill Tylenol capsules with poison. One drawing by James Lewis, titled "Measuring Cup Method," shows...

Photos: James and LeAnn Lewis’ Kansas City home

October 6, 2022 at 9:41 a.m.

Investigators from the Kansas City police and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service searched the home of James and LeAnn Lewis on Dec. 4, 1981, in Kansas City, Missouri. The couple...

Helena and Jan Tarasewicz, center left, the parents of Theresa "Terri" Janus, grieve at the funeral Mass for Terri, her husband Stanley and her brother-in-law Adam Janus at St. Hyacinth Catholic Church.

One family’s Tylenol heartbreak

September 22, 2022 at 6:23 a.m.

Helena and Jan Tarasewicz, center left, the parents of Theresa "Terri" Janus, grieve at the funeral Mass for Terri, her husband Stanley and her brother-in-law Adam Janus at St. Hyacinth...

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