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Skull Snaps, “I’m Your Pimp”




[Chorus]
I'm your pimp
I wear my hat to the side, and walk with a limp
I'm your pimp
I wear my hat to the side, and walk with a limp

[Verse 1]
Babe, I don't just have to do
You better believe I don't don't don't
'Cause I cheat, scheme and connive now baby
And got everything I want
And oh, don't you talk back to me
You better listen when I speak, yeah
If I wanna curse, slap or hurt you
Just turn the other cheek, because

[Chorus]
I'm your pimp
I wear my hat to the side, and walk with a limp
I'm your pimp
I wear my hat to the side, and walk with a limp

[Verse 2]
My main purpose in life is winning and cheating
You you you, wow
I don't care what race you are
Just as long as I'm beating you you you you you
Let me have all the diamonds and the riches, girl
While I'm alive, yeah
And I guarantee, as soon as you're dead
These things for you will arrive, remember

[Chorus]
I'm your pimp
I wear my hat to the side, and walk with a limp
I'm your pimp
I wear my hat to the side, and walk with a limp

[Outro]
I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp, I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp, I'm your pimp, I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp, I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp, I'm your pimp, I'm your pimp

Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 28, 2023 - Comments (0)
Category: Music, Scary Criminals, 1970s, Sex

Unlikely Reasons for Murder No. 15

Source: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) 17 Feb 1949, Thu Page 21


Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 13, 2023 - Comments (3)
Category: Death, Food, Scary Criminals, Stupid Criminals, 1940s, Alcohol

Unlikely Reasons for Murder No. 11

In 1952, a schizophrenic with an eccentric theory of physics murdered a random person.

“Have they dropped the electronic theory?” he asked her.

“I don’t know anything about it,” she replied.

Before she could say more, he fired the gun at her.

“I just wanted to kill somebody,” he told police. “I was going to shoot anybody. It was my book. They wouldn't look at my book. They wouldn't even look at it."

Peakes had done the calculus: Shooting people gets you in the papers. And if you shoot physicists because they rejected your theory, your theory gets in the papers.


Full account here.

The initial coverage below.

Article source: The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Indiana) 15 Jul 1952, Tue Page 1



Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 02, 2022 - Comments (0)
Category: Death, Science, Scary Criminals, 1950s, Mental Health and Insanity

Unlikely Reasons for Murder No. 9

These two were "lucky" enough to be immortalized by Weegee.

Article source: The Grand Island Daily Independent (Grand Island, Nebraska) 03 Aug 1936,
Mon Page 1





Posted By: Paul - Tue May 10, 2022 - Comments (2)
Category: Crime, Scary Criminals, Stupid Criminals, Family, Photography and Photographers, 1930s

Jo Jo the French Terror

I don't think it's false nostalgia to say that people and events were more colorful in the past. I don't see any modern criminals who possess a resume like Jo Jo's.



Source of text.



Source of photo.






Source of article.



Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 11, 2021 - Comments (2)
Category: Scary Criminals, Outsiders, Marginals, the Excluded and Low-castes, 1930s

Illegal Bikini




Source:
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas) 20 May 1966, Fri Page 12

Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 19, 2021 - Comments (3)
Category: Domestic, Sexuality, Public Indecency, Scary Criminals, 1960s

Train Robberies

Are train robberies an extinct crime? The Wikipedia page for the topic does not list one later than 1999.

Here's one from early in the 20th century that I found interesting.



Two booking cards from Spokane, WA police. One is for Charles McDonald, who is listed as a "miner," age 27, 5 ft. 9.5 in. and weighing 151 lbs. Arrested Oct. 25, 1907 for the crime of train robbery. Includes Bertillon Measurements for more detailed identification. Plus tattoos, scars, moles, etc.

Second card is for Ed Smith, alias Geo. Frankhauser. Also listed as a "miner," age 30, 5 ft. 5 3/4 in., 135 lbs. Arrested the same day as his compatriot. Same Spokane police card.

Frankhauser and McDonald pulled off one of the most daring train robberies, truly worthy of the "Wild, Wild West," although they accomplished their heist in the 20th century. The pair took up residence near Rexford, along the Northern Pacific line that the Oriental Limited regularly traveled. They surveyed the line, and decided on their spot. September 9, 1907, when the engineer and fireman took over the engine, two men came out of the darkness and ordered them at gunpoint to follow directions and they would not be hurt. They ordered the train to proceed at 40 mph until they reached a pre-selected location. The train was ordered to stop, while Frankhauser went to a cache and took out a small black bag. They had the fireman knock on the baggage car door and ask to come in. When the door was opened, the baggageman was ordered out, and the dynamite from the bag was used to blow the safe - and half of the car. They found nothing, so they decided to try the mail. Here, purely by accident, they stumbled on four small packages in a mail bag. They were addressed to the Old National Bank of Spokane and contained an estimated $40,000. But their mistake of tampering with the mail brought down the wrath of the postal inspectors, who would not let them get away with the robbery.

While the train was ordered to stay for 10 minutes, the pair escaped into darkness. They partied throughout the Northwest, posing as mining promoters. They sometimes "bought out" a bar for the night and had private parties for selected "friends," including "working" women. Eventually, a man by the name of Jesse Howe became suspicious, and alerted the Spokane police, who were waiting at the end of another party.

They obtained saws in the Kalispell jail, according to Frankhauser, and hid them in strapped to their ankles. When they were transferred to Helena, the guards found McDonald's saw, but Frankhauser managed to hang on to his. They spent two months sawing the bars on the windows. When they finally made their break March 21, they got over the wall by piling the bloodhound's doghouses on top of each other.

They were spotted by two women while coming over the wall, but managed to get ahead of the searchers. The two remained on the run for months, following the Missouri River north. They lived by taking what they needed from farmhouses and cabins (some occupied, others not). When the sheriff spotted them in Fargo, they split up. Frankhauser took a job for the Northern Pacific, but was arrested while going to a friend's house for Thanksgiving. He claimed he never saw his friend again. He was tried in Helena and sentenced to life in prison at Leavenworth, KS.

According to some newspaper reports, he escaped from Leavenworth. Others say he died there. One report indicates that another train robbery occurred in Benecia, CA that looked a lot like the work of this pair. This time they reportedly caught up with McDonald, but his buddy was still on the run.

Whatever the truth, it has the "feel" of another Butch and Sundance story. [See also "The Criminal Record: Stories of Crime and Misadventure from a Century Ago," Vol. 5, Issue 4 (April 2010).]


Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 07, 2021 - Comments (5)
Category: Crime, Scary Criminals, Twentieth Century, Trains

Unauthorized Dwellings 15

Bonnie and Clyde took over an abandoned house for their last hideout.

Full story here.

More pix here.

Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 03, 2020 - Comments (0)
Category: Death, Domestic, Scary Criminals, 1930s

Joe E. Lewis, Al Capone’s Favorite Entertainer



In Chicago in 1927, Lewis refused the request of Jack "Machine Gun" McGurn (an Al Capone lieutenant) to renew a contract that would have bound him to sing and perform at the Green Mill Cocktail Lounge, which was partly owned by Capone. After refusing, because he had been offered more money by a rival gang to appear at their own club, "The New Rendezvous", he was assaulted in his 10th floor Commonwealth Hotel room, in November 1927, by three enforcers sent by McGurn. The enforcers, who included Sam Giancana and Leonard "Needles" Gianola, mutilated Lewis (his throat and tongue were cut) and left him for dead.[2] It took him several years to be able to speak again.


Source.

Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 18, 2019 - Comments (4)
Category: Scary Criminals, Comedians, Twentieth Century

Insane Killer Dynamited in His Fortress

In earlier eras, there were different strategies for ending a siege than what we are accustomed to today.





Source of fotos.





Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 29, 2017 - Comments (7)
Category: Crime, Scary Criminals, Death, Destruction, 1930s

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