EVIL, WICKED, MEAN AND NASTY

The Best Trap In Existence!

ca. 1886

Catchinr Rats For The Pneumonic Plague Outbreak Of 1924

A dog catching rats for the pneumonic plague outbreak of 1924 in L.A. , Calif..



Church Heist

Vestments and [chalises?] stolen from the various Catholic churches in Calif. during the year 1928 and recovered from an antique store at 1312 Haight St., San Francisco, Dec. 1928 by Det. Sergt. M. Mitchell -- valued at over $50,000.00. The thief was arrested and gave the name of R.J. Ganer, he was charged with the crime of burglary, he told the antique shop owner that he brought the articles from Mexico.

Rescuing A Fallen Horse

The Market St RR lifting a horse out of a basement where it had fallen in. San Francisco, 1927

A Pickpocket

Annie Green, a pickpocket, her victims were all white men. The police never could get anyone to prosecute her as they would not admit having anything to do with a 'nigger'.  San Francisco, 1880s

Dead People's Things For Sale

Nez Perce Indian named 'Steps'

Original cabinet Card photograph of the Nez Perce Indian named 'Steps' by Bailey, Dix and Mead. Fort Randall, Dakota Territory, 1882.

This is from a rare series of 24 photographs published by Dix & Mead. The star of the series was #1, Sitting Bull himself. This is #3, Steps.

On the back is printed:
"A Nes Perce Indian, who escaped escaped from his band, while surrounded in the bad lands of Nebraska by Gen'l Miles, in 1878. He then joined Sitting Bull's band of Uncapapa Sioux Indians. He lost his feet above the ankles, also his right hand by being frozen, having been caught in one of the severe snow storsm, 21 years ago."

Youths Fighting With Knives

1962

Dad chains son to pole over online gaming

A Cambodian boy is chained to a power pole in Battambang province. An irate Cambodian father chained his teenage son by the neck to the power pole to punish him for skipping school to play online game. The 40-year-old father, who works as a motorbike taxi driver, fled the scene after the incident and is now wanted on child abuse charges. March 27, 2012