Professor Hamilton's Diary: Oct. 12, 1935

He sees a 'spectacular' college football game; NYC gangster's body found in trunk

After teaching morning classes on this fall Saturday, Professor Hamilton attended the football matchup between Albright and Lafayette colleges. The home team won, 38-0. “Was a spectacular game, but not especially good, except from our viewpoint,” he admitted. Many football fans today would secretly agree after watching their teams romp to victory over a much weaker opponent.

Prohibition was over, Al Capone was in prison, and most of the big-time gangsters like John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson were dead. But gang warfare was still going on in cities large and small as organized crime battled for the dwindling pieces of the pie, collecting “protection” money from businesses and running gambling and prostitution rings. This week, the body of a hit-man named “Little Frankie” Tietelbaum was found in a steamer trunk thrown from a car in Brooklyn. Paid subscribers can read on.

The photo above ran in the Oct. 30 edition of the New York Daily News, accessed via newspapers.com.