Gooch, Arthur, -1936
Person
Biography
American criminal and the only person to ever be executed under the federal Lindbergh kidnapping law.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Gooch, Arthur, 1935-10-29
Item
Identifier: 1981-008-06-goocharthur-2
Scope and Contents
News photograph of two men escorting Arthur Gooch.On back: “738971.. Watch your credit..Internation News Photo slug (Gooch grp) / Became the first to hang under the Lindy Law. Muskogee, Okla. … Arthur Gooch,Oklmulgee (Okla) Butcher Boy who turned kidnapper, shown with Ben Bolton, Muskogee Chief of Police, after the boy had become the first person in the United States to be sentenced to hang under the Lindbergh kidnapping law. He was convicted in Federal court at Durant (Indian...
Dates:
1935-10-29
Outlaws and criminals
File
Identifier: 1981.008.6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This artificial collection was begun as a catch-all for small single gifts and purchases, and to make them easier for scholars to search them. This assemblage consists primarily of documents, correspondence, photographs, broadsides and artifacts, dealing mostly with United States history.
Dates:
1747 - 1985