#Charles Loerber

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On This Day in 1926 - Gerald Chapman, America’s first 'Public Enemy Number One.'

On This Day in 1926 – Gerald Chapman, America’s first ‘Public Enemy Number One.’

“Death itself isn’t dreadful, but hanging seems an awkward way of ending the adventure…” – Gerald Chapman to his lawyers after being condemned to hang for murder in 1925. ‘Gerald Chapman’ was his favorite alias, but his real name was probably George Chartres. Given that records are sketchy and Chapman was always evasive about his youth, posterity will probably never know for certain. What is…